Table of Contents
Dec/Jan 2008
Dec/Jan 2008
Books
Dan Dailey
By William Warmus Harry N. Abrams $60 In 40 years of working with glass, the artist Dan Dailey has created a remarkably varied oeuvre—blown vessels and sculpture, narrative Vitrolite panels, figural lighting fixtures, large-scale murals and other commissions. All have been executed with superb technical proficiency and are notable for refinement in the details and, frequently, a playful, even cartoonish humor. ...
By William Warmus Harry N. Abrams $60 In 40 years of working with glass, the artist Dan Dailey has created a remarkably varied oeuvre—blown vessels and sculpture, narrative Vitrolite panels, figural lighting fixtures, large-scale murals and other commissions. All have been executed with superb technical proficiency and are notable for refinement in the details and, frequently, a playful, even cartoonish humor. ...
KnitKnit: Profiles + Projects From Knitting’s New Wave
By Sabrina Gschwandtner, foreword by David McFadden Stewart, Tabori & Chang $29.95 It’s not news that during the past decade there has been a huge resurgence in the popularity of knitting. A younger generation is gathering in bars and coffee shops, finding others who share their passion for what was generally regarded as a homey craft. And their creations extend far ...
By Sabrina Gschwandtner, foreword by David McFadden Stewart, Tabori & Chang $29.95 It’s not news that during the past decade there has been a huge resurgence in the popularity of knitting. A younger generation is gathering in bars and coffee shops, finding others who share their passion for what was generally regarded as a homey craft. And their creations extend far ...
Lenore Tawney: Drawings in Air
By Kathleen Mangan browngrotta arts Wilton, Connecticut $25 In honor of the 100th birthday of Lenore Tawney, who in the 1950s and 60s was one of a group of artists who created sculptural weaving or fiber works that hung freely in space, browngrotta arts has published this 36-page monograph, the first in a series examining a particular period or body of ...
By Kathleen Mangan browngrotta arts Wilton, Connecticut $25 In honor of the 100th birthday of Lenore Tawney, who in the 1950s and 60s was one of a group of artists who created sculptural weaving or fiber works that hung freely in space, browngrotta arts has published this 36-page monograph, the first in a series examining a particular period or body of ...
Lenore Tawney: Drawings in Air
By Kathleen Mangan browngrotta arts Wilton, Connecticut $25 In honor of the 100th birthday of Lenore Tawney, who in the 1950s and 60s was one of a group of artists who created sculptural weaving or fiber works that hung freely in space, browngrotta arts has published this 36-page monograph, the first in a series examining a particular period or body of ...
By Kathleen Mangan browngrotta arts Wilton, Connecticut $25 In honor of the 100th birthday of Lenore Tawney, who in the 1950s and 60s was one of a group of artists who created sculptural weaving or fiber works that hung freely in space, browngrotta arts has published this 36-page monograph, the first in a series examining a particular period or body of ...
Mariko Kusumoto: Metal Box Sculptures, Selected Works 2002-2007
Essay by Don Davidson Mobilia Gallery Cambridge, Massachusetts $35 ($20 students and artists) Magical and witty describe the metal box sculptures fabricated during the last five years by Japanese-born Mariko Kusumoto, presented in this enchanting catalog. “Most of my pieces are interactive… the viewer must keep opening things to see the secrets inside or push, pull, or wind up something to ...
Essay by Don Davidson Mobilia Gallery Cambridge, Massachusetts $35 ($20 students and artists) Magical and witty describe the metal box sculptures fabricated during the last five years by Japanese-born Mariko Kusumoto, presented in this enchanting catalog. “Most of my pieces are interactive… the viewer must keep opening things to see the secrets inside or push, pull, or wind up something to ...
Mining Glass
By Juli Cho Bailer Museum of Glass Tacoma, Washington $8.95 In installations and sculptural works, eight internationally established artists—Wim Delvoye, Teresita Fernández, Mona Hatoum, Maya Lin , Jean-Michel Othoniel, Kiki Smith, Fred Wilson and the late Chen Zen—have used glass to explore a variety of visions and narratives, having selected the material for its “extraordinary potential and complex cultural and ...
By Juli Cho Bailer Museum of Glass Tacoma, Washington $8.95 In installations and sculptural works, eight internationally established artists—Wim Delvoye, Teresita Fernández, Mona Hatoum, Maya Lin , Jean-Michel Othoniel, Kiki Smith, Fred Wilson and the late Chen Zen—have used glass to explore a variety of visions and narratives, having selected the material for its “extraordinary potential and complex cultural and ...
Thin Ice: Inuit Traditions within a Changing Environment
Edited by Nicole Stuckenberger Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College University Press of New England $24.95 The Inuit people of the Arctic will be—indeed, already are—among those most profoundly affected by climate change in the earth’s polar regions. In January 2007, with the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding and its Institute of Arctic Studies, the Hood Museum presented a ...
Edited by Nicole Stuckenberger Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College University Press of New England $24.95 The Inuit people of the Arctic will be—indeed, already are—among those most profoundly affected by climate change in the earth’s polar regions. In January 2007, with the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding and its Institute of Arctic Studies, the Hood Museum presented a ...
Checking In
Golda Lewis: From collage to compage
In the August 1970 Craft Horizons, Golda Lewis wrote about her handmade paper collage work and how it fit into her painting and sculpture. Here we revisit what the artist called “compage.”
In the August 1970 Craft Horizons, Golda Lewis wrote about her handmade paper collage work and how it fit into her painting and sculpture. Here we revisit what the artist called “compage.”
Critic’s Corner
Thinking About, Thinking About Craft
Writing about his new book, Thinking Through Craft, Glenn Adamson examines how it has helped him do just that.
Writing about his new book, Thinking Through Craft, Glenn Adamson examines how it has helped him do just that.
Editor’s Letter
Multiples of Two
Some say that bad things come in threes. Others expect good things to come in pairs. Andrew Wagner ponders both and reflects on the multiple ways to interpret today’s craft scene.
Some say that bad things come in threes. Others expect good things to come in pairs. Andrew Wagner ponders both and reflects on the multiple ways to interpret today’s craft scene.
Feature
A Tale of Two Houses
The North Carolina artist Randy Shull likes to explore all sorts of media—from furniture and sculpture to painting and woodcarving. However, he may have met his biggest challenge renovating his own house and then that of a friend right down the street.
The North Carolina artist Randy Shull likes to explore all sorts of media—from furniture and sculpture to painting and woodcarving. However, he may have met his biggest challenge renovating his own house and then that of a friend right down the street.
Port to Port
Robert Sullivan wondered why the two Portlands loom large in the world of craft in the United States. After two weeks exploring both cities and their environs, he has some ideas.
Robert Sullivan wondered why the two Portlands loom large in the world of craft in the United States. After two weeks exploring both cities and their environs, he has some ideas.
Your New Best Friends: Steven and William Ladd
Lily Kane gets to know the Brooklyn-based brothers William and Steven Ladd, whose projects—elaborate beaded objects in personalized packaging—flow freely between the worlds of fashion, design, art and craft.
Lily Kane gets to know the Brooklyn-based brothers William and Steven Ladd, whose projects—elaborate beaded objects in personalized packaging—flow freely between the worlds of fashion, design, art and craft.
Hunting & Gathering
Museo Robert Brady: A Collector in Cuernavaca
Expatriate Robert Brady spent years building a collection of art and craft from around the world in an old Franciscan monastery in Cuernavaca, Mexico. After his death, in 1986, his home was converted into what is now called the Museo Robert Brady. Now this immense, once very private collection is open for all to enjoy, including our writer, Mija Riedel.
Expatriate Robert Brady spent years building a collection of art and craft from around the world in an old Franciscan monastery in Cuernavaca, Mexico. After his death, in 1986, his home was converted into what is now called the Museo Robert Brady. Now this immense, once very private collection is open for all to enjoy, including our writer, Mija Riedel.
Material Matters
Max Lamb: Furniture on the Beach
Virginia Gardiner spends a theoretical day at the beach with furniture maker Max Lamb and his Pewter Stools cast in sand and also learns a thing or two about his new Poly Chairs.
Virginia Gardiner spends a theoretical day at the beach with furniture maker Max Lamb and his Pewter Stools cast in sand and also learns a thing or two about his new Poly Chairs.
On Our Radar
Chris Antemann
Chris Antemann’s figural porcelain vignettes, such as her 2007 piece Gather, are naughty, full of quasi-18th-century harlots and housemaids cavorting with naked suitors. It’s funny, selling her work,” says Leslie Ferrin, one of her dealers. “Viewers approach it thinking it’s some sort of [innocuous] figurine. They end up tongue-tied.” No wonder people who buy one often tuck it away in ...
Chris Antemann’s figural porcelain vignettes, such as her 2007 piece Gather, are naughty, full of quasi-18th-century harlots and housemaids cavorting with naked suitors. It’s funny, selling her work,” says Leslie Ferrin, one of her dealers. “Viewers approach it thinking it’s some sort of [innocuous] figurine. They end up tongue-tied.” No wonder people who buy one often tuck it away in ...
Matthias Pliessnig
Matthias Pliessnig talks fast, as if to keep up with a rapid flow of ideas. Movement interests him, whether it’s flight, the way a boat cuts through water or the physics of how a seat responds to its sitter. Recently the 29-year-old sat still long enough for a conversation by the shore of Lake Mendota (“I come here all the time,” ...
Matthias Pliessnig talks fast, as if to keep up with a rapid flow of ideas. Movement interests him, whether it’s flight, the way a boat cuts through water or the physics of how a seat responds to its sitter. Recently the 29-year-old sat still long enough for a conversation by the shore of Lake Mendota (“I come here all the time,” ...
Outskirts
The Only Coral Reef in Los Angeles
Arnie Cooper explores the only coral reef in Los Angeles—it’s far from the ocean, yet surprisingly close to space, courtesy of the Wertheim sisters.
Arnie Cooper explores the only coral reef in Los Angeles—it’s far from the ocean, yet surprisingly close to space, courtesy of the Wertheim sisters.
People & Places
Celebrating Creativity
“I have a really strong community up there,” Susan Stinsmuehlen-Amend says of her decades-old ties to the Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, Washington, which recently honored her with its 2007 Libensky Award for contributions to the glass field. “They were the first people to say to me, ‘You’re really doing something different and important.’” Active for years in the ...
“I have a really strong community up there,” Susan Stinsmuehlen-Amend says of her decades-old ties to the Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, Washington, which recently honored her with its 2007 Libensky Award for contributions to the glass field. “They were the first people to say to me, ‘You’re really doing something different and important.’” Active for years in the ...
Product Placement
Tutto E’ Luce
Wherever he goes, be it a restaurant or a friend’s new house in Tuscany, Cosimo Terzani can’t help but notice the light. “It’s the first thing I look at,” says the 27-year-old, who is an executive in his family’s business, a Florentine maker of high-end lamps and lighting fixtures. “Light is the most important thing.” Tutto E’Luce—”Everything is light”—is the Terzani ...
Wherever he goes, be it a restaurant or a friend’s new house in Tuscany, Cosimo Terzani can’t help but notice the light. “It’s the first thing I look at,” says the 27-year-old, who is an executive in his family’s business, a Florentine maker of high-end lamps and lighting fixtures. “Light is the most important thing.” Tutto E’Luce—”Everything is light”—is the Terzani ...
Review
The Object of Labor & Far from the Tree
Pamela Scheinman curls up with The Object of Labor, a many faceted anthology on fiber, and Nicols Fox takes in “Far from the Tree” at the Messler Gallery in Rockport, Maine.
Pamela Scheinman curls up with The Object of Labor, a many faceted anthology on fiber, and Nicols Fox takes in “Far from the Tree” at the Messler Gallery in Rockport, Maine.
Shop Talk
Blown Away by Clay
Dubhe Carreño Gallery 1841 S. Halsted St. Chicago, Illinois 60608 312-666-3150
Dubhe Carreño Gallery 1841 S. Halsted St. Chicago, Illinois 60608 312-666-3150
Wide World of Craft
London Craft: Doing the Experimental
Alison Bourke takes us on a tour of the London craft scene during one of the city’s busiest times of year—the London Design Festival building up to the Origin and Collect shows.
Alison Bourke takes us on a tour of the London craft scene during one of the city’s busiest times of year—the London Design Festival building up to the Origin and Collect shows.
Dec/Jan 2008
Vol. 67, No. 6
Vol. 67, No. 6
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