Louise Byrne, Annabelle Collett, Cindy Durant, Robyn Finlay, Wayne Mcara, Deborah Prior, Patricia Rose, Sera Waters, Meg Wilson.

Curated by Polly Dance as part of Adelaide City Council’s 2014/15 Emerging Curator Program.

Cindy Durant, Tales of the Wild West, work in progress, detail, kiln-formed glass, dimensions variable. Photograph courtesy the artist.

Robyn Finlay, Untitled (detail), 2012-13, teabags, 33.5 x 32 x 35 cm. Photograph courtesy the artist.

Patricia Rose, Journey of Connection, 2015, mixed media: scientific wire, silk, wool, threads, paper, transparencies, 151 x 92 x 10cm. Photograph courtesy the artist.

Meg Wilson, Sub Rosa Enclosure, (detail), installation in Blindside ARI, 2015, wool, string and timber, 194 x 88 and 194 x 93 cm. Photograph courtesy the artist.

Wayne Mcara, Flocking Behaviour (detail), 2012, porcelain, paper and canvas on board, 102 x 38 cm. Photograph Lara Merrington

Louise Byrne, My Cup Runneth Over (detail), 2013, cotton thread on felt, 76 x 62 cm. Photograph courtesy the artist.

Sera Waters, Going Bush: Beardo,  linen, crewel, cotton, beads & sequins, hand-dyed cotton string, 120 x 57 x 10cm. Photograph courtesy of the artist and Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide.

Craft Anonymous brought together South Australian regional and metropolitan textile, glass, metal and ceramic artists for an exhibition in the iconic Adelaide Town Hall in 2015 and now a tour of regional South Australia throughout 2016-17.

 Five regional South Australian and four Adelaide-based artists whose practices employ traditional handicraft techniques such as weaving, embroidery, knitting, felting, enamelling and hand-dying are showcased within a contemporary art context; where old meets new.

These artists have dedicated numerous hours to perfecting and finely crafting handmade works of art in what is often a painstaking but pleasurable process of making and through making with one’s own hands, the artists tell their story.

Craft Anonymous addresses ideas around the body: approaching themes of adornment, embellishment, desire/disgust, and identity: public/private, femininity/masculinity, domesticity, place, family history and a sense of belonging.

Craft Anonymous is a Country Arts SA Visual Arts Touring Program