x, 209 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Introduction Craft at the limits Craft as a process Supplemental Homage to Brancusi Wearable sculptures: modern jewelry and the problem of autonomy Reframing the pattern and decoration movement Props: Gijs Bakker and Gord Peteran Material Ceramic presence: Peter Voulkos Natural limitations: Stephen De Staebler and Ken Price Crawling through mud: Yagi Kazuo The materialization of the art object, 1966-72 Breath: Dale Chihuly and Emma Wooffenden Skilled Circular thinking: David Pye and Michael Baxandall Learning by doing Thinking in situations: Josef Albers from the Bauhaus to Black Mountain Charles Jencks and Kenneth Frampton: the ad hoc and the tectonic Conclusion: skill and the human condition Pastoral Regions apart Versions of pastoral: Phil Leider and Art Espenet Carpenter North, south, east, west: Carl Andre and Robert Smithson Landscapes: Gord Peteran and Richard Slee Amateur The world's most fascinating hobby: Robert Arneson Feminism and the politics of amateurism Abject craft: Mike Kelley and Tracey Emin Conclusion Notes Index
