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E d itors’ L etter
The beauty of transformation.
Vol. 70, No. 3
June/July 2010
Published by the
American Craft Council
www.craftcouncil.org
Above:
Meghan Price
Acting Like Starlings,
2008-2009, enameled
copper wire “draw ing,”
dimensions variable,
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Among the highlights, Kate
Cusack’s zipper jewelry, Whit
McLeod’s winery barrel chairs,
North Bennet Street School
at 125, Mariposa Gallery, a re-
view of Elissa Auther’s
String
Felt Thread,
and Voices.
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M aterial Culture
Stephanie Liner uses fabrics
and upholstery techniques
to create works that are part
sculpture, part performance.
Shannon Sharpe decodes
their startling messages about
what it means to be female
in today’s society.
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Outskirts
Self-taught puppet maker
Keith Lovik specializes in
a figure linked to a nostalgic
form of entertainment—the
ventriloquist dummy. Shannon
Sharpe interviews him about
his path to this unusual craft.
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Review ed
Robin Rice takes the measure
of Adelaide Paul’s fantastical
yet realistic mixed-media
animal sculptures at Wexler
Gallery in Philadelphia, and
Sarah Tanguy surveys Warren
Seelig’s four-decade retrospec-
tive at the Maryland Institute
College of Art in Baltimore.
On the Cover:
Atelier NL
Polderceramics
Photo by Paul Scala,
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Considering.
..
Akiko Busch comments on the
“cult of simplicity” prevalent
today and wonders about the
apparent divide between what
is
simple and what
seems
simple.
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The I Vide W orld o f Craft
James D. Campbell guides us
through the many-splendored
contemporary craft scene
in cosmopolitan Montreal,
this year proclaimed the “City
of Glass.”
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From the Statics
In the October/November
1982 American Craft, Betty
Park profiled the singular Bay
Area artist Dominic Di Mare,
whose mixed-media sculptures
drew on deeply felt experi-
ences. Christine Kaminsky
notes the varied artistic direc-
tions Di Mare has pursued
in subsequent decades.
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