{"product_id":"crafting-aotearoa-9780994136275","title":"Crafting Aotearoa","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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 craftone that acknowledges Pakeha, Maori and wider Moana histories of making, as well as diverse community perspectives towards objects and their uses and meanings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Crafting Aotearoa is ambitious, to say the least. Across 460-plus pages it surveys three centuries of craft in New Zealand and the broader Pacific, examining its role in defining cultural identity, and the tensions and transformations that occur as it engages with outside knowledge and practices ... a delight to dip into. For a significant work, it carries its load lightly' - New Zealand Geographic; 'Crafting Aotearoa charts it all, providing an important overview of all things cut and carved, stitched and sewn, hammered and hewn to build a uniquely New Zealand story of cultural change' - Sally Blundell, New Zealand Listener; '... first and foremost an acknowledgement of history as it should be acknowledged: a kind of retelling that is resolved to start a 'dynamic conversation' between Maori, Pakeha and wider Moana Oceania (Pacific) craftspeople and their work ... it's a wellspring of knowledge on what has constituted three centuries of making in New Zealand' - Urbis; 'An indispensable, encyclopaedic and comprehensive reference to three centuries of craft in New Zealand, Crafting Aotearoa manages the difficult task of marshalling the contentious categories of craft, art, folk art, design and indigenous practices in a way that will surely set the standard for future scholarship ... Although there have been sporadic books on craft in Aotearoa before, this is the first of its scope, and for a reference work it is surprisingly readable and not at all bogged down in its scholarship or the ever-volatile politics of craft' - Paul Wood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents 8\tIntroduction 18\tChapter 1\tCraft and island nations 23\tThe Ancestors of the Arts, Tevita 'O Ka'ili 30\tNo Tangaroa ke tena Marae: Connecting with Oceania, Julie Paama-Pengelly 39\tThe Exchange of Kula Feathers, Tarisi Vunidilo 43\tPulotu, Hawaiki and Lapita, Hufanga `Okusitino Mahina 48\tChapter 2\tCraft on board 57\tCook Samplers, Vivien Caughley 61\tBlacksmithing on Guam, Michael Bevacqua 64\tThe Ancestry of Te Aute, Nikau Gabrielle Hindin 67\tAn Iconic Collectible, Donald Kerr 78\tChapter 3\tCraft and belief 85\tCraft and `Civilisation' at the LMS Museum, Chris Wingfield 89\tIdentifying Early Colonial-made Furniture, William Cottrell 96\tThe Art of Tuvalu Crochet: Kolose, Marama T-Pole 99\tA Victorian Gothic Masterpiece, Ann Calhoun 102\t`God in their luggage', Julie Adams 108\tChapter 4\tCraft and the authentic 120\tNeedlework in the New Zealand Education System, Stella Lange 127\tSt Barnabas' Chapel, Norfolk Island, Ann Calhoun 141\tPolynesian Corpuscles: Tracing Cultural Stratification Through Craft, Ioana Gordon-Smith 144\tFrom Furniture Restoration to Faking Taonga, Elizabeth Cotton 148\tMakea: Queen of Rarotonga, Preserver of Women's Weaving Traditions, Joanna Cobley 151\tThe Havelock Work: Craft and the Occult, Georgina White 158\tLiberty and Co. in New Zealand, Walter Cook 161\tMary Eleanor Joachim, Bookbinder, Margery Blackman 166\tThe Women's Section, Moira White 168\tChapter 5\tCraft and tourism 177\tSouvenirs of the `Eighth Wonder of the World', Richard Wolfe 180\tCrafting Kapa Haka, Tryphena Cracknell 190\tA Novelty Barometer, Marguerite Hill 198\tThe Coral Route, Lynette Townsend 200\tThe Coconut Shell As Art Object, John Perry 207\tMaori Culture and the Contemporary Scene, Taarati Taiaroa 211\tFashioning Souvenirs, Elizabeth Wratislav 215\tThe Geyser Room Experience, Michael Smythe 217\tThe World Came Knocking, Kevin Murray 220\tChapter 6\tCraft and the modern 225\tMaking Do in Hard Times, Rosemary McLeod 229\t`Something to See': Women's Institutes, Claire Regnault 237\tGuilds and Societies in Craft Practice, Helen Schamroth 241\tTheo Schoon: Bauhaus to Our House, Andrew Paul Wood 245\tJoseph Churchward's Handcrafted Typefaces, Safua Akeli Amaama 256\tStudio Craft and the Everyday, Moyra Elliott 262\tA New Vision for New Zealand Craft, Lucy Hammonds 267\tIndigenous Pacific Museums and Cultural Centres, Tarisi Vunidilo 272\tCraft and the Hippie Myth, Vic Evans 278\tPeter Stichbury and Abuja, Justine Olsen 288\tChapter 7\tCraft and belonging 293\tThe Craft of Punk, Simon Swale 295\tThe Permanent Crucible, Benjamin Lignel 299\tCraft and Conceptual Art, Warren Feeney 301\tBone Stone Shell across the Ditch, Julie Ewington 316\tWhat Planet Do You Come From?, Rosanna Raymond 322\tNew Zealand Wearable Art and the Craft Conundrum, Natalie Smith 325\tWords Were Loaded, Siliga David Setoga 330\tTatau as Craft, Sean Mallon 331\tCrafting a Continuum, Ane Tonga 335\tMau Mahara, Philip Clarke 337\tThe 1983 Tokomaru Bay Weaving Hui, Christina Hurihia Wirihana 344\tPacific Men's Craft in New Zealand, Sean Mallon 346\tChapter 8\tCraft in the contemporary 351\tStreet Craft in a Cracked City, Reuben Woods 355\tFrom Craft Practitioners to Designer-makers, Michael Smythe 358\tCrafting Make Believe, Claire Regnault 363\tContemporary Quilting Communities, Jane Groufsky 367\tSlow Fashion and Craft Activism, Natalie Smith 369\tMore Than Just a Cup of Tea, Johnny Hui 373\tThe Social and Sustainably Crafted Object, Andrea Bell 381\tMasi: Wedding Ceremonial Dress Practices in Fiji, Joana Monolagi 386\tPerforming Measina: Craft in Contemporary Pacific Performance, Lana Lopesi 389\tKowhaiwhai Ceramics, Tharron Bloomfield 394\tOur Mothers Were Not Marked, Julia Mage'au Gray 400\tHe Rauemi Tuturu: Muka in Contemporary New Zealand Jewellery Practice, Tryphena Cracknell 409\tMeliors Simms: Agent of Change, Bronwyn Lloyd 416\tCasting Shadow, Chasing Light, Lydia Baxendell 422\tNotes Further reading More about craft About the editors Contributors Acknowledgements Objects Image credits Index","brand":"Te Papa Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49083785806167,"sku":"9780994136275","price":52.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780994136275.jpg?v=1725550013","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/crafting-aotearoa-9780994136275","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}