Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

Towards Sustainable Craft Production in Jamaica

2010; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 3; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2752/174967810x12774789403609

1749-6780

Suzette Wolfe Wilson,

Architecture, Design, and Social History

This article examines some of the evolving changes in selected traditional and contemporary Jamaican craft and design practices. These processes and systems have developed in order to match new global values in sustainable production and to protect our natural resources. The article explores efforts to link the diversity of craft design in Jamaica, particularly the traditional skills and materials of the country, with more contemporary and sustainable craftmaking using new design concepts, technologies, materials, and processes. An intimate balance between the traditional and the contemporary, new processes in design, and sustainability in local craftmaking is found in two case studies: the Clonmel Potters and the Roktowa (Rock Tower) Project.