Gyre & Craft

“Gyre” refers to a circulating movement, like ocean currents, seeking cultural exchange and hidden connections between communities across different parts of the world.
“Craft”, meanwhile, points towards field research deeply rooted in local contexts—in landscapes, customs, skills and memories—in order to understand the forms of local knowledge embedded within them.
Gyre，意指“迴环”，试图营造一种如“大洋环流”般的流通环境，在全球范围寻找城市社群之间的文化交流与潜在关联；Craft，意指“技艺”，朝向一种将田野深入本地，寻访特定地域风土/风物，技艺/记忆所共同凝结而成的地方性知识与情境。

GyreCraft, in Practice

GyreCraft is an international cultural platform exploring craft,
place and contemporary life through curating, research, publishing,
objects and journeys, creating connections between people, things and places across different geographies.
环流 GyreCraft 是一个关注手工艺、地方文化与当代生活的国际文化平台，
通过策展、研究、出版、风物与旅行，在不同地域之间建立人与人、人与物、地方与地方的连接。

001 GyreCraft Programme
环流策划

环流策划以手工艺、地方文化与当代生活为核心，通过展览、研究、影像、论坛、驻地、委任创作及跨地域合作，连接不同地区的创作者、工艺社群与文化机构，探索材料、技艺、人与地方之间不断变化的关系，以及地方知识在全球语境中的流动与再生。
GyreCraft Programme develops curatorial and research projects around craft, place and contemporary life. Through exhibitions, research, moving image, forums, residencies, commissions and cross-regional collaborations, it connects makers, creative communities and cultural institutions, exploring how local knowledge and practices circulate and evolve across different contexts.

002 GyreCraft Magazine
环流杂志

GyreCraft Magazine is an editorial platform exploring craft and its intersections with art, design, architecture and place. Through features, interviews, reviews, field notes and research, it documents people, objects, practices and cultural landscapes, bringing locally rooted stories and perspectives into wider contemporary conversations.
环流杂志是 GyreCraft 的独立编辑与内容平台，从手工艺出发，延伸至艺术、设计、建筑与地方文化，通过专题、采访、评论、田野记录与研究，持续记录不同地方的人、物、技艺与文化现场，并关注地方经验如何参与当代文化的形成。

003 GyreCraft Market
环流风物

GyreCraft Market brings together craft and design rooted in different places, introducing them into contemporary everyday life through curated selections, markets, retail and collaborations. Beyond the circulation of objects, it explores how local materials, making traditions and ways of living can find new contexts, audiences and uses.

环流风物从不同地方寻找值得进入当代生活的手工艺与设计，通过策展式选品、市集、零售与跨界合作，让来自不同地域的材料、技艺与生活方式进入新的使用与消费场景。它既是风物的流通，也是对地方手艺如何进入当代日常的一种持续实践。

004 GyreCraft Journeys
环流工艺之旅

工艺之旅以手工艺与地方文化为线索，通过工作室拜访、工艺体验、机构访问、地方行走与深度交流，带领参与者进入真实的文化现场。从人与手艺、材料与风土的关系出发，在旅行中重新认识一个地方及其正在发生的文化实践。
GyreCraft Journeys offers place-based journeys through craft and local culture. Through studio visits, workshops, cultural institutions, local walks and encounters with makers, each journey creates a way to experience a place through its materials, skills, people and everyday practices.