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This occasional email news provides information about events at Craft Victoria that may be of relevance. Please note upcoming events and opportunities that invite participation. OF LATE Web site The case of the missing textiles OPPORTUNITIES Guild Unlimited Bulletin Chime Shelf IN THE WINGS Andrew Wood - reading the country Annual lecture 30th anniversary party Instrumental forum < O F L A T E > WEB SITE We now have a home on the domain, which you can visit at www.craftvic.asn.au. It contains information and images about our activities. 'Behind the Scenes' offers a more personable picture of what goes on here. 'Calendar of Events' provides up to date information about what is happening in the crafts. The site will be evolving over time, so please be a regular visitor. We are currently planning a craft skill bank to facilitate craft commissions. THE CASE OF THE MISSING TEXTILES Andrea McNamara's exhibition of textiles based on Tiwi designs from Melville Island was due to open last Friday, but unfortunately she had no work to display. Her pieces had been at a machinist in Ferntree Gully for some final hemming. Unfortunately, the machinist had gone missing under mysterious circumstances and the textiles could not be found. Andrea had been waiting outsider her house until midnight the previous night, and eventually had to console herself on Friday morning to the sad task of ringing people and telling them not to come to the opening. The Clayton's opening ended up a surprisingly merry affair, as we listened to Andrea's gripping story of her adventures in outer Melbourne. She has since worked solidly to re-print those textiles and they are now hanging gloriously from the gallery's ceiling. The opening has been re-scheduled for this Saturday 6 May at 2:30pm. Andrea will give a floor talk afterwards. < O P P O R T U N I T I E S > GUILD UNLIMITED An exhibition is planned to tour from late 2001 which places the history of guilds in a contemporary context. The craft practitioners involved will each work with a group of people who share a work practice but have no formal association (e.g., cappuccino pullers, web site designers, call operators). On display will be ceremonial objects, such as rings or banners, that recognise the knowledge and skill shared by these workers. The exhibition invokes the spirit of the Arts & Crafts movement in a time when work associations are declining. More information is available at the web site at www.craftvic.asn.au/guild. BULLETIN The next issue of the Craft Bulletin will include details of the kinds of organisations that craft practitioners might join. This includes not only guilds and workshops, but also other emerging craft networks online. A form for details to be published will be distributed, but to make sure your association receives one, please contact Craft Victoria. CHIME The Guide Dogs Association is looking for someone who can make a wind chime using dog tags. SHELF We are currently looking for someone to curate our 'in-between' exhibitions in our front window. < I N T H E W I N G S > ANDREW WOOD - READING THE COUNTRY Exhibition at Craft Victoria 1 June - 1 July 2000 Andrew Wood's tables, cabinets and stands evoke the beauty of Victoria's timbers, including manna gum, silver wattle, yellow box, myrtle and sweet bursia. One of the surfaces is made by insects. 24 July > Annual Craft Victoria lecture by Paola Antonelli, Curator of Design at New York's MOMA 7 Sept > 30th Anniversary Party for Craft Victoria, coinciding with opening of State Craft Collection, 'From Eltham to Memphis' 28 Oct > 'Can classical instruments be made from Australian timbers?' public discussion for Melbourne Festival VIKING POINT OF VIEW Lenses have been discovered that reveal great sophistication in Viking craft. Made from rock-crystal, the lenses have an accurate shape that betrays the work of a master craftsman. The late Dr Karl-Heinz Wilms first heard of the so-called "Visby" lens in 1990 when he was searching for exhibits for a Munich museum. The Gotland crystals provide the first evidence that sophisticated lens-making techniques were being used by craftsmen over a 1,000 years ago. BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_702000/702478.stm --------------------------------------------------------- Craft Victoria 114 Gertrude Street FITZROY VIC 3065 Melbourne, Australia ph +61 3 9417 3111 fax +61 3 9419 7295 www.craftvic.asn.au General [log in to unmask] Kevin Murray [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%