CuRec-gallery
Nordic Network on Disability Research
Making Jewelry in the Traditional Way
Wirework
The Mosaic Decorator's Sourcebook
Challenging Projects from Wood
Crafts Leading and Recreational Activities

CuRec-gallery

In this Issue you will find a new section called CuRec-gallery, which contains photographs of some of our students work. The pictures include work produced in the medium of felt, mosaics and various types of metal work. Hey, its GREAT! Click the picture, and you'll find yourself in the gallery.

Nordic Network on Disability Research

The 6th Annual Research Conference
The conference is the annual conference of NNDR, Nordic Network on Disability Research, a multidisciplinary network of disability researchers using a social science perspective on disability. One emphasis of this year's conference is to examine the differences and similarities in disability research and the way disability is understood and conceptualised in the UK and in the Nordic countries.

More information is on the conference home page: http://www.nndr.dk/iceland2002 Deadline for abstracts is April 1, 2002. Deadline for early registration fees April 1, 2002
The official language of the conference is English.
Confernece venue:
Grand Hotel Reykjavik, Reykjavík, Iceland 22.-24.08.2002 Reykjavik, Iceland

Making Jewelry in the Traditional Way

Yow, Cathy 1998. Jewelry from Nature. Lark Books.

The most original way to make jewelry is to get the material sraight from nature. In her book Jewelry from Nature Cathy Yow shows 45 ways how to make beautyful jewelry using "sticks & stones, seeds & bones."

Techniques from the Vikings In her Book Great Wire Jewelry Irene From Petersen teaches how to make jewelry using the traditional techniques first used by the Vikings.

Wirework

Ball, Michael, 2000. Wirework. New Holland Publishers Ltd.

Michael Ball shows in his book Wirework how to make decorative and functional wirework pieces for the home. There are detailed illustrations and templates to guide you through 17 projects in the book.

The Mosaic Decorator's Sourcebook

Wates, Rosalind, 2000. The mosaic creators sourcebook. Quarto Publishing plc.

This book by Rosalind Wates contains more than 100 colourful designs for mosaicists. The designs are ideal for beginners and people with little time, because they are relatively small.

Challenging Projects from Wood

Bennett, John, 1993. Making little boxes from wood.

Making Little Boxes from Wood is a book by John Bennett. It Consists of 24 very different wooden box designs with complete guide how to make them by yourself. This is a sourcebook for alternative joints, lids and decorations as well.

Tippey, David, Carving Realistic Birds. Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd, 1996.

David Tippey has made a complete guide of carving realistic birds from wood. There are directions from getting the materials to finishing the surface.

Häme Polytechnic
School of Crafts and Design
Crafts Leading and Recreational Activities

There is a wide range of possible activities using various methods of arts and crafts, group work, creative arts, plays and games, camping and other applied excercise. These methods are used for

Pedagogic crafts leading

aims at providing the clients with meaningful activities and a chance to develop themselves and their personal inclinations in leisure. The aim is either pedagogical or recreational. The activities provide the clients with meaningful ways and possibilities for social interaction, acquiring practical skills, developing their artistic or other creative inclinations when expressing themselves, getting away from the everyday routines and stress, building up their strength and for recreation in their freetime.

Therapeutic recreation

aims at assisting clients suffering from an illness, disability, aging or other factors weakening their functional capacity, to develop and to use their freetime to promote their health, independence and well-being. A wide range of meaningful activities is used to increase the clients´ initiative and activity, to practise their motoric and psychosocial skills and to enhance their self-esteem. The aim is either maintaining their functional capacity or rehabilitation in order to enable more independence and to reduce the disadvantages caused by the illness or disability.

Career prospects

for the graduates from the degree programme of crafts leading and recreational activities are good in the public sector of culture and education and in the field of social and health care. They can also be employed by various institutions and organizations or become self-employed.

Contact information

Häme Polytechnic
Crafts Leading and Recreational Activities
Wetterhoffinkatu 2
FIN-13100 Hämeenlinna
Finland
Tel: +358 (0)3 6461
Fax: + 358 (0)3 646 3700
www.wetterhoff.hamk.fi
wetterhoff@hamk.fi