Craft ResearchPub Date : 2018-09-01DOI: 10.1386/CRRE.9.2.287_1
Peter Bodenham
{"title":"Ceramics and locational identity: Investigating the symbolism of material culture in relation to a sense of place","authors":"Peter Bodenham","doi":"10.1386/CRRE.9.2.287_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/CRRE.9.2.287_1","url":null,"abstract":"This article is an investigation into material culture and its symbolism regarding place and space and addresses the research question ‘why do select ceramic artefacts evoke or become symbolic of a specific location and sense of place?’ The research covers the areas of conceptual ceramic design, craft, culture and practice-led research. Dutch design duo Nadine Sterk and Lonny van Ryswyck – Atelier NL are discussed as an example of contemporary designer makers who create objects that embody social meaning and express an evocative sense of locational identity. The two Eindhoven-based designer-makers’ creative process combines and reveals different strands of academic and material enquiry and representing a creative process that flows between making, scientific knowledge, anthropology, archaeology, geology, art, design and craft. Atelier NL’s practice is representative of a current interest within visual and material culture in both practice-led research and socially engaged practice. The narrative of their research-based practice is unequivocally part of the production and presentation of their work. Atelier NL’s practice stands for a creative partnership that investigates and celebrates their locality as well as responding to a sense of ‘culture loss’ indicative of mainstream patterns of design, production and consumption of goods and services.","PeriodicalId":42324,"journal":{"name":"Craft Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43959920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Craft ResearchPub Date : 2018-09-01DOI: 10.1386/CRRE.9.2.201_1
Milla Ojala, Seija Karppinen, Erja Syrjäläinen
{"title":"Towards making sense of self through emotional experiences in craft-art","authors":"Milla Ojala, Seija Karppinen, Erja Syrjäläinen","doi":"10.1386/CRRE.9.2.201_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/CRRE.9.2.201_1","url":null,"abstract":"The goal of this article and the research questions are to present how young craft students make sense of themselves through emotional experiences in craft-art. The study is based on the grounded theory method. The theoretical key concepts, self, emotional experiences and engagement in craft making are chosen based on how they support or resonate with the data and analysis. The data consists of several types of material that was collected in three schools: portfolios, participant observation, ethnographic interviews and students’ diaries. The data showed that students’ emotions were strongly present in the craft activity. Emotions were related to the students’ management of the stages of the craft process, the expectations towards the outcome, the students’ holistic bodily and mental feeling during the making and their engagement throughout the entire process. All these elements, reflected against pre-existing theories, indicate that while studying craft-art, the participants were able to make sense of themselves in many ways. The analysis led to the result: Through somatic experience and the emotional ownership of the craft process in which their own interests are materialized in a meaningful product, realisation of students’ own potential and a better sense of self becomes possible. This article is a part of the larger study that focuses on students’ craft making experiences in the context of Finnish Basic Education in the Arts (BEA).","PeriodicalId":42324,"journal":{"name":"Craft Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44374067","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Craft ResearchPub Date : 2018-09-01DOI: 10.1386/CRRE.9.2.229_1
Amit Zoran
{"title":"The ostrich eggshell beads craft of the Ju/’hoansi: A reflection on modern craft theories","authors":"Amit Zoran","doi":"10.1386/CRRE.9.2.229_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/CRRE.9.2.229_1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42324,"journal":{"name":"Craft Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43136483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Craft ResearchPub Date : 2018-09-01DOI: 10.1386/CRRE.9.2.255_1
R. Søraa
{"title":"Crafting environmental policies into action: Energy consulting practices of craftspeople","authors":"R. Søraa","doi":"10.1386/CRRE.9.2.255_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/CRRE.9.2.255_1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42324,"journal":{"name":"Craft Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44775563","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Craft ResearchPub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.1386/crre_00047_7
{"title":"Paitker painting on paper made by Bijoy Chitrakar depicting ‘daily life of local community’. Photograph: Gaitri Kumari and Abhaya Ranjan Shrivastava","authors":"","doi":"10.1386/crre_00047_7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/crre_00047_7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42324,"journal":{"name":"Craft Research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66693517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}