Craft Economies provides a wide-ranging exploration of contemporary craft production, situating practices of amateur and professional making within a wider creative economy. Contributors address a diverse range of practices, sites and forms of making in a wide range of regional and national contexts, from floristry to ceramics and from crochet to coding. The volume considers the role of digital practices of making and the impact of the maker's movement as part of larger trends around customization, on-demand production, and the possibilities of 3D printing and digital manufacturing.
A collection of essays taking a scholarly look at contemporary craft production around the world, placing professional and amateur practice within the broader creative economy. Look out for contributions by Ezra Shales and the Craft Council's head of research and policy, Julia Bennett.