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Erica Gordon of Steel Toe Studios didn't plan to be a blacksmith. An artist, yes: Her father is a full-time woodworker who makes spoons, her sister does ceramics, her mother is an avid supporter of the arts. Gordon's been hustling at American Craft Council shows since she was 8 years old. But it was Penland School of Crafts that turned her into a blacksmith, she says.
After earning her BFA from the University of New Mexico, Gordon received a two-week work-study scholarship to the North Carolina craft mecca in 1997. She listed jewelry as her first choice for a class; blacksmithing ...
Heck Yes Craft
Kara Ginther started out carving leather Brooks saddles for bicycles, but she's recently branched out into "generally delightful leather miscellany," as she puts it. She takes custom commissions for leather carving, and more of her leather miscellany is available on Etsy.
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"Always wanting you, but never having you, makes it hard to face tomorrow," crooned country legend Merle Haggard. I feel his pain as I drool over Lisa Sorrell's incredible handmade cowboy boots - wearable art that, for now, I can only afford to ogle. She builds each boot by hand, then collaborates with her customer to create a design inspired by vintage patterns but infused with the personality of the wearer. She describes her boots as "a snapshot of dreams, a glimpse into the soul, a statement of being." Bonus: Each pair is named after a country song.
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ACC Shows
Unexpected textures abound at this year's ACC show in St. Paul. Sleek adjoins nubby, craggy erupts from lustrous, and subtle variations make lovely work even lovelier.
Kim Geiser's enamel jewelry is a study in rough and smooth. The artist uses stencils to add designs to her modernist pendants and recently started scratching graphite markings on the surfaces of her glossy pieces.
Many of Marietta Theodorou-LeMieux's ceramics are almost glasslike in their sheen. But sometimes she adds a glaze that forms a pasty, lavalike texture in the kiln, creating a remarkable surface contrast.
Jaana Mattson, whose focus is custom jewelry from ...
ACC Shows
We had a chance to chat with longtime ACC show exhibitors Sara Mathews and Molly Grant of Cordwainer Shoes at the San Francisco show. Their handmade shoes are beautifully crafted, made out of fine leather and free of synthetic materials and toxic glues typically found in footwear. Here's what they had to say about shoes, shows, and the council's pet policy.
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