CONTENTS
a m e r ic a n
emit
Vol. 69, N0.1
February/March 2009
D e p a r tm e n ts
014
Letters
F r o m y o u r p e n t o o u r e a r s .
O l 6
Editor’s Letter
I n L o n d o n , P h i la d e lp h i a a n d
L o s A n g e l e s , A n d r e w W a g n e r
fin d s a l i t t l e o f t h is a n d a li t t l e
o f t h a t - b u t w h a t d o e s it m e a n ?
P u b lis h e d b y t h e
A m e r i c a n C r a f t C o u n c i l
w w w . c r a f t c o u n c i l .o r g
On the Cover:
Dave Lauridsen photo-
graphs Alison Berger’s
studio filled with objects
she creates for a variety
of clients, including
Hermès,
page 054
Above:
Diana Fayt’s
Obamaware platter
of glazed stoneware
was part of an artist-
inspired fund-raising
gambit of the 2008
presidential campaign,
page 100
O l 8
Zoom
W e le a d y o u t o th e b e s t in s h o p s ,
e x h ib it s , n e w ta le n t , b o o k s a n d
b e y o n d . I n t h is is s u e : N a n c y
M a r g o lis G a l l e r y , J a c Q u e lin e
S a n c h e z ’ s L e g o j e w e l r y , M a g -
g ie C a s e y ’ s g o s s a m e r s t r in g
in s ta lla tio n s , a r tis ts in s t it c h e r y
a n d m o r e .
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Material Culture
E d C a r p e n t e r ’s g la s s a n d s t e e l
Vessel
e n t w i n e d w i t h v e g e t a t io n
e m b o d ie s t h e o p t im is m o f t h e
i n s t i t u t i o n t h a t c o m m is s io n e d
it . S u z a n n e B e a l s h e d s lig h t o n
t h e p r o j e c t .
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Outskirts
T h e C u r r i e r M u s e u m o f A r t
in M a n c h e s t e r , N e w H a m p -
s h ir e , d is c o v e r s a R e n a is s a n c e
t r e a s u r e in s t o r a g e ; M a r c
K r is t a l f o llo w s a c u r a to r / s le u th
o n t h e tr a il o f a u t h e n t ic a t io n .
O 4 O
Reviewed
G e r r y C r a i g c a tc h e s u p w it h th e
J a c q u a r d a n d e n t r e p r e n e u r ia l
t e x t ile s e x h ib it a t th e C e n t e r fo r
C r a f t , C r e a t i v i t y & D e s ig n in
N o r t h C a r o l i n a ; M a r i a P o r g e s
e x p lo r e s “ T h e M in i a t u r e
W o r ld s o f B r u c e M e t c a l f , ” a t
th e P a lo A l t o A r t C e n t e r ; a n d
J o h n P e r r e a u lt a p p r e c ia t e s
F r a n tiS e k V i z n e r a t th e C o r n in g
M u s e u m o f G la s s in u p s t a te
N e w Y o r k a n d B a r r y F r ie d m a n
L t d . in N e w Y o r k C i t y .
O 7 4
Hunting and Gathering
B la c k M o u n t a in C o l l e g e M u -
s e u m + A r t s C e n t e r in A s h e v i lle
is d e v o t e d t o p r e s e r v i n g t h e
le g a c y o f t h e le g e n d a r y b u t
s h o r t - liv e d a v a n t- g a r d e N o r t h
C a r o lin a s c h o o l. S a lly H a n s e ll
r e p o r t s o n th e m u s e u m ’s c o l-
l e c t i o n , a r c h i v e s , e x h ib it io n
p r o g r a m a n d p r o s p e c t i v e
p a r t n e r s h ip .
IO O
Critic’s Corner
A s p i r it e d p r o j e c t g a l v a n i z e d
p o t t e r s a n d c l a y e n t h u s ia s t s
a n d m a y h a v e c o n t r i b u t e d
t o e l e c t i n g a p r e s id e n t . S a r a h
A r c h e r t a k e s u s in s id e t h e
O b a m a w a r e P r o j e c t a n d p la c e s
i t s c a m p a ig n in t h e h i s t o r i c a l
c o n t e x t o f p o l i t i c a l l y c h a r g e d
c e r a m i c s .
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The Wide World o f Craft
P h ila d e lp h ia , P e n n s y lv a n ia ,
a c e n t e r p ie c e o f e a r ly A m e r ic a n
h i s t o r y , is a n E a s t C o a s t c u l -
t u r a l h u b in w h i c h c r a f t is a n
e s s e n t ia l p a r t o f t h e m ix . S h a n -
n o n S h a r p e t o u c h e s b a s e w it h
s o m e o f t h e a r t is t s a n d in s t i t u -
tio n s t h a t m a k e t h e c i t y s u c h
a p o w e r f u l d r a w .
Photography by
Adam Wallacavage
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From the Stacks
In t h e D e c e m b e r 1 9 5 6 is s u e o f
Craft Horizons,
th e p r o m in e n t
C le v e la n d s ilv e r s m it h F r e d e r ic k
A . M i l l e r d e m o n s t r a t e d th e
t e c h n iq u e o f “ s t r e t c h i n g ” in
c r e a t in g f r e e - fo r m s ilv e r b o w ls .
W e p r o v id e a b a c k w a r d g la n c e
a t t h e a r t ic le a n d C h r i s t i n e
K a m in s k y ’ s fo llo w - u p o n M i l l -
e r ’s c a r e e r .
