Cover image/© Samuel Courtauld Trust, Jongerius photo/Royal Tichelaar Makkum.
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E ditors’ L etter
Change and Continuity
Vol. 69, No. 4
August/September 2009
Published by the
American Craft Council
www.craftcouncil.org
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A guide to the noteworthy in
shows, books, fresh talent and
news of the field. In this issue:
Pritam & Eames, Susan Hoge’s
jewelry, the Beehive Co-op,
Michael Peterson’s wood sculp-
ture, Fred Ball’ s enamels and
something new—“Voices.”
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M aterial Culture
Scott Rothstein explores the
emotional landscape evoked
by Kyoko Okubo’s narrative
washi sculptures of childlike
figures and animals.
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R eview ed
Christopher Lloyd surveys
“European Design Since 1985”
at the Indianapolis Museum
of Art, and Gussie Fauntleroy
evaluates the message behind
the razzle dazzle of “de la Torre
Brothers and Border Baroque”
at the National Hispanic Cul-
tural Center in Albuquerque.
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Considering.
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In this column Glenn Adamson
argues that in the contemporary
art world, as in the global econo-
my, making something by hand
is not necessarily a secure form
of authorship.
On the Cover:
Winifred Gill’s
Design fo r Toy
Figure: Castanet
Dance,
exempli-
fies the spirit
of the Omega
Workshops,
page
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Above: Hella
Jongerius’s
Non-Temporary
Ceramics
, 2005,
in a comprehen-
sive survey of
contemporary
European
design,
page
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C ritic’s Corner
A
Boston “diaspora” spread
the gospel of the Useful and the
Beautiful throughout America
at the turn of the 20th century.
Beverly K. Brandt, author of
The Craftsman and the Critic,
explains how it all happened.
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The IV ide W orld o f Craft
Lovers of craft in Minneapolis-
St. Paul enjoy an enviable num-
ber of options. Michael Fallon is
our guide to the many museums
and art centers devoted to spe-
cific media.
Photography by Cameron Wittig
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From the Statics
In the August/September 1982
issue of American Craft, fiber
artist Nancy Merritt and potter
Jacqueline Bartling Ward pro-
filed the weaver James Bassler,
focusing on his early life and
sources of inspiration. Christine
Kaminsky’s update chronicles
Bassler’s many achievements
and honors since then and his
still vital work today.
