Full Description
A major new history of craft that spans three centuries of making and thinking in Aotearoa New Zealand and the wider Moana (Pacific). Paying attention to Pakeha (European New Zealanders), Maori, and island nations of the wider Moana, and old and new migrant makers and their works, this book is a history of craft understood as an idea that shifts and changes over time. At the heart of this book lie the relationships between Pakeha, Maori and wider Moana artistic practices that, at different times and for different reasons, have been described by the term craft. It tells the previously untold story of craft in Aotearoa New Zealand, so that the connections, as well as the differences and tensions, can be identified and explored. This book proposes a new idea of craft--one that acknowledges Pakeha, Maori and wider Moana histories of making, as well as diverse community perspectives towards objects and their uses and meanings.
Contents
Contents
8 Introduction
18 Chapter 1 Craft and island nations
23 The Ancestors of the Arts, Tevita 'O Ka'ili
30 No Tangaroa ke tena Marae: Connecting with Oceania, Julie Paama-Pengelly
39 The Exchange of Kula Feathers, Tarisi Vunidilo
43 Pulotu, Hawaiki and Lapita, Hufanga `Okusitino Mahina
48 Chapter 2 Craft on board
57 Cook Samplers, Vivien Caughley
61 Blacksmithing on Guam, Michael Bevacqua
64 The Ancestry of Te Aute, Nikau Gabrielle Hindin
67 An Iconic Collectible, Donald Kerr
78 Chapter 3 Craft and belief
85 Craft and `Civilisation' at the LMS Museum, Chris Wingfield
89 Identifying Early Colonial-made Furniture, William Cottrell
96 The Art of Tuvalu Crochet: Kolose, Marama T-Pole
99 A Victorian Gothic Masterpiece, Ann Calhoun
102 `God in their luggage', Julie Adams
108 Chapter 4 Craft and the authentic
120 Needlework in the New Zealand Education System, Stella Lange
127 St Barnabas' Chapel, Norfolk Island, Ann Calhoun
141 Polynesian Corpuscles: Tracing Cultural Stratification Through Craft, Ioana Gordon-Smith
144 From Furniture Restoration to Faking Taonga, Elizabeth Cotton
148 Makea: Queen of Rarotonga, Preserver of Women's Weaving Traditions, Joanna Cobley
151 The Havelock Work: Craft and the Occult, Georgina White
158 Liberty and Co. in New Zealand, Walter Cook
161 Mary Eleanor Joachim, Bookbinder, Margery Blackman
166 The Women's Section, Moira White
168 Chapter 5 Craft and tourism
177 Souvenirs of the `Eighth Wonder of the World', Richard Wolfe
180 Crafting Kapa Haka, Tryphena Cracknell
190 A Novelty Barometer, Marguerite Hill
198 The Coral Route, Lynette Townsend
200 The Coconut Shell As Art Object, John Perry
207 Maori Culture and the Contemporary Scene, Taarati Taiaroa
211 Fashioning Souvenirs, Elizabeth Wratislav
215 The Geyser Room Experience, Michael Smythe
217 The World Came Knocking, Kevin Murray
220 Chapter 6 Craft and the modern
225 Making Do in Hard Times, Rosemary McLeod
229 `Something to See': Women's Institutes, Claire Regnault
237 Guilds and Societies in Craft Practice, Helen Schamroth
241 Theo Schoon: Bauhaus to Our House, Andrew Paul Wood
245 Joseph Churchward's Handcrafted Typefaces, Safua Akeli Amaama
256 Studio Craft and the Everyday, Moyra Elliott
262 A New Vision for New Zealand Craft, Lucy Hammonds
267 Indigenous Pacific Museums and Cultural Centres, Tarisi Vunidilo
272 Craft and the Hippie Myth, Vic Evans
278 Peter Stichbury and Abuja, Justine Olsen
288 Chapter 7 Craft and belonging
293 The Craft of Punk, Simon Swale
295 The Permanent Crucible, Benjamin Lignel
299 Craft and Conceptual Art, Warren Feeney
301 Bone Stone Shell across the Ditch, Julie Ewington
316 What Planet Do You Come From?, Rosanna Raymond
322 New Zealand Wearable Art and the Craft Conundrum, Natalie Smith
325 Words Were Loaded, Siliga David Setoga
330 Tatau as Craft, Sean Mallon
331 Crafting a Continuum, Ane Tonga
335 Mau Mahara, Philip Clarke
337 The 1983 Tokomaru Bay Weaving Hui, Christina Hurihia Wirihana
344 Pacific Men's Craft in New Zealand, Sean Mallon
346 Chapter 8 Craft in the contemporary
351 Street Craft in a Cracked City, Reuben Woods
355 From Craft Practitioners to Designer-makers, Michael Smythe
358 Crafting Make Believe, Claire Regnault
363 Contemporary Quilting Communities, Jane Groufsky
367 Slow Fashion and Craft Activism, Natalie Smith
369 More Than Just a Cup of Tea, Johnny Hui
373 The Social and Sustainably Crafted Object, Andrea Bell
381 Masi: Wedding Ceremonial Dress Practices in Fiji, Joana Monolagi
386 Performing Measina: Craft in Contemporary Pacific Performance, Lana Lopesi
389 Kowhaiwhai Ceramics, Tharron Bloomfield
394 Our Mothers Were Not Marked, Julia Mage'au Gray
400 He Rauemi Tuturu: Muka in Contemporary New Zealand Jewellery Practice, Tryphena Cracknell
409 Meliors Simms: Agent of Change, Bronwyn Lloyd
416 Casting Shadow, Chasing Light, Lydia Baxendell
422 Notes
Further reading
More about craft
About the editors
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Objects
Image credits
Index
