EAN: 9783030449810

CREATIVE WORKING LIVES CRAFTSPEOPLE AND DESIG...

This open access book explores the experience of working as a craftsperson or designer maker in
the contemporary creative economy. The authors utilise evidence from the only major empirical
study to explore the skills required and the challenges facing contemporary makers in an
increasingly crowded marketplace. Drawing upon 180 interviews with peak organisations 
established and emerging makers  and four years of fieldwork across Australia  this book offers
a unique insight into the motivations informing those who seek to make an income from their
craft or designer maker practice  as well as the challenges and opportunities facing them as
they do so at this time of renewed interest internationally in the artisanal and handmade.
Offering a rich and deep collection of real-life experiences  this book is aimed both at an
academic and practitioner audience.

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