The National Electronic and Video Archive of the Crafts
(NEVAC)
NEVAC gathers materials which acts as a resource
for those researching the nature of the Crafts.
These materials are characteristically in the form of
digital video and sound recordings of people who have
been intimately associated with the development of the
Crafts in Britain in the 20th century.
They include makers, collectors, critics, educationalists,
shopkeepers, gallery owners and museum keepers. NEVAC's
interest is wide ranging. It includes historical,
technical, sociological, political, aesthetic and economic
aspects of all the Crafts. The materials are used for
educational and museological purposes.
This paper will include clips of video and audio from the
archive and will show how new technology is allowing wider
access and searchability of the material using the
Internet. It will also show how NEVAC's research work feeds
in to teaching in UWE's Faculty of Art, Media and Design.
