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The Crafts in a Post Colonial Culture

Irish Studio Ceramics was researched by tracking the development of the movement as it emerged with meager beginnings in the 1940’s to its establishment as a viable art form and education model worthy of University study, this has informed Moore's parallel studio practice research. The research centered on an event in the 1960’s where Scandinavian designers came to Ireland to assess design and applied art standard, education and management. The ‘Design Report’ produced has been a pivotal document in the development of a design model and has had a particular influence on Irish Ceramics as it straddles the disciplines of design in studio, design in industry and applied art practice. This research has explored teaching models for ceramics in education, Moore has investigated influence upon the curation policies of institutes such as the Ulster Museum and the National Museum of Ireland. In 2009 the research contributed to the Crafts Council of Ireland’s ‘Craft and Criticism: Critical Writing on Crafts publications. In 2010 further research considered the context of a post-colonial culture, being disseminated in chapter form at the Arts in Society 2011 Conference in Sydney followed by the International Journal of the Arts in Society, vol3 no.6 ISSN 1833-1866 under the title ‘Crafts in a Post Colonial Culture’. ‘Irish Ceramics and the Danish influence’ followed at the European Ceramics Context Conference, Bornholm Denmark and the International Society for Ceramic Art Education and Exchange 2009 conference during the World Ceramic Exposition Foundation’s (WOCEF) 5th World Ceramic Biennale, Icheon Korea, 2009 under the title ‘Irish Studio Ceramics’.

In 2013 an element of this research titled ‘Hidden Treasures of museum collections’ was presented at the 3rd International Conference on Intangible Heritage, ‘Sharing Cultures’, Averio, Portugal.