CONTENTS
F ea tu res
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A T a le fr o m th e
D a r k S id e
A L o n d o n e x h ib it io n fe a tu r e s
a n in t e r n a tio n a l g r o u p o f a r tis ts
w h o a r e l o o k i n g t o t a p e s t r y
a s a v e h ic le f o r c o n t r o v e r s ia l
is s u e s . In c o n v e r s a t io n w it h th e
p r o je c t ’s s p o n s o r s , I a in A i t c h
d is c o v e r s w h a t p r o m p t e d th is
m e e t in g o f a r t a n d c r a f t .
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T h e V ery B ea ra b le
L ig h tn ess o f B e in g
U s i n g g la s s a s h e r m e d iu m ,
t h e L o s A n g e l e s a r t is t A li s o n
B e r g e r m o v e s e a s ily b e t w e e n
t h e w o r ld s o f a r t , c r a f t , d e s ig n ,
a r c h i t e c t u r e , fa s h io n a n d film .
O b s e r v in g h e r a t w o r k a n d p la y ,
J o y c e L o v e la c e le a r n s w h a t f u -
e le d h e r p r o d ig io u s c a r e e r p a th .
Photography by Dave Lauridsen
T h ro u g h th e
L o o k in g G la ss
H a n g in g o u t w it h s ta in e d g la s s
a r t is t J u d ith S c h a e c h t e r in P h ila -
d e l p h ia , R o b e r t S u lliv a n o b -
s e r v e s h e r p a s s io n a te d e v o t io n
t o h e r m e d iu m , h e r p u n k / p o p
t a s t e s a n d h e r p r e d ile c t io n fo r
d e a th -r e la te d s u b je c ts .
Photography by Elena Dorf man
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Judith Schaechter at
work on a church win-
dow-inspired piece in
her Philadelphia studio
in the company of cats
and
N PR .
Photography by
Elena Dorfman
G im m e M o r e !
a m e r i c a n c r a l l m a g .o r g
M o r e p h o t o s , m o r e r e v i e w s ,
m o r e l i s t i n g s , m o r e i n t e r v i e w s
a n d m o r e o f e v e r y t h i n g c r a f t -
r e la t e d a n d b e y o n d .
In a tim e w hen a rtists are changing th eir m edium s
as fa s t as they change their Facebook page, J u d ith Schaechter
is tfje constant unchanging glass star.
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