Table of Contents
Apr/May 2009
Apr/May 2009
Checking In
Fantasy at Kohler
The December 1974 issue of Craft Horizons published a conversation between ceramists Jack Earl and Tom La Dousa describing their experiences as the first artists in residence in the John Michael Kohler Arts Center’s Arts/Industry program. Christine Kaminsky looks back at what they had to say.
The December 1974 issue of Craft Horizons published a conversation between ceramists Jack Earl and Tom La Dousa describing their experiences as the first artists in residence in the John Michael Kohler Arts Center’s Arts/Industry program. Christine Kaminsky looks back at what they had to say.
Council News
Dishing the News from Spring Street
The American Craft Council awards excellence as it explores the field.
The American Craft Council awards excellence as it explores the field.
Editor’s Letter
The Great Outdoors
Is it spring yet? Andrew Wagner sure hopes so.
Is it spring yet? Andrew Wagner sure hopes so.
Feature
Constructing the Unexpected
Using the basics of nature as her essential linear element, the artist and educator Gyöngy Laky has built extraordinary installations indoors and out in cities and villages around the world. Mija Reidel offers rich insights into her nature-bound works, activist’s sensibility and experimental attitude.
Using the basics of nature as her essential linear element, the artist and educator Gyöngy Laky has built extraordinary installations indoors and out in cities and villages around the world. Mija Reidel offers rich insights into her nature-bound works, activist’s sensibility and experimental attitude.
Studio on the Street
The metalsmith Gabriel Craig is taking handmade jewelry to the streets of Richmond, Virginia…
The metalsmith Gabriel Craig is taking handmade jewelry to the streets of Richmond, Virginia…
Urban Fabric
Kathryn Pannepacker’s hand-painted murals have turned some of Philadelphia’s grittier neighborhoods into a panoramic bazaar of global textiles.
Kathryn Pannepacker’s hand-painted murals have turned some of Philadelphia’s grittier neighborhoods into a panoramic bazaar of global textiles.
Hunting & Gathering
Jennifer Angus and the Insect Kingdom
Setting aside the yuck factor, how does Jennifer Angus find and acquire the thousands of insects she deploys in her remarkable wallpaper-like installations? Jody Clowes explores her art and tracks her adventures as a bug collector.
Setting aside the yuck factor, how does Jennifer Angus find and acquire the thousands of insects she deploys in her remarkable wallpaper-like installations? Jody Clowes explores her art and tracks her adventures as a bug collector.
Material Matters
In Praise of Poop
Iain Aitch gives us the scoop on the amazingly creative, aesthetically pleasing and eco-friendly uses to which a London-based artist puts one of the world’s foremost gross-out materials—poop.
Iain Aitch gives us the scoop on the amazingly creative, aesthetically pleasing and eco-friendly uses to which a London-based artist puts one of the world’s foremost gross-out materials—poop.
On Our Radar
Ethel Stein: A Weaver’s Weaver
At the age of 91, weaver Ethel Stein is finally enjoying the recognition she deserves…
At the age of 91, weaver Ethel Stein is finally enjoying the recognition she deserves…
Outskirts
We Work in Fragile Material
A Swedish design collective finds strength in numbers. David Sokol reports on their rambunctious projects.
A Swedish design collective finds strength in numbers. David Sokol reports on their rambunctious projects.
People & Places
Tributes and Goings-On
Gifts, Grants, Inspiration and Remembrances.
Gifts, Grants, Inspiration and Remembrances.
Preview
Getting Out of the Loop
Contemporary artists are taking the hooked rug in exciting new directions…
Contemporary artists are taking the hooked rug in exciting new directions…
Magnificent Obsessions
A world-class museum shines the spotlight on mindbogglingly labor-intensive handworks from all eras and cultures.
A world-class museum shines the spotlight on mindbogglingly labor-intensive handworks from all eras and cultures.
Product Placement
Frances Palmer Pottery
Whether quirky or classic, every piece of Frances Palmer’s pottery has its own unique personality.
Whether quirky or classic, every piece of Frances Palmer’s pottery has its own unique personality.
Review
Against the Grain
Erik Scollen considers how 10 artists rooted to craft through techniques and materials straddle the border of functional and sculptural objects.
Erik Scollen considers how 10 artists rooted to craft through techniques and materials straddle the border of functional and sculptural objects.
Nancy Jurs: Deja Vu
Thomas Piche Jr. critiques 50 years of Jurs’s work on display at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse.
Thomas Piche Jr. critiques 50 years of Jurs’s work on display at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse.
Shop Talk
Fruitful Partnership
Two heads are better than one when textile dealer Robert Coffland and his wife, Mary Hunt Kahlenberg, merge strengths and styles to operate TAI Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Two heads are better than one when textile dealer Robert Coffland and his wife, Mary Hunt Kahlenberg, merge strengths and styles to operate TAI Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Wide World of Craft
New Orleans, Louisiana: All that Craft
In the shadows of jazz bands, gumbo chefs and recently even “Top Chefs,” an eclectic visual arts scene is thriving in galleries, museums, arts centers and on the streets of New Orleans. Sonya Stinson takes its pulse.
In the shadows of jazz bands, gumbo chefs and recently even “Top Chefs,” an eclectic visual arts scene is thriving in galleries, museums, arts centers and on the streets of New Orleans. Sonya Stinson takes its pulse.
Apr/May 2009
Vol. 69, No. 2
Vol. 69, No. 2
Departments
