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V o l . 7 0 , N o . 2
A p r i l / M a y 2 0 1 0
P u b lis h e d b y th e
A m e r ic a n C r a f t C o u n c il
w w w .c r a f t c o u n c i l .o r g
Right:
Cristiano Bianchin
Uma ( Um),
2007,
hand-blown, ground
and polished glass,
crocheted synthetic
thread, steel, 18 x 8 in.
page 030
D epartm ents
0 0
6
Letters
I n t h e M a il
OOB
E ditors’Letter
T h i n k i n g a b o u t T o o l s
OIO
Zoom
C e r a m ic s b y M e r e d it h K n a p p
B r i c k e ll, o t h e r w o r l d l y g la s s
b y A n d y P a i k o , c o n t e m p o r a r y
j e w e l r y a t t h e L u k e & E l o y
G a lle r y a n d th e O x - B o w s c h o o l’ s
10 0 th a n n iv e r s a r y a r e a m o n g
t h e o f f e r in g s .
0 2 6
M aterial Culture
J a p a n e s e l a c q u e r m a s t e r
Y a m a m u r a S h in y a g o e s m in ia -
t u r e w i t h e x q u i s i t e b o x e s .
J a n e t K o p l o s o f f e r s in s ig h t
in t o Y a m a m u r a ’ s in s p ir a t io n
a n d t e c h n iq u e .
028
Outskirts
A n e w w a v e o f t o o lm a k e r s h a s
b e e n fin e - t u n in g w o o d w o r k i n g
t o o ls . G le n n G o r d o n h ig h lig h t s
t h r e e c o m p a n ie s k n o w n f o r
p r o d u c in g t o o ls t h a t a r e c r a f t
o b je c t s in t h e ir o w n r ig h t .
0 3 0
Review ed
L i l l y W e i s u r v e y s t h e w o r k o f
t h r e e le a d in g g la s s a r t is t s fr o m
V e n i c e a t B a r r y F r ie d m a n L t d .
in N e w Y o r k ; G le n R . B r o w n
g a in s “ p e r s p e c t i v e ” o n le a d in g
q u ilt m a k e r s a t t h e I n t e r n a t io n a l
Q u ilt S t u d y C e n t e r & M u s e u m
in L i n c o l n , N E ; C h r i s t i n e
T e m i n fin d s “ a t t it u d e ” in S u e
A y g a r n - K o w a l s k i ’ s t o o l-
in s p ir e d o b je c t s a t M o b i li a
G a lle r y in C a m b r id g e , M A; a n d
C r a i g N u t t c r it iq u e s B r ia n
F e r r e ll’ s c a n t il e v e r e d fu r n it u r e
a t t h e A p p a la c h ia n C e n t e r f o r
C r a f t in S m i t h v ille , t n .
O 3 6
Considering.
..
G le n n A d a m s o n g i v e s c r e d it t o
th e h u m b le p e n c il a s a s u p r e m e ly
u s e fu l t o o l f o r ju m p - s t a r t in g
t h e c r e a t i v e p r o c e s s .
O 5 8
Hunting & Gathering
M i c h e le P r e d t r o lls a ir p o r t s
a n d d u m p s t e r s f o r t h e in d u s tr ia l
p r o d u c t s t h a t m a k e u p h e r
c o n c e p t u a l p ie c e s . M i j a R ie d e l
e x p l o r e s h o w t h e a r t is t c r e a t e s
n e w , p r o v o c a t i v e fr a m e s o f
r e f e r e n c e f o r t h e s e d is c a r d s .
0 6 6
The IVide IVo rld o f Craft
F r a s e r C o n l o n t a k e s t h e p u ls e
o f c r a f t in o n e o f t h e m o s t m u lt i-
c u lt u r a l c it ie s o n t h e p la n e t —
C a p e T o w n , S o u t h A f r i c a .
O 7 2
From the Stacks
I n th e D e c e m b e r 1 9 8 3 / J a n u a r y
1 9 8 4 A m e r ic a n C r a f t , J o y
C a t t a n a c h S m it h t r a c e d J u d y
K e n s l e y M c K i e ’ s p r o g r e s s io n
f r o m s e lf- t a u g h t w o o d w o r k e r
t o a c c la im e d f u r n it u r e d e s ig n e r
a n d m a k e r . C h r is t in e K a m in s k y
b r in g s u s u p - to -d a te o n M c K i e ’s
d is t in g u is h e d c a r e e r .
