Photo Brenton Salo.
C O N T E N T S
american
craft
Vol.
70
, No.
4
August/September
2010
Published by the
American Craft Council
www.craftcouncil.Qrg
Above:
Esque Studio
Narcissus, designed by
Andi Kovel andjustin
Parker, mirrored and
etched glass, 16 in. high,
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On the Cover:
Father Andrew More
O’Connor adjusts a
dress from his Goods of
Conscience clothing line-
eco-friendly fashions
by Guatemalan weavers
and Bronx garment mak-
ers, photographed by
Noah Sheldon.
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D e p a r tm e n ts
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E d ito r s ’ L e tte r
Mixing It Up.
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Z o o m
In this issue, Molly Hatch’s
European-inspired porcelain
tableware, eccentric blown-
glass accessories and lighting
fixtures by Esque Studio, Iowa
City’s
a k a r
gallery, two book
reviews, Voices and more.
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M a te r ia l C u ltu re
Brazilian designer Rodrigo
Almeida’s furniture offers
a riot of color, asymmetry and
natural materials remixed with
ordinary objects. Shonquis
Moreno demonstrates how he
deftly confounds design, art
and craft.
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O u ts k irts
The Cricket Press, run by Brian
and Sara Turner in Lexington,
k y ,
specializes in the hand-
printing of music gig posters,
art prints, invitations and other
personalized ephemera. Shan-
non Sharpe recounts how this
quirky husband-and-wife enter-
prise came to be.
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R e v ie w e d
Studio potters have something
to learn about function from
industrially made ceramics,
suggests Edward Lebow, on
viewing “Ceramic Design”
at the ASU Art Museum in
Tempe; and Beverly Sanders
considers two artists who find
skin meaningful—materially
and metaphorically—in “Hide,”
at the National Museum of
the American Indian in New
York City.
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C o n s id e rin g .
..
Can Google curate? Glenn
Adamson argues that many
recent museum and gallery
shows focused on craft could
not have been organized before
the advent of this mighty
search engine.
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T h e IV id e IV o r ld o f C ra ft
Jennifer Scanlan visits the is-
land of Taiwan and discovers
strong traditions, fresh talent,
well-appointed institutions
and a striving for identity.
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F ro m th e S ta tics
In the October/November
1981 American Craft, Lisa
Hammel profiled the eminent
enamelist June Schwarcz,
noting her mastery of varied
techniques. Christine Kamin-
sky brings us up to speed on
Schwarcz’s current shows and
many honors, including Living
Treasure of California.
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