Maakin Lab
Maakin Lab [online].
Lab, Maakin
Abstract
The Maakin Lab project was developed in partnership with the Shetland College Department of Textiles and Design, On the Edge research and artist Susan Benn of PAL. The research challenge offered up by the project partners was how to revalue traditional Shetland knitting in terms of its relevance in the lives and livelihoods of Shetland people. Although indigenous Fair Isle pattern and the fine Shetland lace knitting are known world wide, the different socio-economic picture in the wake of the oil boom of the 70's and the old fashioned image knitting has for many of the younger Shetlanders contributed to the decline of interest in the knitting. Finding ways to revalue these forms of making in artistic-cultural, and economic terms was a complex question.
Citation
MAAKIN LAB. 2004. Maakin Lab [online]. Available from: http://www.maakinlab.org/
Digital Artefact Type | Website |
---|---|
Deposit Date | Dec 8, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Dec 8, 2016 |
Keywords | Sculpture; Shetland; Knitting; Yarn; Wool |
Public URL | http://hdl.handle.net/10059/2000 |
Related Public URLs | http://hdl.handle.net/10059/1996 |
Contract Date | Dec 8, 2016 |
External URL | http://www.maakinlab.org/ |
Files
DOUGLAS 2004 Maakin Lab (PROJECT WEBSITE)
(10.3 Mb)
Archive
Publisher Licence URL
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
You might also like
Venturing out on the thread of a tune: the artist as improvisor in public life.
(2018)
Book Chapter
Improvisation as experimentation in everyday life and beyond.
(2017)
Book Chapter
Walking in unquiet landscapes: layers of human settlements in the hills of Aberdeenshire.
(2016)
Newspaper / Magazine
Understanding experimentation as improvisation in arts research.
(2015)
Journal Article