Craft in Art Therapy: Diverse Approaches to the Transformative Power of Craft Materials and Methods

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Craft in Art Therapy is the first book dedicated to illustrating the incorporation of craft materials and methods into art therapy theory and practice. Contributing authors provide examples of how they have used a range of crafts including pottery, glass work, textiles (sewing, knitting, crochet, embroidery, and quilting), paper (artist books, altered books, book binding, origami, and zines), leatherwork, and Indian crafts like mendhi and kolam/rangoli in their own art and self-care, and in individual, group, and community art therapy practice. The book explores the therapeutic benefits of a range of craft materials and media, as well as craft’s potential to build community, to support individuals in caring for themselves and each other, and to play a valuable role in art therapy practice. Craft in Art Therapy demonstrates that when practiced in a culturally sensitive and socially conscious manner, craft practices are more than therapeutic―they also hold transformational potential. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Contents List of Figures and Tables List of Color Plates Acknowledgments List of Contributors Editor’s Note Preface Introduction I Craft as a Tool for Transformation and Self-Care 1 Crafting the Artist Book as Embodied, Relational Practice 2 Healing With Fire: The Use of Hot Glass in Art Therapy 3 From Clay to Ceramic: An Alchemical Process of Self-Transformation 4 Demystifying the Individualistic Approach to Self-Care: Sewing as a Metaphorical Process for Documenting Relational and Communal Care in Disability Culture 5 Emptying the Jar: Crochet to Unpack Toxic Racial Stress II Craft as Culturally Resonant and Accessible 6 Embroidering Pieces of Place 7 Healing Roots of Indigenous Crafts: Adapting Traditions of India for Art Therapy Practice 8 Integrating Traditional Crafts Within Clinical Practice: A Cross-Cultural Group Case Study 9 Using Crafts in Art Therapy Through an Intersectional Feminist Empowerment Lens: The Case of Bedouin Embroidery in Israel III Craft as Empowerment and Activism 10 Finding Our Way Together: Exploring the Therapeutic Benefits of Collaborative Craft Activism 11 Zines, the DIY Ethic, and Empowering Marginalized Identities 12 Alone in the Desert: Making Sense of the Senseless Through Story Cloths 13 Empowerment Through Mentorship: Peer-Led Craft Workshops in a Forensic Psychiatric Hospital 14 Queer Ethos in Art Therapy 15 Quilting Across Prison Walls: Craftwork, Social Practice, and Radical Empathy Index