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June/July 2011
June/July 2011
Books
Space to Create
In her new book Open Studios, Brooklyn-based designer Lotta Jansdotter grants us admission into some spaces we might never otherwise visit.
In her new book Open Studios, Brooklyn-based designer Lotta Jansdotter grants us admission into some spaces we might never otherwise visit.
Checking In
Gary S. Griffin: Lifelong Learner
Master metalsmith Gary S. Griffin is still eager to venture into unknown territory.
Master metalsmith Gary S. Griffin is still eager to venture into unknown territory.
Editor’s Letter
That Crucial Touch
When was the last time you made something with your own two hands?
When was the last time you made something with your own two hands?
Feature
Curves Ahead
In Vivian Beer's hands, rigid metal becomes impossibly curvy furniture.
In Vivian Beer's hands, rigid metal becomes impossibly curvy furniture.
Itinerant Artist:
Sheila Hicks
Textiles legend Sheila Hicks has never stopped traveling the world and seeking new horizons in her work.
Sheila Hicks
Textiles legend Sheila Hicks has never stopped traveling the world and seeking new horizons in her work.
Push It
Sixty years on, the Archie Bray Foundation is still providing a cutting-edge experience for a dazzling variety of ceramic artists.
Sixty years on, the Archie Bray Foundation is still providing a cutting-edge experience for a dazzling variety of ceramic artists.
Slow Germination,
Sudden Blossoming
Myung Urso's one-of-a-kind compositions are catching everyone's attention.
Sudden Blossoming
Myung Urso's one-of-a-kind compositions are catching everyone's attention.
Ideas
Shop Till We Drop
Ellen Ruppel Shell, the author of Cheap, explains the high cost of discount culture.
Ellen Ruppel Shell, the author of Cheap, explains the high cost of discount culture.
Material Matters
Hearts of Wood
Heechan Kim creates exquisitely delicate sculptures of paper-thin wood and prickly metal.
Heechan Kim creates exquisitely delicate sculptures of paper-thin wood and prickly metal.
Member News
The Gang’s All Here
Please join us in welcoming our newest addition to the Minneapolis office, director of education Tana Hargest, who recently moved here from New York to spearhead the Council's educational and public programs. Hargest's goal is to "advance our understanding of craft and promote the forward edge of innovation and ideas in the field," she says. Hargest spent the past 15 years ...
Please join us in welcoming our newest addition to the Minneapolis office, director of education Tana Hargest, who recently moved here from New York to spearhead the Council's educational and public programs. Hargest's goal is to "advance our understanding of craft and promote the forward edge of innovation and ideas in the field," she says. Hargest spent the past 15 years ...
On Our Radar
It Started With a Kazoo
The magnificent obsession of Jan Huling.
The magnificent obsession of Jan Huling.
Org/Edu
Haystack Embraces High-Tech
What role does digital production play in craft?
What role does digital production play in craft?
People & Places
People & Places
Surface Design in St. Paul, a rare gift to the Renwick, 25 years of woodturning, and Pritam & Eames at 30.
Surface Design in St. Paul, a rare gift to the Renwick, 25 years of woodturning, and Pritam & Eames at 30.
Product Placement
The Thrill of Throwing
Kim Westad's instantaneous connection with clay.
Kim Westad's instantaneous connection with clay.
Review
Vanishing Point
A breathtaking installation at Tacoma, Washington's Museum of Glass offers a potent meditation on longing and loss.
A breathtaking installation at Tacoma, Washington's Museum of Glass offers a potent meditation on longing and loss.
Shop Talk
Craft Meets Art
Asheville's Blue Spiral 1 is one of four distinct galleries (and a two-screen art-film house) owned by John Cram.
Asheville's Blue Spiral 1 is one of four distinct galleries (and a two-screen art-film house) owned by John Cram.
Voices
How Does Heritage Influence Your Work?
In each issue, we ask members of the craft community to answer a question. For June/July 2011, we asked how heritage influences their work.
In each issue, we ask members of the craft community to answer a question. For June/July 2011, we asked how heritage influences their work.
Wide World of Craft
Prague: Past Shaping Present
Prague is steeped in multiple histories of making.
Prague is steeped in multiple histories of making.
June/July 2011
Vol. 71, No. 3
Vol. 71, No. 3
Departments
