top of page
Craftspeople and Designer Makers in the Contemporary Creative Economy
Inside this Book

If you make use of this material, you may credit the authors as follows:

Luckman Susan and Andrew Jane, "Craftspeople and Designer Makers in the Contemporary Creative Economy", Springer Nature, 2020, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-44979-7, License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This open access book explores the experience of working as a craftsperson or designer maker in the contemporary creative economy. The authors utilise evidence from the only major empirical study to explore the skills required and the challenges facing contemporary makers in an increasingly crowded marketplace. Drawing upon 180 interviews with peak organisations, established and emerging makers, and four years of fieldwork across Australia, this book offers a unique insight into the motivations informing those who seek to make an income from their craft or designer maker practice, as well as the challenges and opportunities facing them as they do so at this time of renewed interest internationally in the artisanal and handmade. Offering a rich and deep collection of real-life experiences, this book is aimed both at an academic and practitioner audience.

Keywords

Cultural Policy And Politics, Small Business, Australasian Culture, Entrepreneurship, Craft, Designer Makers, Self-employment, Micro-enterprise, Creative Industries, Creative Careers, Open Access, Politics & Government, Cultural Studies, Small Businesses & Self-employed

Rights | License

Except where otherwise noted, this item has been published under the following license:

You might also be interested in the following books from Amazon:

Takedown policy:

If you believe that this publication infringes copyright, please contact us at info@jecasa-ltd.com and provide relevant details so that we can investigate your claim.

bottom of page