Table of Contents
Dec/Jan 2009
Dec/Jan 2009
Books
High Styles
Modern Americana: Studio Furniture from High Craft to High Glam By Todd Merrill and Julie V. Iovine Rizzoli International Publications New York, New York $75 Modern Americana—the designation seems an oxymoron, the first word suggesting pared-down functionality and the second bringing to mind the folksy or the Pop, or Colonial furnishings. The authors of this survey—Todd Merrill, a dealer and ...
Modern Americana: Studio Furniture from High Craft to High Glam By Todd Merrill and Julie V. Iovine Rizzoli International Publications New York, New York $75 Modern Americana—the designation seems an oxymoron, the first word suggesting pared-down functionality and the second bringing to mind the folksy or the Pop, or Colonial furnishings. The authors of this survey—Todd Merrill, a dealer and ...
Pocket Book
The Ceramics Book: Second Edition Edited by Emmanuel Cooper Ceramic Review Publishing London, England $23 www.ceramicreview.com If you’re a ceramics lover off to the British Isles, you might want to grab a copy of this A-Z directory of members and fellows of the Craft Potters Association, the national body representing studio potters in the UK. The association’s ...
The Ceramics Book: Second Edition Edited by Emmanuel Cooper Ceramic Review Publishing London, England $23 www.ceramicreview.com If you’re a ceramics lover off to the British Isles, you might want to grab a copy of this A-Z directory of members and fellows of the Craft Potters Association, the national body representing studio potters in the UK. The association’s ...
Checking In
Stig Lindberg: Artist in Clay
Download Edward Hald’s profile of the legendary ceramist from the October 1954 issue of Craft Horizons.
Download Edward Hald’s profile of the legendary ceramist from the October 1954 issue of Craft Horizons.
Critic’s Corner
Craft, Space and Interior Design
The Canadian scholar Sandra Alfoldy, coeditor of a recent book, explores the interrelationship of craft and architectural spaces, particularly as it relates to interior design.
The Canadian scholar Sandra Alfoldy, coeditor of a recent book, explores the interrelationship of craft and architectural spaces, particularly as it relates to interior design.
Editor’s Letter
A Midwest of Movers and Makers
Lessons from the Heartland
Lessons from the Heartland
Feature
Karen Johnson Boyd and the Art of Stealth Philanthropy
The American studio craft movement wouldn’t be where it is today without the sustained support of Karen Johnson Boyd. Mija Riedel reveals the many-faceted role of this quietly effective Wisconsin philanthropist.
The American studio craft movement wouldn’t be where it is today without the sustained support of Karen Johnson Boyd. Mija Riedel reveals the many-faceted role of this quietly effective Wisconsin philanthropist.
Paul Kotula on Design, Ceramics & Surviving in the Motor City
Following the lead of ceramist and teacher Paul Kotula, Roger Green finds much good news, most of it involving the persistance of the arts, amid the grim urban prospect of Detroit.
Following the lead of ceramist and teacher Paul Kotula, Roger Green finds much good news, most of it involving the persistance of the arts, amid the grim urban prospect of Detroit.
Tom Loeser: Taking Creative License
Tom Loeser takes a respite from the world of studio furniture…
Tom Loeser takes a respite from the world of studio furniture…
Hunting & Gathering
Healing Arts
In 20 years, University Hospitals in Cleveland has assembled a first-rate art and craft collection that contributes to an environment beneficial to patients, medical personnel and visitors. Dorothy Shinn surveys the high points and talks to the collection’s curator, Trudy Wiesenberger, about the impetus behind such a collection.
In 20 years, University Hospitals in Cleveland has assembled a first-rate art and craft collection that contributes to an environment beneficial to patients, medical personnel and visitors. Dorothy Shinn surveys the high points and talks to the collection’s curator, Trudy Wiesenberger, about the impetus behind such a collection.
Material Matters
An Architecture Grounded in Craft
It took the late architect Terry Brown 10 years to tap into his Midwestern roots and create a style focused on materials and the handmade. Jayne Merkel writes of Brown’s Mushroom House in Cincinnati.
It took the late architect Terry Brown 10 years to tap into his Midwestern roots and create a style focused on materials and the handmade. Jayne Merkel writes of Brown’s Mushroom House in Cincinnati.
On Our Radar
Jed Morfit
If there’s one thing that can be said about Jed Morfit (shown with Bullheaded) it’s that he’s never boxed himself in. The 35-year-old’s career spans sculpture, illustration, fabrication, printmaking and teaching. This defining factor has allowed him to explore and break down many barriers in the art world. Something not all artists have been able (or even want) to do. “In ...
If there’s one thing that can be said about Jed Morfit (shown with Bullheaded) it’s that he’s never boxed himself in. The 35-year-old’s career spans sculpture, illustration, fabrication, printmaking and teaching. This defining factor has allowed him to explore and break down many barriers in the art world. Something not all artists have been able (or even want) to do. “In ...
Outskirts
Jewelry in a Virtual World
Shonquis Moreno takes us virtual shopping at afsoun.com, an online gallery offering contemporary art jewelry.
Shonquis Moreno takes us virtual shopping at afsoun.com, an online gallery offering contemporary art jewelry.
People & Places
Rising to Challenges
A challenging year… “‘Dull’ would be a good thing right now,” says Cornelia Carey, executive director of the Craft Emergency Relief Fund (www.craftemergency.org), looking back on a year punctuated by natural disasters. “Last January, we were still busy working with craft artists outside of San Diego who were rebuilding their homes and studios from all the fall ...
A challenging year… “‘Dull’ would be a good thing right now,” says Cornelia Carey, executive director of the Craft Emergency Relief Fund (www.craftemergency.org), looking back on a year punctuated by natural disasters. “Last January, we were still busy working with craft artists outside of San Diego who were rebuilding their homes and studios from all the fall ...
Preview
The 9th Supper of Joan Crous
Musée-Atelier du Verre Cenae 9: L’Alchimie du Verre (The Alchemy of Glass) Joan Crous Sars-Poteries, France September 11 – December 1, 2008 The scene is spectral—a banquet table after a meal laden with plates, wine glasses, silverware and leftover food, but with color in gradations from white through deep sapphire blue through dark gray, and the whole setting covered ...
Musée-Atelier du Verre Cenae 9: L’Alchimie du Verre (The Alchemy of Glass) Joan Crous Sars-Poteries, France September 11 – December 1, 2008 The scene is spectral—a banquet table after a meal laden with plates, wine glasses, silverware and leftover food, but with color in gradations from white through deep sapphire blue through dark gray, and the whole setting covered ...
The Hand and the Book
The Center for Book Arts Illustrated Fine Printing: Whittington & Matrix in America New York, New York September 26 – December 6, 2008 www.centerforbookarts.org www.whittingtonpress.com The beauty, intricacy and devoted craftsmanship involved in the practice of contemporary fine press printing is on display in this exhibition at the Center for Book Arts. Organized by guest ...
The Center for Book Arts Illustrated Fine Printing: Whittington & Matrix in America New York, New York September 26 – December 6, 2008 www.centerforbookarts.org www.whittingtonpress.com The beauty, intricacy and devoted craftsmanship involved in the practice of contemporary fine press printing is on display in this exhibition at the Center for Book Arts. Organized by guest ...
Product Placement
J Schatz
At Jim Schatz’s creek-side home and studio in upstate New York, the trees bear the fruits of his labor: glossy, egg-shaped earthenware bird houses and feeders, including Red Hot, in a rainbow of colors, tended daily by the artist and product-tested by chickadees, grosbeaks and cardinals. “There’s experience attached to these items,” says Schatz, 38. “Everything I make gets into my ...
At Jim Schatz’s creek-side home and studio in upstate New York, the trees bear the fruits of his labor: glossy, egg-shaped earthenware bird houses and feeders, including Red Hot, in a rainbow of colors, tended daily by the artist and product-tested by chickadees, grosbeaks and cardinals. “There’s experience attached to these items,” says Schatz, 38. “Everything I make gets into my ...
Review
Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary
Andrea DiNoto discusses “Second Lives,” the inaugural exhibition of transformative works at the re-located Museum of Arts and Design.
Andrea DiNoto discusses “Second Lives,” the inaugural exhibition of transformative works at the re-located Museum of Arts and Design.
Speaking with the Text of Textile
Fiber artists Polly Barton, Mary Zicafoose, Mary Anne Jordan and Eleanor McCain take textiles to new heights; Suzanne Smith Arney surveys their concurrent shows at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles.
Fiber artists Polly Barton, Mary Zicafoose, Mary Anne Jordan and Eleanor McCain take textiles to new heights; Suzanne Smith Arney surveys their concurrent shows at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles.
Shop Talk
Bringing it All Together
Wexler Gallery 201 North 3rd Street Philadelphia, PA 19106 (215) 923-7030 For Lewis Wexler and Sherry Apter Wexler , it all began at Christie’s. Their personal and professional partnership took root some 20 years ago at the New York auction house, where he was a decorative arts spe-cialist and she dealt with Latin American prints. They married, moved ...
Wexler Gallery 201 North 3rd Street Philadelphia, PA 19106 (215) 923-7030 For Lewis Wexler and Sherry Apter Wexler , it all began at Christie’s. Their personal and professional partnership took root some 20 years ago at the New York auction house, where he was a decorative arts spe-cialist and she dealt with Latin American prints. They married, moved ...
Wide World of Craft
Brooklyn, New York: Craft Over the Bridge
Discover why this borough has become home to so many makers, artists, designers and galleries.
Discover why this borough has become home to so many makers, artists, designers and galleries.
Dec/Jan 2009
Vol. 68, No. 6
Vol. 68, No. 6
Departments
