Craft Research
Craft Research (Journal)
The aim of Craft Research is to advocate and promote current and emerging craft research, including research into materials, processes, methods, concepts, aesthetic and style. This may be in any discipline area of the applied arts and crafts, including craft education.
The journal will portray and build the crafts as a vital and viable modern discipline that has a vision for the future. It is distinct from mainstream journals in that it is dedicated to presenting and reporting on research, in the widest sense, in order to advance the knowledge in the field. Making this knowledge, in whatever form, available to the community will help build and advance the field, and present it – in all its diversity – as a strong and essential force that cannot be overlooked. All articles are double-blind peer-reviewed in order to maintain the highest standards of scholastic integrity.
Editors
Kristina Niedderer
University of Wolverhampton, UK.
k.niedderer@mmu.ac.uk
Katherine Townsend
Nottingham Trent University, UK.
katherine.townsend@ntu.ac.uk
Craft Research is the first peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to the development and advance of contemporary craft practice and theory through research. The aim of Craft Research is to elicit craft as a vital and viable modern discipline that offers a vision for the future and for the sustainable development of human social, economical and ecological issues. This role of craft is rooted in its flexible nature as a conduit from design at one end to art at the other. It gains its strength from its at times experimental, at times developmental nature, which enables craft to explore and challenge technology, to question and develop cultural and social practices, and to interrogate philosophical and human values.
Editors
Kristina Niedderer
University of Wolverhampton, UK.
k.niedderer@mmu.ac.uk
Katherine Townsend
Nottingham Trent University, UK.
katherine.townsend@ntu.ac.uk
Editors
Kristina Niedderer
University of Wolverhampton, UK.
k.niedderer@mmu.ac.uk
Katherine Townsend
Nottingham Trent University, UK.
katherine.townsend@ntu.ac.uk
Editors
Kristina Niedderer
University of Wolverhampton, UK.
k.niedderer@mmu.ac.uk
Katherine Townsend
Nottingham Trent University, UK.
katherine.townsend@ntu.ac.uk
Full research papers (4000–6000 words)
Full papers may describe completed research projects, including research question(s), methods, outcomes, and findings. They should include original research and/or work of developmental nature which proposes new concepts, ideas or methods that are clearly presented, argued and evidenced.
Position papers (2000–3000 words)
Position papers may put forward and debate a position on a particular (current) issue (e.g. new technology, material, theoretical, social or educational issue). Position papers should include an original argument that is clearly presented and evidenced.
Craft and industry reports (2000–3000 words)
Reports of investigative practice in the craft industry should present advances in and for the field, including new collaborations, technological developments, processes, methods, ideas etc. by craft practitioners and industry.
Review section. We invite reviews of the following:
The portrait section (1000–2000 words)
features the work of an individual (craftsperson, artist, designer, maker, researcher) within the field whose creative work stands out for its developmental / research qualities and contribution to the crafts.
The exhibition section (1000–2000 words)
features scholarly reviews of exhibitions that are of particular developmental / research significance for the field due to the quality of the work or the curation.
Publication review (1000–2000 words)
features reviews of publications in print and new media that are of particular developmental / research significance for the field.
The conference section (1000–2000 words)
features reviews of any relevant conferences/symposia/etc. in the field.
Calendar of exhibitions and conferences
We invite notifications of important and relevant forthcoming craft exhibitions and craft related conferences/research events.
Remarkable image section
We invite the submission of images of outstanding quality for their beauty, complexity, simplicity, challenging nature, novelty, humour, humanity, etc. that are representative of contemporary craft developments and research.
1) The full version of your article as word document (.doc) containing the full text and all metadata as described under ‘metadata’, including:
• Article Title (normally no more than 10 words)
• Author’s Name.
• Abstract
• Keywords
• Full text, with all subsections
• References
• Author’s biography of 50-100 words.
• Author’s postal and email address
• List of illustrations. Illustrations/images must be submitted as separate files.
2) An anonymized version of your article as a pdf. In this version, images should be included where they should appear in the text, and all references to the author(s) should be removed, including: name, affiliation, address, biography and any literary reference that refer to the author(s)’s work should be removed.
Editors
Kristina Niedderer
University of Wolverhampton, UK.
k.niedderer@mmu.ac.uk
Katherine Townsend
Nottingham Trent University, UK.
katherine.townsend@ntu.ac.uk
Advisory Board
Keith Cummings
University of Wolverhampton
Vanessa Cutler
Swansea Metropolitan University
Jane Harris
Kingston University
Martina Margetts
Royal College of Art
Lesley Millar
University of the Creative Arts
Victoria Mitchell
Norwich University College of the Arts, UK.
Marie O'Mahony
University of Technology Sydney
Simon Olding
University for the Creative Arts
Robert Pulley
Royal College of Art
Vibeke Riisberg
Kolding School of Design
Timo Rissanen
Parsons School of Design, USA
Michael Rowe
Royal College of Art
Kärt Summatavet
University of Tartu
Jorunn Veiteberg
Bergen National Academy of the Arts
Martin Woolley
Coventry University
Christoph Zellweger
Sheffield Hallam University
Reviewers
Amanda Bayley
University of Wolverhampton
Amanda Briggs-Goode
Nottingham Trent University
Annabelle Campbell
Crafts Council
Anne Thorpe
Open University
Ann-Marie Carey
Birmingham City University
Brynjulf Tellefsen
Norwegian School of Management
Charlotte Goldthorpe
University of Huddersfield
Emma Shercliff
Arts University Bournemouth, UK
Faith Kane
Massey University, New Zealand
Fiona Hackney
University of Wolverhampton, UK
Gill Bunce
Nottingham Trent University
Geoff Matthews
Lincoln University
Ilpo Koskinen
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Jack Cunningham
Birmingham City University
Jill Jorneaux
Coventry University
Jo Bloodworth
University of Wolverhampton
Jorunn Veiteberg
Bergen National Academy of the Arts
Julia Sissons
Nottingham Trent University
Kate McIntyre
Buckinghamshire New University
Katherine Townsend
Nottingham Trent University, UK.
Kathryn Moore
Birmingham City University
Keith Russell
Newcastle University
Keith Cummings
University of Wolverhampton
Leopold Kowolik
Sheridan College in Ontario and Studio Magazine, Canada
M P Ranjan
National Institute of Design
Magdalene Odundo
University for the Creative Arts
Mark Smith
Birmingham City University
Martin Woolley
Coventry University
Masayo Ave
MasayoAve Creation
Max Stewart
University of Wolverhampton
Michael Rowe
Royal College of Art
Mònica Gaspar Mallol
Zurich University of the Arts
Nick Stanley
The British Museum
Nicola Perren
University of Huddersfield
Nicola Wood
Sheffield Hallam University
Nithikul Nimukulrat
Estonian Academy of Arts
Patricia Dillon
Independent Researcher and Pedagogic Consultant, UK
Pammi Sinha
University of Huddersfield
Paul Harper
Stroud
Philip Kwesiga
Makerere University
Robert Jerrard
Birmingham City University
Rina Arya
University of Wolverhampton
Sarah Kettley
Nottingham Trent University
Sabine Jünginger
Lancaster University
Sian Hindle
Birmingham City University
Sarah Whatley
Coventry University
Simon Olding
University for the Creative Arts
Tim Bolton
Plymouth College of Art and Design
Tom Fisher
Nottingham Trent University
Vanessa Brown
Nottingham Trent University
Verity Carkson
University of Brighton
Victoria Mitchell
Norwich University College of the Arts, UK.
Wendy Moody
Anglia Ruskin University
Editors
Kristina Niedderer
University of Wolverhampton, UK.
k.niedderer@mmu.ac.uk
Katherine Townsend
Nottingham Trent University, UK.
katherine.townsend@ntu.ac.uk
Contents
- Volume (9): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2018
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- Volume (9): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2018
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- Volume (8): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2017
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- Volume (8): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2017
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- Volume (7): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2016
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- Volume (7): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2016
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- Volume (6): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2015
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- Volume (6): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2015
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- Volume (5): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2014
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- Volume (5): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2014
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- Volume (4): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2013
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- Volume (4): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2013
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- Volume (3): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2012
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- Volume (2): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2011
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- Volume (1): Issue (1)
- Cover date:
Editors
Kristina Niedderer
University of Wolverhampton, UK.
k.niedderer@mmu.ac.uk
Katherine Townsend
Nottingham Trent University, UK.
katherine.townsend@ntu.ac.uk
