Craft in art therapy : diverse approaches to the transformative power of craft materials and methods / edited by Lauren Leone.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Leone, Lauren, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art therapy.

Handicraft--Therapeutic use.

Handicraft.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 260 pages, 8 unnumbered color pages of plates) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.

Summary:

Craft in Art Therapy is the first book dedicated to illustrating the incorporation of craft materials and methods into art therapy theory and practice.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-00-305051-4

1-003-05051-4

1-000-09220-8

9781003050513

9780367343163

OCLC:

1175913999