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Gina Fairley

Sydney
As seen in: ArtsHub Australia, Hyperallergic, Big News Network, Independent Australia, Art Asia Pacific, ScreenHub, The Big Idea (New Zealand), ArtsHub UK
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The ‘handmade’ label is no longer enough – makers must tell new stories

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By Gina Fairley
| ArtsHub Australia Verified
This week, I submitted an application for an end-of-year market, as part of that Christmas season flurry which descends upon makers quicker than one would wish. Rolling out the usual line about creating bespoke, handmade pieces lovingly crafted over time in my studio (you know the spiel), this time the sector soundbite lacked the usually pep, and felt slightly disingenuous. Is it because we are leaning so heavily on the handmade label to counter the creep of generative artificial intelligence?
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‘Dynamic and fresh’: emerging makers unleashed on the Gold Coast

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By Gina Fairley
| ArtsHub Australia Verified
When Artisan – Queensland’s peak organisation for craft and design – pivoted last December to move beyond a bricks and mortar model, the future of UNLEASHED, its flagship exhibition for emerging makers, was in question. The answer came in the way of partnership with HOTA Home of the Arts on the Gold Coast – a gallery with a long history of ceramics, but one that has faded with time. The pairing has raised the bar on this biennial event for both organisations – and emerging artists are the winners.
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‘We can all feel it’: Australia’s craft sector says it’s time for a national making agenda

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By Gina Fairley
| ArtsHub Australia Verified
Australia’s craft and design sector is at a turning point. That was the message from the panel A Nation of Makers at Artisan’s inaugural MADE 2026 symposium in Brisbane on 10 September, where leaders from craft, design, glass and First Nations arts organisations considered what the next decade could hold for making in Australia.
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