Title & Author:

Making and metaphor : a discussion of meaning in contemporary craft / edited by Gloria A. Hickey.

Publication:

Description:

177 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

Mercury series paper, 0316-1854
[Paper] / Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies, 0316-1897 ; 66

Notes:
Includes some text and an abstract in French.
"Collection of 18 essays presented at the symposium Making and Metaphor: A Discussion of Meaning in Contemporary Craft"--Abstract.
Includes bibliographical references.
Preface / Stephen Inglis -- Introduction / Rosalyn J. Morrison -- Keynote : the language of things / Margaret Visser -- Overview : forming discourse / Stephen Inglis -- Towards a language of craft. The space of pottery : an investigation of the nature of craft / Paul Mathieu -- Sémiotique de l'obet artisanal : Matiére et sérialité comme lieux d'ancrage de la signification / Michel Paradis -- Crafts and knowledge / Michele Hardy -- Towards a language of craft / Kathy M'Closkey -- Historical contexts and contemporary concerns -- Decoration and ornament in ceramic art / Diane E. Sullivan -- Craft education in Canada : a history of confusion / Virginia Wright -- Contemporary industrial design : is there a place for crafts? / Jacques Giard -- Historical contexts and contemporary concerns / Howard Collinson -- Craft and cultural meaning -- Nostalgia, identity, and gender : woven in 100 per cent pure silk / Millie R. Creighton -- Reclaiming the role of craft in architecture / Neil Forrest -- Craft and cultural meaning / Gerald L. Pocius -- Craft and the museum -- Contemporary craft collecting in British museums / Sandra Flood -- "We have these ways of seeing" : a study of objects in differing realities / Carol E. Mayer -- Encounters with narrative / John E. Vollmer -- Les métiers d'art et le musée / Michel V. Cheff -- Symposium summary / Marjorie M. Halpin.
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Summary:

Preface / Stephen Inglis -- Introduction / Rosalyn J. Morrison -- Keynote : the language of things / Margaret Visser -- Overview : forming discourse / Stephen Inglis -- Towards a language of craft. The space of pottery : an investigation of the nature of craft / Paul Mathieu -- Seìmiotique de l'obet artisanal : Matieìre et seìrialiteì comme lieux d'ancrage de la signification / Michel Paradis -- Crafts and knowledge / Michele Hardy -- Towards a language of craft / Kathy M'Closkey -- Historical contexts and contemporary concerns -- Decoration and ornament in ceramic art / Diane E. Sullivan -- Craft education in Canada : a history of confusion / Virginia Wright -- Contemporary industrial design : is there a place for crafts? / Jacques Giard -- Historical contexts and contemporary concerns / Howard Collinson -- Craft and cultural meaning -- Nostalgia, identity, and gender : woven in 100 per cent pure silk / Millie R. Creighton -- Reclaiming the role of craft in architecture / Neil Forrest -- Craft and cultural meaning / Gerald L. Pocius -- Craft and the museum -- Contemporary craft collecting in British museums / Sandra Flood -- We have these ways of seeing : a study of objects in differing realities / Carol E. Mayer -- Encounters with narrative / John E. Vollmer -- Les métiers d'art et le musée / Michel V. Cheff -- Symposium summary / Marjorie M. Halpin.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0660140284 (paperback)
9780660140285 (paperback)

Subject:

Arts and crafts movement Canada Congresses.
Handicraft Canada Congresses.
Arts and crafts movement Canada Congrès.
Artisanat Canada Congrès.
Arts and crafts movement
Handicraft
Arts and crafts Canada Congrès.
Arts décoratifs Canada Congrès.
Canada

Form/genre:

Conference papers and proceedings

Added entries:

Hickey, Gloria, 1956-
Canadian Museum of Civilization.
Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies.
Paper (Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies) ; no. 66.
Mercury series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 130776
Call No.: ID NK841.M35; ID:97-B2242
Status: Available