Craft Platforms: Resources

RESOURCES

This section provides further information on social media, online marketplaces, tutorials, and digital technology for craft.

SOCIAL MEDIA FOR MAKERS

In our project, we define craft as a skilled activity in which makers plan, explore materials, produce functional objects, and inherit cultural heritage.

Instagram

Instagram, a photo sharing social networking.

微信 (WeChat)

一款跨平台的通讯工具,支持单人、多人参与。

Facebook

Connect with friends, family and other people you know.

腾讯QQ

集新闻信息、生活服务、媒体资讯和产品为一体的媒体平台。

Twitter

Twitter, get the full story with all the live commentary.

新浪微博

基于用户关系的社交媒体平台,帮助用户随时随地发现新鲜事。

Pinterest

Discover recipes, home ideas, style inspiration and other ideas to try.

百度贴吧

以兴趣主题聚合志同道合者的互动平台。

豆瓣

提供图书、电影、音乐唱片的推荐、评论和价格比较。

Lofter (乐乎)

中国最优质的图片社交软件。

小红书

年轻人的生活方式分享平台。

ONLINE MARKETPLACES FOR MAKERS

Etsy

Etsy is an American e-commerce website focused on handmade or vintage items and craft supplies.

Taobao

数亿优质商品,同时提供担保交易(先收货后付款)等安全交易保障服务。

Ebay

Buy & sell electronics, cars, clothes, collectibles & more on eBay, the world’s online marketplace.

Amazon

Free delivery on millions of items with Prime.

ONLINE TUTORIALS FOR CRAFT

Can be divided by categories of craft.

UK​

Knit: Knitting for Beginners

中国​

淘宝卖家平台

Paper & Stitch: DIYs and Design for your Modern life

Craftbyamanda: Easy craft ideas for kids and adults

Happy Family Art: Craft Tutorials

Craftideas.info: Illustrated Craft Tutorials, Instructions and Techniques

INTERESTING PRACTICES THAT FUSE DIGITAL AND CRAFT

Unmade

Fashion and sportswear

Opendesk

Furniture

Kniterate

Knit

Common Works – MIKO

Furniture

Gravity Sketch

Here it explains this idea about spatial intelligence

Anarkik3D

3d modelling software developed by a jeweller

Lucy Johnston’s book Digital Handmade

Knit

Projects

British Council project

Furniture

Kickstarter

Helping artists, musicians, filmmakers, designers, and other creators find the resources and support they need to make their ideas a reality. 

Fab Lab London

A purpose-built digital fabrication and rapid prototyping workspace 

The new craft house

Using traditional crafting techniques in modern and stylish products

William Morris Gallery

The only public Gallery devoted to William Morris

Groups

E-textile summer camp

E-textile

UNIVERSITY RESOURCE

Nottingham Trent University textile department

a leading institution for advanced textiles research 

Duncan Jordanstone College of Art and Design

Facilities at Duncan of Jordanstone

RCA- a new MA Textiles Programme Soft Systems

Smart Surfaces, Structures and Digital Assemblies’

Fabricademy

A new textile academy

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY FOR CRAFT

Digital technology refers to digital platforms which involve physical machines for making.

Categories

  • Laser cutting
  • 3D printing
  • CNC
  • Digital software

Research

The table below lists some case studies that applied digital technologies for different crafts. So far, digital technologies are more likely to be used in textiles, ceramics and jewellery.

Chittenden, T. (2018). Printed pots and computerized coils: The place of 3D printing in ceramic practice. ​Craft Research, ​ 9(1), 9-40.

Rosner, D. K., Ikemiya, M., & Regan, T. (2015, January). Resisting alignment: code and clay. In Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction​ (pp. 181-188). ACM.

Rosner, D. K., & Ryokai, K. (2008, September). Spyn: augmenting knitting to support storytelling and reflection. In ​Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Ubiquitous computing​ (pp. 340-349). ACM.

Zoran, A., & Buechley, L. (2013). Hybrid reassemblage: an exploration of craft, digital fabrication and artifact uniqueness. Leonardo , 46(1), 4-10.

Zoran, A. et al. (2015, July). Hybrid craft: showcase of physical and digital integration of design and craft skills. In ACM SIGGRAPH art gallery (pp. 384-398). ACM.

ADD RESOURCE AND LINK

Please send us suggestions for additional resources and links for craft makers to appear on this page. Many thanks!

Contact Us

Craftplatforms.org has been produced by the project research team at Queen Mary University of London, UK, and Hunan University, China.

Contact E-mail: contact@craftplatforms.org

For more information or to speak to the craft research team, please contact:

Prof. Nick Bryan-Kinns

n.bryan-kinns@qmul.ac.uk

School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
Queen Mary University of London
London E1 4NS

Prof. Hao Tan

htan@hnu.edu.cn

School of Design, Hunan University
Yuelu Mountain, Changsha