PUBLICATIONS

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Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design

 

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Menagerie: Contemporary Indigenous Sculpture

Edited by Nicole Foreshew and Brian Parkes

Published by Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design and Australian Museum, 2009, 172 pp, full colour, 275mm x 220mm

RRP: $49.95 (inc GST)

Accompanying a major touring exhibition of the same name, this elegant publication highlights the richness and breadth of contemporary Indigenous sculpture in Australia through the innovative work of 33 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists.

All of the featured works are sculptural depictions of animals and are as diverse and dynamic in their materials and techniques as they are in their varied relationships to issues of place, identity, culture and survival.  

The catalogue is edited by the exhibition’s co-curators Nicole Foreshew and Brian Parkes and both have written major essays for the publication. In addition, 22 specialist writers and curators have contributed revealing profiles on each of the individual artists.

 

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Freestyle: New Australian Design for Living

Editor Brian Parkes, Co-published by Object and Melbourne Museum, 2006, 320pp, full colour, 170 x 220mm

RRP $49.95 (inc GST)

 

Freestyle: new Australian design for living brings together thework and stories of 40 outstanding Australian designer s from the fields of furniture, lighting, textiles, homewares, fashion, jewellery and accessories.

 

This publication and the exhibition it accompanies aim to reflect the character, vibrancy and increasing maturity of contemporary design in Australia.

 

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Freestyle: New Australian Design for Living DVD

VEA, presented by Object and Melbourne Museum, 2006

RRP $29.95 (inc GST)

 

The Freestyle DVD gives you an insight into the personality and passion of six Australian designer s in their unique studio environment.

 

The DVD features Australian designers:

  • Akira Isogawa, Fashion
  • Schamburg + Alvisse, Furniture
  • Susan Cohn, Jewellery
  • Vixen, Textiles
  • Prue Venables, Ceramics
  • F!NK & Co., Tableware

 

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Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft

Liz Williamson: Textiles

Kit Wise/Grace Cochrane, Published by Object and Craftsman House, 2008, 120 pp, full colour, paperback, 240 x 240mm

RRP $49.95 (inc GST)

 

In parallel with the Liz Williamson: Textiles exhibition, Object and Craftman House have published a significant 120-page monograph. This stunning tribute acknowledges the prolific career of Liz Williamson in the words of Grace Cochrane and Kit Wise and the exquisite design of Lynda Warner.

 

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Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft

Marian Hosking: Jewellery

Kit Wise/Claudia Terstappen, Published by Object and Craftsman House, 2007, 120 pp, full colour, paperback, 240 x 240mm

RRP $49.95 (inc GST)

 

To compliment the Marian Hosking: Jewellery exhibition, Object and Craftman House have published a significant 120-page monograph. This beautiful monograph designed by Lynda Warner, contains stunning essays by Kit Wise and Claudia Terstappen on Hosking's work and career.

 

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Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft

Klaus Moje: Glass

Megan Bottari, Published by Object and Craftsman House, 2006, 144 pp, full colour, paperback, 240 x 240mm

RRP $49.95 (inc GST)

 

Accompanying the exhibition Klaus Moje: Glass, the second in the Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft series, this beautiful monograph is generously illustrated and contains a comprehensive account of Moje's work and career by Megan Bottari, Canberra-based glass artist, writer and curator.

 

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Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft

Les Blakebrough: Ceramics

Jonathan Holmes, Published by Object and Craftsman House, 2005, 144pp, full colour, paperback, 240mm x 240mm

RRP $49.95 (inc GST)

Published to coincide with Les Blakebrough: Ceramics, the inaugural exhibition in the Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft series, this magnificent monograph pays tribute this acclaimed and influential ceramic artist. Generously illustrated, with a comprehensive account of Blakebrough's work and career by Jonathan Holmes, Associate Dean, Faculty of Arts at the University of Tasmania.

 

 

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Woven Forms: Contemporary Basket Making in Australia

Editor Brian Parkes, Published by Object, 2005, 104pp, full colour, paperback

RRP $39.95 (inc GST)

 

This unique catalogue has been published by Object to celebrate the beauty, diversity and importance of an art form with an ancient past and an exciting future. Featuring work by artists from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous backgrounds, from locations right across Australia, Woven Forms is one of the most ambitious surveys of basket making seen in this country. Contributing authors include Lindy Allen, Trish Barnard, Lola Greeno, Louise Hamby, Virginia Kaiser, Andrew Nicholls, Brian Parkes and Diana Wood Conroy.

 

 

Special offer: In addition to your purchase of Woven Forms you also receive a FREE copy of Cultural Strands (published by FORM, 2006, 104pp, full colour, including DVD). Offer is only valid until stocks last.

 

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Dinosaur Designs

Editor Brian Parkes, Published by Object, 2003,, 64pp, full colour

RRP $29.95 (inc GST)

 

This catalogue designed by Melbourne duo Mahon & Band is the first publication dedicated to Dinosaur Designs. The book covers the group's work in jewellery and homewares and includes contributions by Lesley Jackson, Jane de Teliga, Stephen Crafti, Guy Allenby, Samantha Griffin, Ewen McDonald and Brian Parkes .

 

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Art on a String

Co-Editors Louise Hamby and Diana Young, Co-published by Object and Centre for Cross Cultural Research, 2001, 96pp, full colour

RRP $39.95 (inc GST)

 

This catalogue introduces the aesthetic and symbolic power of necklaces and other threaded objects made by Australian Aboriginal artists from the Central Desert and Arnhem Land.

 

 

Art on a String displays the outstanding contemporary works and individual artists whose achievements have previously gone unrecognised. Curators Louise Hamby and Diana Young gathered together works by 60 artists from across the two regions. The publication also features indepth research and insights from many of the artists featured.

 

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