Design and the handmade: new options and opportunities - Wednesday 8 October
Grace Cochrane has been in Auckland to discuss the changing relationship between design and the handmade and the choices some Australian and NZ designers and makers, who are experienced in making one-off works, are making in relation to new options regarding material, processes and technologies, in putting their work into production. She poses the question: ‘What does it mean for those interested in the crafts, in these changing times?' and notes that it isn't the first time the crafts have been at this kind of turning point, in a changing society, and it's not the first time craftspeople have been close to the heart of changes in values - of materials and processes, and of functions and forms.
Grace dropped into the Generator to see what we are upto and to discuss the issues described in the above paragraph. During our discussions a number of interesting opportunities surfaced and I will continue the dialogue with Grace so see how we might progress them further.
Dr Grace Cochrane was in New Zealand as the 2008 Portage Ceramics Award Judge. She is the Curator/Editor of Smart Works: Design and the Handmade at the Powerhouse Museum in 2007 and was formerly Senior Curator of Decorative arts and design at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney. (Source: Object Space)
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