Aims and scope

The Journal of Modern Craft is the first peer-reviewed academic journal to provide an interdisciplinary and international forum in its subject area. It addresses all forms of making that self-consciously set themselves apart from mass production—whether in the making of designed objects, artworks, buildings, or other artefacts.

The journal covers craft in all its historical and contemporary manifestations, from the mid-nineteenth century, when handwork was first consciously framed in opposition to industrialization, through to the present day, when ideas once confined to the “applied arts” have come to seem vital across a huge range of cultural activities. Special emphasis is placed on studio practice, and on the transformations of indigenous forms of craft activity throughout the world. The journal also reviews and analyses the relevance of craft within new media, folk art, architecture, design, contemporary art and other fields.

The Journal of Modern Craft is the main scholarly voice on the subject of craft, conceived both as an idea and as a field of practice in its own right.

Funded in part by the Windgate Charitable Foundation with support from The Centre for Craft, Creativity & Design, whose mission is to advance the understanding of craft by encouraging and supporting research, scholarship and professional development. www.americanstudiocrafthistory.org. The Journal of Modern Craft gratefully welcomes this and all other support that it receives.

Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal.

Read the Instructions for Authors for information on how to submit your article.