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Crafting new traditions : Canadian innovators and influences

Title
Crafting new traditions : Canadian innovators and influences / edited by Melanie Egan, Alan C. Elder and Jean Johnson.
Publication
Gatineau, Québec : Canadian Museum of Civilization, [2008], ©2008.

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Additional Authors
  • Elder, Alan C., 1955-
  • Johnson, Jean.
  • Egan, Melanie.
  • Canadian Museum of Civilization.
  • Harbourfront Centre.
Description
xv, 119 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm.
Summary
"Crafting New Traditions: Canadian Innovators and Influences brings together the work of 11 historians and craftspeople to address the two questions of "who has influenced the recent history of Canadian studio craft?" and "who will be considered the 'pioneers' of Canadian craft in the future?""--BOOK JACKET.
Series Statement
  • Mercury series
  • Cultural studies paper ; 84
Uniform Title
  • Cultural studies paper (Canadian Museum of Civilization) ; 84.
  • Mercury series.
Subjects
Note
  • "Published in collaboration with Harbourfront Centre".
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Language (note)
  • Includes abstract in French.
Contents
Foreword: Canadian Museum of Civilization -- Foreword: Harbourfront Centre -- Introduction / Jean Johnson -- Ch. 1. The Past is a Foreign Country / Sandra Flood -- Ch. 2. Married to Pottery / Rachel Cotlieb -- Ch. 3. A Place in Ceramic History / Susan Jefferies -- Ch. 4. Passing the Torch / Julia Krueger -- Ch. 5. Emergence / Carolyn Prowse-Fainmel -- Ch. 6. Educating Nancy and Harold and Bill / Anne Barros -- Ch. 7. Achieving Balance / Beth Alber -- Ch. 8. Struggles for Recognition / Sandra Alfoldy -- Ch. 9. A Flexible Practice / Doric Mlllerson -- Ch. 10. A Question of Style / Alan C. Elder -- Ch. 11. Craft and Design and the Fiction of Studio Furniture / Patty Johnson -- Ch. 12. The Craft Department at Harbourfront Centre / Melanie Egan.
ISBN
  • 9780660197845
  • 0660197847
LCCN
99933685359
OCLC
  • ocn198453456
  • 198453456
  • SCSB-5469768
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Columbia University Libraries