Whilst I will always agree that the internet is largely full of garbage, I love it when it is used efficiently to bring together communities of people through common interests and the sharing of information. As I mentioned in an earlier post I was luckly to have work accepted into the New Craft Future Voices Exhibition at the conference in Scotland at the beginning of the month. Sadly I wasn’t able to attend the event myself, but I did recently receive an email from one of the organizers that the conference proceedings are available to order online. The conference had great speakers such as Paul Greenhalgh (Persistence of Craft), Bruce Metcalf, Joruun Veiteberg (Craft in Transition), Marie O’Mahony (The Soft Machine – Design in the Cyborg Age) and Sandra Alfoldy (Crafting Identity: The
development of professional fine craft in Canada).
Here’s the instructions from the email for anyone interested:
Proceedings are available to buy online at www.lulu.com
In the search tool, type: New Craft Future Voices and the following
information will come up:
Conference Proceedings, New Craft Future Voices – BW Edition
Published by Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design
Proceedings of International Conference held in Dundee, Scotland, July
2007. NB: Black & White Edition.
(502 pages) Paperback: £35.00
Conference Proceedings, New Craft Future Voices: Colour Edition
Published by Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design
Proceedings of International Conference held in Dundee, Scotland, July
2007. Full Colour Edition
(502 pages) Paperback: £75.00
Exhibition Proceedings also available to buy at www.lulu.com
In the search tool, type Future Voices: Celebrating Diversity and the
following information will come up:
Future Voices: Celebrating Diversity
Published by Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design
An Exhibition Proceedings document for International Craft Research
Conference held in Dundee, Scotland 2007
(148 pages) Paperback: £36.99
Full Colour Edition
I think this is also available through the Future Craft website but my browser doesn’t seem to like the links found there.
Hi Carol I just finished my MA and wanted to thank you for your piece on the interpreting ceramics site.It gave me an ‘in’ with regards to writing about my work in more theoretical terms.Your bkog is always of interest and it does make me feel that there is a community out there.Thanks ,Gerry Wedd
Thanks Gerry! Your comment means so much to me. I’m always happy to hear that the community that I am also seeking is out there somewhere – brought together through whatever means are at our disposal!
BTW I love your work! Would love to read your thesis!
Hi Carole,I’ve just handed in the final thesis copies (phew) If you are really interested I can email it to you sans images. It is a funny document , light on rigour.It is more like a vaguely brainy artist talk.Cheers, Gerry.I wanted to send you an image (invitation for show by my wife and I )but technology still a hurdle!You have inspired me to take tentative bog steps there are a couple of images at http://weddwould.blogspot.com/ Cheers, Gerry.