Artisa Curatorial Fellowship: Disrupting a process

Shai Akram, maker-designer and co-founder of Studio Alt Shift, was the Crafts Council’s inaugural Artisa Fellow. As part of the Artisa Curatorial Fellowship, Shai was given unlimited access to the Crafts Council Collection. During her research she began to think about new ways of categorising the works, beginning by classifying over thirty items into three themes: 1. Variations on a blank, 2. Disrupting a process, and 3. Off-plinth. In this theme, Disrupting a Process, Shai incorporates items that show mind and machine working together, or a deviation from the rules to challenge the limits of tools and technology. You can read Shai’s full report here.