The 2007 Craft Victoria Annual Lecture describes a new wave of collaborations between craft and design in Latin America that reflects a world turning to cultural roots as a source of innovation.

Four New Zealand jewellers deal with the haunted history of colonialism

A Toronto forum on product development of third world artisans leaves many questions unanswered

A look at the historical development of Faience pottery in Toulouse and the challenges faced in sustainability today

Shepparton's growing Afghani community embarks on a complex negotation of their new identity through a craft collaboration.

A ceramicist translates her poetry of the everday into a Chilean vernacular

An exchange between Australian and Thai ceramicists reveals a sampling of living traditions

A conferences explores the common but risky ground between craft and anthropology

A South African artist commissions a Ballieu-style tapestry to commemorate contemporary political struggle in a traditional medium

Western makers have found the Chinese chair both an inspiration for modernism and a reminder of its relationship to the human body.

The journey into the world of relational art finds some initial problems for craft, but it also opens new horizons

A well-meaning venture to develop craft with a victim group leads to initial disappointment then unexpected success

A weaver writes about the revealing experience of working in the public eye

'Made in China' need not be purely for export. A new program seeks to develop local skills in stone artisanship

A presentation to the Actaze colloquium in Paris about the South Project and its role in developing a wheel that connects the spokes radiating out of the metropolitan hubs.

"With my barrels I seek to provoke people's minds and raise civil consciousness to question the war and make them actively participate in the efforts to stop the war"

The potential of Indonesian art to recover craft (Kria) from the tourist trap

Young melbourne ceramicist sends greetings from an overseases residency.

Chilean silversmith talks about the bare bones of making jewellery

Peter Timms looks at the relationship between ceramics and the cooking and eating of food, by comparing Japanese customs with those of the West.

Fashion designer Akira Isagawa finds creativity and success in the space between cultures

Ceramics tells the story of a lost people

The great potential of collaboration with an indigenous community and the hard realities that sometimes ensue.

Melbourne jeweller examines the politics behind the personal stories of craft exchange

A poet of South African origin reflects on the way craft practitioners mediate between Western and traditional communities in Between You and Me

Robin Best's experience working with Pitjantjara artists decorating ceramics

East Timorese textile crafts capture the spirit of a newly liberated people.

A textile designer finds a 'rare moment of clarity' in her travels through Kutch

Muslim women wearing scarves should be respected as a personal choice just the same as other Western fashions

Melbourne writer speaks of a collaboration with Scottish metasmith and the Woiworung practice of Tandurrum

Prominent New Zealand ceramist adapts Pueblo traditions to Maori culture

How the web promises to help artists and craftspersons enjoy the fruits of the region while staying in touch

West Australian textile artist tells story of collaboration with Kutch textile printers, and how she taught them to make 'badly'.

Indonesian exhibition on fibre artist with participants from south-east Asia, USA, Netherlands and Australia

A unique craft event brings together Aboriginal and non-indigenous Australia, under the common beanie. But there are problems…

A Melbourne glass artist writers about the establishment of a fused glass studio in the Warlayirti Artists Community, Balgo Hills, Western Australia

'Each of Timor's thirteen districts is culturally and linguistically unique with their own techniques, symbols, motifs and weaving styles.'

"The parents continue making pottery with the help of daughters and daughter-in- laws, but in this community who will be the next generation of throwers?"

Melbourne textile artist talks about Korean re-use of fabric scraps and its relation to Australia folk traditions