Craft
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Milton Moon
July 23, 2010Milton Moon is one of Australia's most distinguished potters. He's now in his eighty-fourth year, and he's still getting his hands on clay and making beautiful things in his studio in Adelaide -- as he's been doing for the past sixty years. Today he takes... more >
Susan Vogel: African Art, Western Eyes
July 23, 2010Susan Vogel is one of the world's leading experts on African art and she's visiting Australia as a guest of the US Studies Centre. She is also promoting her new film, Fold Crumple Crush, a documentary about El Amatsul, a Ghanian artist living in Nigeria. ... more >
Latest Craft across the ABC
Stephen Benwell has been creating intricate and beautiful ceramics for more than 20 years. He invited us into his Melbourne studio.... more >
Knitting in the Mackay town hall
One of the colourful additions to the recent Mackay Festival of Arts was the guerrilla knitting scattered across the town. ... more >
Crocodiles, old boats and the wild life of the territory are the stuff of art at the Tin Shed.... more >
Art Nation - Beauty and Betrayal
Fenella Kernebone visits the Beauty and Betrayal exhibition at the Nicholson Museum in Sydney, featuring ancient and neoclassical jewellery.... more >
Glass creation wins Waterhouse art prize
Artist Nikki Main has won this year's Waterhouse Natural Art History Prize.... more >
Alexander Lotersztain, Qld designer, wins $40,000 Smart State Fellowship
Alexander Lotersztain is known in design circles as one of Australia's most important young designers, but is not yet known to the larger world of culture. This will change, as Alexander is now working across the world selling his innovative, contemporary... more >
Nana-technology is the key to a happier future
A move back to more traditional ways of living is good for the soul and for the future.... more >
Eighty-two-year-old artist Marea Gazzard helped break down the divide between arts and crafts over her long and distinguished career. Today Marea is still creating beautiful forms in bronze and clay.... more >
It's opening tonight but here's a sneak peek at the crazy, colourful and always unpredictable Alice Springs Beanie Festival... more >
In the Art of Recycling competition at this year's Textile Art Festival, tea bags and old shopping bags have made a strong showing - but you'd be hard pressed to recognise either.... more >
Design as thinking and design as literature
David Barringer describes himself as an outsider/now insider: a man who knew nothing about design but has now found himself lecturing and writing about design. David's book There's Nothing Funny About Design has recently been published by Princeton Archi... more >
The woodworker is far from becoming a relic of a past era. Despite our vanishing forests and the pressure of modern life, the craft is experiencing a resurgence.... more >
"If you're a carpenter and you've got the tools, you can build a guitar. The hard part is getting it to sound good".... more >
Cosy creations warm up the city
More than 800 crafters from all around Brisbane have contributed to a new feeling of warmth in the city for the beginning of winter - they've created some cosy and creative woollies for our local landmarks.... more >
Spindling dwindling in fast modern times
While factories mass produce clothing for time-poor workers, one lady from Narromine is still flying the flag for traditional skills by using her spindle.... more >
The picturesque town of Fish Creek in Victoria's Gippsland region is home to a thriving artistic community.... more >
Artscape - Artists At Work: Penny Byrne
Nanna's knick-knacks take on barbed and witty guises as Penny Byrne smashes and deconstructs a series of porcelain figurines, only to perfectly reconstruct them.... more >
Carmel Wallace's coastal Colony
Portland environmental artist Carmel Wallace uses found materials to construct her remarkable artworks, displayed in the final exhibition held at Melbourne's Gallery 101.... more >
Namila Benson talks to the artists behind the first exhibition of contemporary art from Papua New Guinea at the National Gallery of Victoria.... more >
ABC Arts presenter Reko Rennie goes on a city safari in search of some indigenous creatures at Melbourne Museum.... more >
$1.4m timber cabinet brings tears to the eyes
Geoffrey Hannah worked for more than seven years to create the Hannah Cabinet as a tribute to his family.... more >
An indigenous shell-maker in her 80s collaborates with a pair of 20-something high-end fashion designers to create some out-there footwear.... more >
A clear-felled Tasmanian forest is the inspiration behind the work of sculptor Marcus Tatton, who uses a chainsaw to create, not destroy.... more >
Internationally renowned costumier and textile artist India Flint has the mind of a scientist and the hands of an artisan.... more >
Texan knitter Magda Sayeg has become notorious for 'tagging' landmarks including the Louvre, the Great Wall of China and an entire Mexican bus.... more >
Jeweller Marian Hosking has been dubbed a national living treasure for her exquisite recreations of the natural world in silver.... more >
