Friday 13 November 2015

Landscape, Place and Identity in Craft and Design NOW ONLINE



Issue 7 (2015)  Landscape, Place and Identity in Craft and Design edited by Kay Lawerence 


This issue publishes 8 papers by Sue Kneebone, Sera Waters, Tom Lee, Peta Carlin, Rowan Bailey and Claire Barber, Panita Karamanea, Alice Lewis and an open section submission from Simona Segre Reinach.

NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE
http://press.anu.edu.au/titles/craftdesign-enquiry/issue-7-2015-landscape-place-and-identity-in-craft-and-design/ 

craft + design enquiry is open access (FREE to view online and FREE to download) or available in print-on-demand hard copy $33 from ANU Press.  

Cover image: Salvaging discarded sleeping-bags from the aftermath of Leeds Music Festival, 2010. Photo: Claire Barber.

Thursday 8 October 2015

craft + design enquiry: Change of Status


craft + design enquiry: change of status

Due to non-receipt of funding from the Australia Council for the Arts in 2015, the craft + design enquiry Editorial Board is seeking more stable support for the ongoing operations of the journal. These investigations will mean a hiatus in craft + design enquiry’s publishing schedule.

The Call for Papers for Issue 8 (2016–17) is on hold until further notice. Future announcements about Calls for Papers will be published on the craft + design enquiry blog. 

Tuesday 6 January 2015

The symmetry of khayamiya and quilting: International relations of the Egyptian tentmakers

The symmetry of khayamiya and quilting: International relations of the Egyptian tentmakers
Sam Bowker


 Khayamiya in local context, prior to an event in the City of the Dead, Cairo, 2007
Photo: Jenny Bowker



Abstract The tentmakers of Cairo or khayamin (derived from the Arabic word for tent, khayam), can demonstrate ongoing engagement with changes in the usage, composition and production of their traditional craft: khayamiya (Egyptian tentmaker appliqué). These changes have resulted in new patronage from quilters, moving khayamiya from a locally marginalised folk product to global recognition as a spectacular Egyptian craft. This collaboration highlights the long-term engagement of non-Egyptian audiences by the tentmakers, who have responded to changing local conditions and attitudes by directing their work to the interests of foreign collectors, rather than the local Egyptian market. In turn, this has prompted new evaluations of their largely unexplored history.1
By reviewing these changes, it will be shown that contemporary khayamiya serve longstanding cultural imperatives that are both Egyptian and non-Egyptian. For over a century the tentmakers have engaged with orientalist imaginations without losing their cultural foundations. Their collaboration with quilters presents a logical continuation of their adaptability to exigencies that has enabled them to sustain their distinctive and diverse craft. In turn, this mutual engagement has resulted in the deeper contextualisation and reappraisal of khayamiya as contemporary craft. Read full paper


Abstract from The symmetry of khayamiya and quilting: International relations of the Egyptian tentmakers
Full paper published in craft+design enquiry: issue 6 Issue 6 2014, Craft.Material.Memory

khayamiya, tourist, tentmakers, Egypt, applique, quilt