Garland magazine Stories behind what we make

Kevin Murray interviews one of the key instigators in Melbourne's street jewellery scene, Melissa Cameron. How did Part B evolve? What does the name mean? What were its other projects? What is its enduring influence?

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Pam Hall has extended her practice as an artist in Newfoundland to create an Encyclopedia of Local Knowledge. The three chapters written so far feature the living crafts of Northern Penninsula and Bonn Bay, Fargo and Change Islands and Miawpukek Middle River. We invited Pam to share the story of his epic project.



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https://encyclopediaoflocalknowledge.com/
https://pamhall.ca/

Urmila Mohan is an anthropologist who established the Jugaad Project, an open platform for publishing articles on material culture.

Here are some of the topics covered in our conversation:


The meaning of jugaad as everyday innovation
The need for an open global platform to share articles in material culture
How published articles benefit their subjects
Prayer beads as spiritual technology that is only partly replaced by fidget spinners
Articles on bamboo weaving in Java and the infrastructure of Durga Puja in India
The new book publication

https://www.thejugaadproject.pub
http://www.urmilamohan.com/
https://www.thejugaadproject.pub/home/likhai-wood-carving

We speak with Jennifer-Navva Milliken, director of the Museum of Art and Wood about a fascinating project inspired by the iconic lattice wooden screen of the Islamic world.

We speak with the curator of the magnificent exhibition Sutr Santati, in celebration of the 75th anniversary of Indian independence. This exhibition consists of 100 textile works representing an impressive range of techniques including Kutch embroidery, patola, brocades, sequin work, applique, block printing, silk tapestry and ikat.

Co-Obradoiro Galego is a collaborative project by three basketmakers and designer Paula Camiña, looking at biotechniques to help regenerate and revive Galician craft heritage. We speak with Paula about the origins of this project and how it stems from her own roots in the region. We learn about the impact of foresty monoculture and its impact on basketmakers. The use of a biopolymer fibre produced from seafood waste offers a circular path to help promote this traditional craft.