C O N T R I B U T O R S
Anne Cusack
( “ M a s t e r s o f
M i d - C e n t u r y C a lif o r n ia M o d -
e r n is m ,” p . 3 2 ) , a p h o to jo u r n a l-
is t , e n jo y s t h e e n t r é e h e r c a r e e r
g i v e s h e r in t o p e o p l e ’ s liv e s .
“ T h e A c k e r m a n s w e r e a d a r lin g
c o u p le t o p h o t o g r a p h - s o a f f e c -
t io n a t e a f t e r s o m a n y y e a r s t o -
g e th e r . E v e r y w h e r e y o u lo o k e d
in t h e ir h o m e w e r e lit t le
t r e a s u r e s .”
Andrea DiNoto
( R e v i e w e d ,
“ F a s h io n in g F e l t ,” p . 3 0 ), is a
N e w Y o r k - b a s e d w r i t e r o n a r t ,
c r a f t a n d d e s ig n . “ W h e t h e r
u s e d a s a c r a f t - y t e x t il e , a m o ld -
a b le ‘ p r o t o p la s t ic ,’ o r a h ig h -
t e c h in d u s t r ia l m a t e r ia l, f e lt
r e m a in s a u n iq u e ly s e d u c t iv e
w o o l- b a s e d m e d iu m w h o s e
fr ie n d ly f u z z in v it e s th e t o u c h .”
Brady Fontenot
( “ M a k i n g th e
M o s t o f th e M a r g in s ,” p . 4 0 ) is
a N e w O r le a n s - b a s e d p h o t o g r a -
p h e r . “ G o o d M e x ic a n f o o d , a n
a w e s o m e c o f f e e s h o p n e x t to
A n d y B r a y m a n ’ s s t u d i o a n d
a ft e r n o o n tr ip s to th e s k a t e p a r k
m a d e f o r a fu n s h o o t . N o t to
m e n t io n h o w c h ill A n d y is .
M a y b e
k c
is o n e o f t h e b e s t -
k e p t s e c r e t s in A m e r i c a . ”
Lily Kane
( “ M a k in g t h e M o s t
o f t h e M a r g i n s ,” p . 4 0 ) , a w r i t e r
o n c r a f t a n d d e s ig n , is th e d ir e c -
t o r o f e x h ib it io n s f o r
R
2 0 th -
C e n t u r y , a N e w Y o r k g a lle r y .
“ I c o n s t a n t ly lo o k f o r w a y s to
e n c o u r a g e p e o p le to t h in k a b o u t
t h e o b je c t s in t h e ir liv e s . I n t e r -
v i e w i n g A n d y B r a y m a n r e m in d -
e d m e t h a t b e in g a r t ic u la t e
a b o u t th e h is t o r y o f y o u r c r a f t
a n d h a v in g a s e n s e o f h u m o r
m a k e t h e b e s t a p p r o a c h .”
Misty Keasler
( W i d e W o r ld o f
C r a f t , p . 6 6 ) , a n a t iv e T e x a n ,
h a s b e e n t a k i n g p ic t u r e s s in c e
s h e w a s s e v e n . H e r p h o to g r a p h s
h a v e b e e n p u b lis h e d in
Harper’s,
Newsweek, Time
a n d t h e
New
Turk Times Style Magazine.
S h e r e t u r n e d fr o m h e r h o n e y -
m o o n in t im e t o p h o t o g r a p h
t h e v ib r a n t c r a f t s c e n e in S a n
A n t o n i o a n d w a s b lo w n a w a y
b y th e c o m m u n it y w it h i n th e
a r t s c e n e t h e r e .
Jayne Merkel
( C r i t i c ’ s C o r n e r ,
p . 5 6 ) , is t h e a u t h o r o f
Eero
Saarinen
( 2 0 0 5 ) a n d a c o n t r ib u t -
in g e d i t o r o f
Architectural De-
sign//! n
m a g a z i n e in L o n d o n .
“ D u r in g th e la s t f e w y e a r s , th e
g la s s fa c a d e s b e g a n t o c h a n g e
t h e lo o k o f t h e s t r e e t s o f N e w
Y o r k . T h e y n o t o n ly c r e a t e d
n e w q u a lit ie s o f in t e r io r s p a c e
b u t a ls o m a d e i t p o s s ib le f o r
a r c h i t e c t s t o e x p lo r e t h e c r a f t
o f a r c h ite c t u r e u s in g tr a n s p a r -
e n c y , t r a n s lu c e n c y , c o lo r , s h a p e
a n d f o r m .”
Andy Reynolds
( S h o p T a l k ,
p . 2 0 ) , w a s e d u c a t e d in a u d io
p r o d u c t io n a n d e n g in e e r in g ,
b u t fo u n d m o r e t h r ills in e x p lo r -
in g th e v is u a l m e d iu m s . B r i n g -
in g h is o w n u n iq u e v is io n to
l i f e , h e p r o v id e s e d i t o r ia l a n d
c o m m e r c ia l im a g e r y fo r m a n y
p u b lic a t io n s a n d d e s ig n fir m s .
“ I w a s im p r e s s e d w it h K a r e n
L o r e n e ’ s d iv e r s e c o ll e c t io n o f
v e r y c o o l j e w e l r y , b u t th e B a r -
b ie d o ll p ie c e s w e r e m y f a v e s . ”
Robert Silberman
( “ L e t T h e r e
B e L i g h t in g ,” p . 4 8 ) a n a s s o c ia te
p r o f e s s o r o f a r t h i s t o r y a t th e
U n iv e r s it y o f M in n e s o t a , in t e r -
v i e w e d M a r g a r e t O ’ R o r k e d u r -
in g h e r r e c e n t r e s i d e n c y a s a
M c K n i g h t F e l l o w a t t h e N o r -
th e r n C l a y C e n t e r in M in n e a p o -
lis . H e w a s im p r e s s e d b y h e r
s p ir it a f t e r s h e a r r iv e d in M i n -
n e s o t a in J a n u a r y , w h e n t h e
t e m p e r a t u r e d id n o t g o a b o v e
f r e e z i n g u n til t h e v e r y la s t d a y .
A n d h e w a s im p r e s s e d b y h e r
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