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Editors’ Letter
The Pulse of Craft
Vol. 69, N0.5
October/Novetnber 2009
Published by the
American Craft Council
www.craftcouncil.org
On the Cover:
Lauren Kalman’s
Above:
H a rd W ea r,
Tongue G ild in g ,
20 0 6
, digital
print, laminated
on acrylic
{h.35 in, w. 23
in}.
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Mixed-media
jewelry by Svcnja
John is just one
example of the
exciting work
happening in
Berlin,
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We highlight the noteworthy in
shows, books, products, young
talent and news of the field. In
this issue: Diem Chau’s mixed-
media “memory keepers,”
Harrison McIntosh’s ceramics,
Susan Taylor Glasgow’s glass,
Duane Reed Gallery, “Voices”
and much more.
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M aterial Culture
Ice and snow were the mutable
raw materials for designer
Hongtao Zhou’s furniture
project on Wisconsin’s Lake
Mendota. He tells the tale of
this green furniture life cycle.
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Outskirts
Dan Funderburgh’s darkly
witty wallpapers celebrate
embellishment from every
era—a rebuttal, writes Mimi
Luse, to Adolf Loos’s equation
of ornament and crime.
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Review ed
Robin Rice digs the provocative
“Dirt on Delight: Impulses
That Form Clay” at the
Institute of Contemporary Art/
University of Pennsylvania,
now at the Walker Art Center
in Minneapolis.
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Considering.
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Essayist Akiko Busch defends
the comfort zone in design
and in life.
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C ritic’s Com er
Especially with respect to
d i y ,
Dennis Stevens applies
the concept of “political
generations” to that of craft.
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The W ide W orld o f Craft
Berlin
Since the fall of the wall
and reunification, Berlin
has become a magnet for
craftspeople of every stripe,
drawn by affordable live/
work spaces and a progressive
spirit. Jeweler Martina
Windeis accounts for the
attraction.
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From the Stacks
In the April/May 1980issue
of American Craft, critic
Matthew Kangas profiled
the ceramic sculptor Patti
Warashina. Christine
Kaminsky fills us in on the
versatile artist’s ever-
evolving career and many
honors since then.
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