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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"740 Drawing & decorative arts"”.
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The tin chok textile and weaving tradition of Mae Chaem, Thailand
This thesis evaluates the unique social function, history and tradition of tin chok textiles (a weaving technique whereby the yarn is picked out using a porcupine quill), which originate from the Mae Chaem area of Chiangmai province in northern Thailand. It represents the first systematic …
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Rethinking jewellery for Korea: a practice-led approach to creating high-visibility wearables
This thesis introduces the idea of high-visibility wearables as a new way of thinking about craft (jewellery in particular) in Korea. This new idea is challenging for many people in Korea, because jewellery is still narrowly understood there either as that which has financial value or as an …
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Visual grounded analysis : developing and testing a method for preliminary visual research
Approaching a new design project by performing preliminary visual research is a common practice in educational and studio settings, particularly in Jewellery and Fashion Design. Collecting images around a given subject or theme - for better understanding its visual traits, or for future reference - …
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Weaving histories: cultural memory, similarity, and curatorial approach in the interpretation of Achaemenid and Safavid Persian carpets
… of Persian Art at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, curated by Arthur Upham Pope with Reza Shah’s support. Reza Shah also encouraged Iranian artists to study abroad, while Mohammad Reza Shah and Empress Farah Diba invested in preserving and curating Persian art, linking ancient and …
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Doing and talking : the value of video interviewing for researching and theorizing craft
… in the writing of the nineteenth-century Arts and Crafts movement. That writing was primarily concerned with the organisation and ownership of labour, with the moral and social purpose of art, and with creativity, given expression through the making process. Since the 1970s, we have seen …