This third and final volume in the Craft Perception and Practice series features 21 essays and critical commentaries by acclaimed Canadian practitioners; educators and curators; demonstrating the range of critical thought about craft as presented in symposiums; exhibition catalogues and art journals. Prominent academics and theorists provide insight into the relationship between skill; technology; history and personal expression. The texts in this volume discuss craft in terms of political and social activism; gender theory; semiotics and aestheticsmdash;analyzing shifting boundaries between craft; fine art and design. Volume III of Craft Perception and Practice substantiates academic advancement of craft curricula and provides an authoritative springboard for debate and discussion among craft practitioners; educators; curators and collectors.Over 40 full-colour photographs of works in craft mediamdash; including fibre; glass; ceramics; metal; wood and "new materials"mdash;accompany the essays.
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