John Corbett: textile teacher

Australia, 1978

Film
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Episode of Series “Craft as a Livelihood”.
John Corbett works at the Preston Institute, taking classes in weaving, tapestry, lace-making and other fibre work. He is a very enthusiastic teacher, although he has had no formal training he likes to bombard his students with new ideas from different people and cultures.

Credits

director
producer

Nina Syme

production company

Australia Council

Victorian Film Corporation

Duration

00:05:33:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1978

Appears in

Craft as a Livelihood

Group of items

Craft as a Livelihood

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

31944

Language

English

Subject categories

Crafts & Visual Arts → Handicraft - Australia

Crafts & Visual Arts → Textile crafts

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Creative ability

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Handicraft - Study and teaching

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Teachers - Attitudes

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Teaching - Methodology

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

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