Describes the traveling exhibit of the Johnson Wax Company Collection of Contemporary Crafts. (SP)

How to use silk screen process printing for designs on ceramic ware. (GR)

My interest in craft-based activity in the home was aroused by research I carried out for the Crafts Council in the mid 1990s, which found that craft education in secondary schools was in serious decline. Paradoxically interest in amateur crafts was increasing and many teenagers claimed to be "making things" at home. At the present time, culture…

The research reported in this study concerns older adults from Australia who voluntarily chose to learn the craft of woodturning. The paper examines the literature of adult learning under the themes of presage factors, the learning environment, instructional methods, and techniques for facilitators. The paper then reports on the analysis of two…

Focuses on Mohammed Ashraf's traditional Pakistani lacquerwork, describing his techniques and noting distinguished audiences of his craft. Indicates modernization is a threat to the future of traditional crafts in Pakistan. (AEM)

Illustrates several ways to keep cardboard sculptures from falling apart when moved by using a simple clamp technique. (GB)

Suggests ways for a class of children 7-14 years of age to work successfully with scraps of wood by carving, sawing, hammering, nailing or gluing pieces together. (GB)

Despite interest in the arts, art and design practice in Nigeria continues to witness a downward trend. A new orientation and redirection of priorities, skills development, and patterns of practice that are not contradictory to the code of professional conduct and ethical procedures is contemplated. This paper groups the professionally trained…

Exploring the interface between curriculum practicalities and policy agendas, this paper rationalises the need to embed cultural diversity in the further education (FE) curriculum and explores processes whereby this may take place. It offers a personal view of the national context of recent policy change and debate around education for cultural…

Instructions for making simple masks are provided in this guide for teachers of elementary children. Directions with illustrations are given for constructing masks from paper plates, construction paper, plastic milk jugs, and papier-mache. Ideas include a clown mask, a flower mask, a top hat, a paper crown, and "Groucho" glasses. Types…

Contains ideas for "greasepaint masks." (CH)

Children need treasure boxes in which they may put their favorite things. Article introduces a method for creating those treasure boxes. (Author/RK)

Results of an assignment in which the students were to create an art object incorporating pattern. (RB)