Above: Artist Kathryn Pannepacker's collaborative weaving installation, in progress.
Lydia Matthews on New Models of Marketplace.
Lydia, like Richard Sennet, was another presenter drawing craft into a larger economic and environmental context. Verbatim: "Economic crisis obliges us to imagine a new social and economic structure." The questions she focused on were,
How might craft's scope of involvement and impact be expanded?
How can the concept of capital be re-defined, to give makers a new perspective on their work's effect in the world?
From Tony Fry's book Design Futuring, Lydia outlined five types of capital for makers to consider:
1. financial ($ the obvious)
2. social (human relationships, reciprocity)
3. cultural (knowledge, skill sets, education)
4. ecological (resources)
5. physical (infrastructure, tools)
She went on to give several examples of makers taking these other forms of capital into their process. Here are links to some of these:
Bamboo Bike Studio teaches bamboo-bike building classes in New York, then uses the money to establish sustainable bamboo-bike factories in Ghana and Kenya.
Ethical Metalsmiths is an organization of metalsmiths raising awareness about mining issues and pushing for reform.
EnergyXchange is a craft center in North Carolina where methane from a landfill powers glass blowers, a pottery kiln, and supplies radiant heat for artist studios and a greenhouse.
Lydia Matthews on New Models of Marketplace.
Lydia, like Richard Sennet, was another presenter drawing craft into a larger economic and environmental context. Verbatim: "Economic crisis obliges us to imagine a new social and economic structure." The questions she focused on were,
How might craft's scope of involvement and impact be expanded?
How can the concept of capital be re-defined, to give makers a new perspective on their work's effect in the world?
From Tony Fry's book Design Futuring, Lydia outlined five types of capital for makers to consider:
1. financial ($ the obvious)
2. social (human relationships, reciprocity)
3. cultural (knowledge, skill sets, education)
4. ecological (resources)
5. physical (infrastructure, tools)
She went on to give several examples of makers taking these other forms of capital into their process. Here are links to some of these:
Bamboo Bike Studio teaches bamboo-bike building classes in New York, then uses the money to establish sustainable bamboo-bike factories in Ghana and Kenya.
Ethical Metalsmiths is an organization of metalsmiths raising awareness about mining issues and pushing for reform.
EnergyXchange is a craft center in North Carolina where methane from a landfill powers glass blowers, a pottery kiln, and supplies radiant heat for artist studios and a greenhouse.
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