Westerberg photo courtesy of Platina.
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Mailbag
Vol. 70, No. 1
February/March 2010
Published by the
American Craft Council
www.craftcouncil.org
Above:
Sissi Wcstcrberg's
silver and plastic
brooch,2002, in the
Stockholm gallery
Platina.
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On the Cover:
Detail of Janice
Arnold’s felted
Wave
#4, Sea fee,
2 x 34 ft,
photographed by
Bob Iyall.
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Among the new and noteworthy
we highlight Sylvie Rosenthal’s
furniture and Sungsoo Kim’s
Styrofoam-inspired glass
sculpture, Greenwich House
Pottery, Douglas Dawson
Gallery’s tribal/contemporaiy
art, Motawi Tileworks,
Voices and much more.
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M aterial Culture
Jim Zivic carves sleek sculptural
furniture from a mundane
substance-coal. Andrea DiNoto
observes the laborious process
from boulders arriving in his
backyard to objects honed on
his polishing table.
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Outskirts
The handmade shoe according
to the Cordwainer Shop on the
East Coast and CY DWOQ on the
West. Amy Shaw reports on
their history and practice of
blending healthy comfort and
harmonious style.
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Review ed
Beverly Sanders reviews new
forms of Judaica at the Jewish
Museum in New York; Kate
Dobbs Ariail peers through the
microscope at Willard Wigan’s
minuscule sculptures at Parish
Gallery in Washington, DC;
Leah Oilman critiques Jeff
Irwin’s animal-inspired ceramics
in a San Diego library; and Ron
Glowen weighs in on Cappy
Thompson’s “dreamscapes”
in glass and clay at Traver
Gallery Tacoma.
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Considering.
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Akiko Busch argues that as
makers of things, we need to
appreciate the value of loss—
what we no longer have or
will have.
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C ritic’s Corner
Eleanor Heartney proposes that
the blurting of art/craft bound-
aries in the work of Koons, Mu-
rakami and Mondini-Ruiz offers
provocative new ways to think
about the functions, social hier-
archies and meanings of both
art and craft.
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The W ide W orld o f Craft
Sabrina Gschwandtner finds
Stockholm to be a hotbed of
new ideas and terminology
regarding craft, and a site
of rich, inviting gallery and
work spaces.
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From the Stadcs
In the June/July 1980
American Craft, JanJaneiro
profiled the pioneering
weaver and educator Lia
Cook. Chi’istine Kaminsky
chronicles subsequent
developments in Cook’s
work, her many honors
and her current exhibitions.
Online
Editors’ Letter
“A Growth Field,” the current
letter, is appearing on our web-
site, americancraftmag.org.
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