Colour4CRAFTS Podcast
The Colour4CRAFTS podcast seeks to uncover the meanings of colour, showcase the connections between colours and textile production, craft skills, and heritage practices, and explore the experiences and future of colour within wider society.
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Episodes
Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
In this episode, I am joined by Ana Nuuntinen, Päivi Fernström, Pammi Sinha and Bintan Titisari from the Colour4CRAFTS consortium as we explore art, craft and design education. Join us as we discuss the importance of art, craft and design education, what these educational and training programmes consist of, how textile and colour are incorporated into these programmes, and how Colour4CRAFTS contributes to these educational programmes. Please allow me to introduce all of our guests.
Tuesday Jan 21, 2025
Tuesday Jan 21, 2025
In this episode, we talk with Jenni-Liisa Yliniva and her students Piritta Martilla, Diptee Thapa and Laura Värtella about teaching with and learning about natural dyes and colouration practices in the Colour4CRAFTS course “Experimental Textile Expression”.
Monday Dec 16, 2024
Monday Dec 16, 2024
In this episode, we talk with Laura Virta and Saara Tahvanainen, who are doctoral researchers on the Colour4CRAFTS project and based in Craft Sciences at the University of Helsinki, about researching bio-based colourants and natural dyes through the field of craft science.
Monday Nov 18, 2024
Monday Nov 18, 2024
In this introductory episode, host, Dustin M. Neighbors, interviews Professor Riikka Räisänen, the PI of Colour4CRAFTS project, in which they discuss what is Colour4CRAFTS, its significance & relevance, & its impact on wider society.
The Colour4CRAFTS podcast seeks to uncover the meanings of colour, showcase the connections between colours and textile production, craft skills, and heritage practices, and explore the experiences and future of colour within wider society.
This podcast follows the Colour4CRAFTS project and highlights the public events, research activities and project results by engaging with project members and members of the general public. The format for each episode will vary – from individual and roundtable discussions with the project’s researchers, conversations with students, partners and organisations connected to the project, to interviews with academic and industry experts, as well as members of the general public about colours or those attending Colour4CRAFTS events, and recordings of educational lectures.
The podcast is hosted by Dr Dustin M. Neighbors.
Colour4CRAFTS (Colour for Combining, Re-Engineering, Applying, Futuring, Transforming, Stretching) is an EU Horizon-funded project that studies the meanings of colour, textile and craft colouration practices, and the future of colour through research, education, and experiences. Colour4CRAFTS project is funded by the European Union under grant agreement no. 101094809. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Commission. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.