Workshop Sessions
1. Workshop 1: Craftwork as Problem-solving
Convened by Trevor H J Marchand, Professor of Social Anthropology, School of Oriental & African Studies, with support from the British Academy.
Bunn, Stephanie
Interweaving answers and questions in Scottish vernacular basketry
Gates, David
Stories from the workshop: Communicative practices amongst crafts practitioners
Hankey, Ian
Transferring Skill over 2,000 Years: A study of two disciplines
HJ Marchand, Trevor
Workshop 1: Craftwork as Problem-Solving
Jones, David
Grenzerfahrung: Embodied narrative – a critical tool to develop a sustainable ethical practice
King, Sheron
Life of Things
Llecha, Sylvia
Language as a Way to Express Craft Practice
Malcolm, Martin
On Not Knowing the Unknown Craftsman
Philpot, Rachel
Textile Thinking for Sustainable Materials
2. Workshop 2: Crafting with Digital Technologies
Plymouth College of Art in association with the School of Material, The Royal College of Art. Convened by Peter Oakley, Research Leader (School of Material), The Royal College of Art.
Bamford, Roderick
Crafting the Void: Trans-Dimensionality in Digital and Analogue Craft Practice
Brown, Steve
The Meissen Fountain Project: Restoration in the age of digital reproduction
Charlton, James
Acts of Materiality
Dean, Lionel
Flex-it: Exploring emotional expression and experiences through elasticity in digital manufacturing
Dye, Elaine
Selling the Forever: The use of display in contemporary craft exhibitions
Matthias, Gayle
Reflections on a Collaborative Research Project in Digital Moulding for Glass Casting and Artistic Interpretations
Oakley, Peter
Crafting with Digital Technologies: issues in practice
Smith, Amanda
Past, Present and Future: A haptic approach to mass-production seamless knitwear technologies
Stevens, James
Digital Vernacular: Democratising architectural making
Wallin, Rosemary
Maintaining Authenticity: Transferring patina from the real world to the digital to retain narrative value
3. Workshop 3: Transformative Practices in / through Textiles
Plymouth College of Art in association with Crysalis, an EC project funded under the INTERREG IV A 2 Seas Programme.
Brewerton, Ruth
Artisan Textile Traditions as Luxury and Livelihood in East Asia
Ellams, Dawn
Better than Beige: Sustainable colour for Lyocell
Goldsworthy, Kate
Design for Cyclability: Pro-active approaches for maximising material recovery
Kalyanji, Jyoti
Machine-Crafted: Investigating form and aesthetics in the seamless knit environment as a sustainable textile design practice
Padovani, Clio
Fragile Communities and Craft Practices: A European Perspective
Scott, Kirsten
Craft as Cross-Cultural Communication and Exchange
Takeyama, Nanci
Designing for and with communities. An exploration of the meaning of Asian forms
Twigger-Holroyd, Amy
Not the End of the Journey: Exploring re-knitting as a ‘craft of use’
Wooster, Stephanie
Why Do We Still Knit?