Daniel Fountain (UK University of Exeter)

Queer Crafts

Material Practices and the Making of Identity

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores how contemporary craftspeople, artists and other creatives identifying as LGBTQ+ use craft materials and processes to explore their identity and queerness.

Produktdetails

• Critical Craft Studies
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2026
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 164mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9781350359352
• ISBN-10: 1350359351
• Artikelnr.: 73933146

Autorenporträt

Daniel Fountain is Senior Lecturer in Art History and Visual Culture at the University of Exeter, UK. They have published widely on gender, sexuality, contemporary art, and craft, including the edited collection Crafted with Pride: Queer Craft and Activism in Contemporary Britain (2023). Daniel is also a practitioner and curator with international experience.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
Preface: Creatively Bent
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Unraveling 'Queer' and 'Craft'
TEXTILE
Chapter 1.Threads of Kinship: Queer Worldmaking and Crafting Community
CERAMIC
Chapter 2. Ceramics in Transition: Centering the Transgender Experience
WOOD
Chapter 3. Against the Grain: Queer Furniture and The Politics of
Discomfort
PAPER
Chapter 4. Paper Trails: (De)Constructing Identity Through Papercutting and
Collage
METAL
Chapter 5. Shimmering Selves and Erotic Expressions in Armour and Adornment
GLASS
Chapter 6. Handle with Care: Fragility and Viral Containment
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Glossary
I: Key LGBTQ+ Terms
II: Key Technical Terms