Craft
![Textile artist Danny Amazonas standing in front of his large-scale quilt work. Photo: Courtesy of the artist. A middle-aged Asian man wearing glasses with yellow lenses and a gray t-shirt stnading in front of a large quilt work depicting a seaturtle surrounded by fish. The piece is vibrant and colourful.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/22791681_1604974169524137_1441557456258882473_o-e1719882791692.jpg?w=310)
Master quilter brings awareness to endangered species
The Taiwanese artist and quilter, Danny Amazonas, will make a stop in Australia at the Sydney Craft & Quilt Fair.
![Two people hold up a large textile work in an outdoor setting.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/IMG_4203-e1718162084551.jpeg?w=310)
Craft as a universal language: IOTA 2024 reveals lead artists and theme
The Indian Ocean Craft Triennial returns for its second WA edition to channel the diversity and communicative powers of craft.
![Rhodes. Image is a surreal piece of art in a golden frame, a picture of a young woman in a black cloak holding a closed fan in a red gloved hand. Her face is painted blue, yellow and white and there is a perspex or glass box around her head. She is standing in front of a block of flats.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Katrina-Rhodes-Incognito.jpeg?w=310)
Exhibition review: Katrina Rhodes and Stefano Ives, Fortyfivedownstairs
Two virtuosos of Australian surrealist art share a gallery in Melbourne’s CBD with captivating results.
![Photo: Alex Green, Pexels. Mother and daughter knitting together.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/pexels-alex-green-5693380-e1717637356938.jpg?w=310)
Our biggest knitting stories for World Wide Knit in Public Day
ArtsHub's top five knitting stories, from twiddle muffs to ways to save.
![So you want my arts job. A woman holding an armful of basketry materials smiles at the camera.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/SYWMAJ-2024-27May.jpg?w=310)
So you want my arts job: Wearable Art and Fibre Artist
The fibre and wearable pieces of Sunshine Coast-based artist Karen Lynch can be seen across festivals and competitions. Here is…
![Canberra Museum and Gallery. A group of metal cylinders in shades of bronze and blue patina are grouped against a white brick wall. The one on the far left is bubbly at the top as if it has been underwater or in an acid bath.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/elliotbastianon-cassieabraham-.jpg?w=310)
The slippery nexus between sculpture and design and the agency of materials
Canberra Museum and Gallery has a new exhibition: Materiality… but not as we know it.
![Ruth Maddison, ‘An abundance of caution’, on view at SECCA. Photo: Supplied.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/IMG_4161-e1716443360128.jpeg?w=310)
Not your inspirational quote – the dark and humorous side of text in craft
Artists working with text in craft are interrogating the usage of language through humour in dark times.
![‘Fit for a King’ by Monique Chiari, featuring a pup on opening night of ‘PET SHOP’ at Craft Victoria. Photo: Michael Pham, courtesy of Craft Victoria. A small black dog with curly fur wearing a white shirt on an oversized purple chair.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/IMG_4158-e1715919123656.jpeg?w=310)
5 chairs by artist designers to check out
From the funky to the extraterrestrial, these are functional art pieces that you can sit, lounge or relax on.
![Gallery gift shop. Wooden box opened to reveal a brass sextant inside.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/SEA-SEXTANT-IMG_0476-e1716169576130.jpg?w=310)
Exit through the gift shop
There's an undeniable link between the art and the commercial in gallery stores. ArtsHub takes a look at some of…
![2024 FUSE Glass Prize, installation view at JamFactory Adelaide. Photo: Connor Patterson. A gallery space with black walls and timbre floor where a series of innovative glass objects are placed on several narrow tables. A large red neon work is installed on a wall to the right.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/FUSE_2024_In-Situ-2-e1715828201306.jpg?w=310)
The nuances of curating for craft
Curators spinning familiarity into curiosity through different approaches to working with craft objects and exhibitions.