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Dr Kevin Murray is Adjunct Professor RMIT University, Research Fellow University of Melbourne and Adjunct Research Fellow Monash University. He was previously Director of Craft Victoria where he developed the South Project and the Scarf Festival. He has curated many shows, including ‘Signs of Change: Jewellery Designed for a Better World’;  ‘the World of Small Things’; ‘Symmetry: Crafts Meet Kindred Trades and Professions’; ‘Water Medicine: Precious Works for an Arid Continent’; ‘Guild Unlimited: Ten Jewellers Make Insignia for Potential Guilds’; ‘Seven Sisters: Fibre Works from the West’; and ‘Common Goods: Cultures Meet through Craft’ for the 2006 Commonwealth Games. His books include ‘Craft Unbound: Make the Common Precious’ (Thames & Hudson, 2005). He is currently online editor for the Journal of Modern Craft and coordinator of the Craft Talk network and Southern Perspectives, a south-south intellectual network. His current projects include a history of Australian & New Zealand jewellery, the ‘Southern Charms’ and ‘Welcome Signs’ exhibitions.

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