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All in Essays
Former editor in chief of Studio Magazine, Leopold Kowolik argues for the power and value of craft education in Canada.
Visual artist Jodie De Verney reflects on the roles of making and time in craft practice.
Ethnomusicologist Daniel Neill walks readers through the history of cymbal-making and the creative labour in Philippe Gauthier-Boudreau’s practice.
Curator and museum consultant Armando Perla shares their relational curatorial approach through a critique of four exhibitions.
Sasha Sobrino speaks with the cyberpunk artist Skawennati on digital and material objects, the possibilities of online life and virtual crafting.
Curator and art historian Noor Alé responds to representations and challenges to power in the Tehran-born artist’s work.
Writer and researcher Georgia Phillips-Amos explores the Sobey Award-winning artist’s polyphonic and urgent works.
Editor-in-chief Nehal El-Hadi on why writing about craft is important
Anthony Matthews writes about the artist, furniture maker and sculptor whose elegant works and meticulous craftsmanship have pushed the boundaries of Canadian woodworking.
Matthew Ryan Smith writes about Xiaojin Yan’s employment of mycelium and repurposing of vintage beads in her ethereal installations.
Michael Prokopow writes about the French Compagnons and attempts at maintaining artisanal knowledge and cultural memory after historical churches burn down.
Glassblower Katherine Gray writes about her career from making functional and sculptural vessels to working in larger institutions, and her forays into the public eye.
An exploration of the work by
Inuit artists at the Canadian Pavilion of the Gwangju Biennial in Korea.
Michael Prokopow writes about crafting the spectacular, at home and abroad.
Rea McNamara speaks with Sameer Farooq about his body of work.
Building a collection is more than simply accumulating objects — historian Michael J. Prokopow explores how acquisition transforms both the object and its owner.
