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Communiqués is a new and on-going series providing a variety of perspectives on how the craft and design community is thinking about, responding and adapting to the current coronavirus pandemic and the ways in which it is reshaping our lives, activities and relationships.
Last April, Nancy Johnston decided to felt a tiny sheep a day to create a sense of forward motion. She finds that thinking about sheep isn’t just sleep inducing.
Sally McCubbin asks her community about how they are coping with the gap between having children and having a creative practice, during the COVID-19 crisis. Remarks from Brad Turner, Janet MacPherson, Krystal Speck, Margaret Lim, Nick Chase and Steve Tippin.
Bruno Vinhas talks about the survival of galleries. These spaces already on the edge of non-existence are once again in jeopardy due to the current world situation.
Gillian Whitcombe explores the pressures, demands and mixed feelings around sewing homemade PPE.
Robyn Wilcox considers online exhibitions. She explores why even the well-executed ones, lack the appeal of a material experience? What is missing from an online exhibition?
Nehal El-Hadi re-evaluates the human-object relationship, rediscovering the ways in which certain handmade items introduce joy at a time when anxiety seems to be the prevailing emotion.
Melanie Egan thinks about how the lack of access to studio and working space because of the coronavirus pandemic affects more than just the production of objects.