Design Visions: International Exchange: Time for a Stocktake

Design Visions; The second Australian International Crafts Triennial on show at the Art Gallery of Western Australia in August September 1992 provided a chance for local viewers, historians, critics, artists, designers and 'craftspeople' to discuss and possibly take stock of our place in the international arena.

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Exhibition review Hossein Valamanesh: Recent Work Greenaway Gallery Adelaide South Australia 3 May - 3 June 1992

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Why Craftwork Does Not Compute

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Helmut Lueckenhausen, craft practitioner from NSW and active in the Craft Council within his State, writes his prediction for the future of crafts in Australia.

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The Western Way - Linney's, Argenta and Others

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Yurundiali - Reasons for Optimism

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Two Countries, One Weave?

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Semiotically Speaking: A Craftperson's View

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Making a Living: The Jam Factory

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Craft, Science and the Natural: An Introduction

There seems to be a consensus that craft is in a state of crisis. But consensus or not, the observation of this alleged crisis is sterile if we do not place it against its background. Is this crisis unique to craft, or is it a manifestation of a more general crisis which extends across other cognate areas? If it is more general, does it nevertheless have special implications for craft?

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