Collaboration Through Craft

Offering a challenging new argument for the collaborative power of craft this ground-breaking volume analyses the philosophies politics and practicalities of collaborative craft work. <br/><br/>The book is accessibly organised into four sections covering the cooperation and compromises required by the collaborative process; the potential of recent technological advances for the field of craft; the implications of cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural collaborations for authority and ownership; and the impact of crafted collaborations on the institutions where we work learn and teach. <br/><br/>With cutting-edge essays by established makers and artists such as Allison Smith (US) and Brass Art (UK) curator Lesley Millar textile designer Trish Belford and distinguished thinker Glenn Adamson <i>Collaborating Through Craft</i> will be essential reading for students artists makers curators and scholars across a number of fields.