{"id":18927,"date":"2025-05-24T20:37:51","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T18:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/24\/a-new-room-for-a-doomed-loom-and-the-battle-to-save-australias-slowly-dying-crafts\/"},"modified":"2025-05-24T20:37:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T18:37:51","slug":"a-new-room-for-a-doomed-loom-and-the-battle-to-save-australias-slowly-dying-crafts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/24\/a-new-room-for-a-doomed-loom-and-the-battle-to-save-australias-slowly-dying-crafts\/","title":{"rendered":"A new room for a doomed loom \u2013 and the battle to save Australia\u2019s slowly dying crafts"},"content":{"rendered":"

When a rare weaving device was destined for the skip, a collective of artists, teachers and students united to rescue it. They bemoan how university course changes are replacing deep skills with competency checklists<\/p>\n

\u201cRachel, bad news,\u201d the text message read. \u201cThey\u2019re disconnecting the loom tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rachel Halton still doesn\u2019t know who made the decision, in October 2022, to summarily decommission the $160,000 Jacquard loom that had been a cornerstone of RMIT\u2019s renowned weaving and textile design courses for 20 years.<\/p>\n

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\nWhen a rare weaving device was destined for the skip, a collective of artists, teachers and students united to rescue it. They bemoan how university course changes are replacing deep skills with competency checklists
\n\u201cRachel, bad news,\u201d the text message read. \u201cThey\u2019re disconnecting the loom tomorrow.\u201d
\nRachel Halton still doesn\u2019t know who made the decision, in October 2022, to summarily decommission the $160,000 Jacquard loom that had been a cornerstone of RMIT\u2019s renowned weaving and textile design courses for 20 years. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When a rare weaving device was destined for the skip, a collective of artists, teachers and students united to rescue it. They bemoan how university course changes are replacing deep skills with competency checklists \u201cRachel, bad news,\u201d the text message read. \u201cThey\u2019re disconnecting the loom tomorrow.\u201d Rachel Halton still doesn\u2019t know who made the decision, …<\/p>\n

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