The latest joint venture between the Crafts Study Centre and the ITRC - a symposium held at UCA on 22nd May. The Conference was Opened by UCA Chancellor Professor Magdalene Odundo, who spoke about the relationship between her pots, bodies and cultures.
Fantastic papers responding to the call, and a stand out Keynote from Professor Catherine Harper, Deputy Vice Chancellor University of Chichester who addressed the theme: Chasing the Impossible: Crafting the Intimate Body.
Other papers included:
Fiona Curran: Wondering about craft: From imagined bodies to bodies of imagination.
Daniel Fountain: All that Glitters is Gold: Queer Worldmaking Practices and Trashy Textiles.
Dr David Jones: Understandings Hinted at in the Re-Construction of Negative Space.
Gareth Mason; Making Sense
Gayle Matthias: S-O-T Body Repairs: Personal Geographies
Karina Thompson: Sign your name across my heart: Biometric embroidery as a metaphor
Catherine Harper
Karina Thompson