Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Craft and Making Today: The Rise of Craft and Design Across the Global North -- Crafting Selves Today: The Project and Data Informing This Book -- The Project -- Race, Ethnicity and the Contemporary Craft and Designer Maker Sector in Australia -- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Craft and Designer Making -- Chapter Overview -- References -- Chapter 2: Meaningful Making in the Contemporary Creative Economy -- Who Are Australia's Contemporary Craftspeople and Designer Makers and Why Do They Make? -- Makers: 'Old' and New -- Career Changers -- Returners -- Enabling Ecosystems and Family Making Histories -- Family Making Histories -- Early Material and Tool Knowledges -- The Impact of Educational Encouragement and Exposure -- The Values and Personal Meaning of Small-Scale Making Today -- References -- Chapter 3: Educating for Enterprise -- Craft in Colonial Australia -- Formalising Applied Arts Education: Mechanics Institutes in Australia -- Training to Support a New National Economy -- The Rise of the Universities -- The University Experience -- Twenty-First-Century Craft and Design Education in Australia -- Getting Down to Business: Professional Skills in Practice-Based Education -- Drawing on Previously Acquired Transferable Skills -- Creating and Communicating Personal Narratives -- Crafting a Career Progression: Filling the Skills Gaps -- New Enterprise Incentive Scheme -- Shared Spaces -- Asking for Advice and Support -- Personal Qualities -- References -- Chapter 4: Establishing a Crafty Making Future: What Does a Career in Craft Look Like Today? -- Describing a Creative Career -- The Realities of Maker Incomes (from Making) -- Creative Work and (the Lack of) Business Savvy -- References -- Chapter 5: What Does 'Handmade' Mean Today?.

The Emergence of the Designer Maker and Contemporary 'Craft' Scaling-Up -- Moving from Maker to Employer -- Digital Making Futures for Small-Scale Production -- References -- Chapter 6: Selling Craft and Design: The Cultural and Economic Intricacies of the Contemporary Artisanal Marketplace -- Where People Are Selling in the Australian Craft and Designer Maker Marketplace -- Etsy and Online Selling in Australia -- The Desire for Face-to-Face Interaction and the Rise of Curated Designer Maker Markets -- Craft, Design and Local Economies in a Global World -- Localism, Craft and Contemporary Exchange Economies -- References -- Chapter 7: Craft and Design in an Age of Climate Crisis -- Materials Sourcing -- Use of Sustainable Materials: Sourcing Timber -- Negotiating, Sourcing and Using Animal-Based Materials -- Up-/Recycling -- Why It's Important to Give Attention to This: The Toxic Shadow Realities of Craft -- Craft = Quality = 'Made to Last'/'Made to Hold Onto' (and Be Repairable) -- Craft as Part of a Lifestyle Downshifting Choice -- Low Carbon Futures and Digital Tools -- Circular Economies of Craft -- References -- Chapter 8: Creative Craft and Design Microenterprise in the Age of Social Media -- The Online Worlds of Australia's Craftspeople and Designer Makers -- The Rise and Rise of the Visual: Instagram -- Social Media and the Labour of Maintaining an Online Presence -- Managing Social Media -- Digital Technology and Creative Selling: A Boon and a Curse -- Working Alone Together: Craft Collectives and Guilds in the Digital Age -- References -- Appendix 1: Crafting Self-Research Participants -- Appendix 2: Indicative Semi-Structured Interview Schedule (Established Practitioners) -- Index.

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