Photo Jeremy Mayer
C O N T E N T S
american
craft
Vol. 70, No.
6
December 2010/January 2011
Published by the
American Craft Council
www.craftcouncil.org
Departm ents
06
From the Editor
A miracle in the making.
08
Zoom
Jeremy Mayer’s typewriter
sculptures and Albertus
Swanepoel’s hats, plus a visit to
Denver’s Show of Hands gallery,
new books on Jack Lenor
Larsen’s LongHouse and
Wharton Esherick’s life and
work, innovation at Oregon
College of Art and Craft, and
dispatches from the field: news,
voices and shows to see.
americancraftmag.org
More photos, reviews, listings,
interviews and everything craft-
related and beyond.
Above:
Jeremy Mayer
Deer III (
side view), 2010,
typewriter parts,
36 x16 x36 m.
page 08
On the cover:
Camilla Prasch
Kleine Halskrause, 2005,
snap fasteners, nylon
thread and silicone discs.
Photo Mark LaFavor;
neckwear courtesy
of Ornamentum,
Hudson,
NY.
page 033
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R eview
Christy DeSmith taps into
The New Materiality,
curator
Fo Wilson’s provocative
exploration of digital
technology in contemporary
craft at the Fuller Craft
Museum.
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M aterial M atters
Gregg Graff and Jacqueline
Pouyat devised a wax formula
to preserve the seeds, pods
and reeds in their minimalist
vignettes. Monica Moses re-
ports on these natural archivists.
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Personal Paths
In her mixed-media sculptures,
Susan Aaron-Taylor re-creates
the landscape of her dreams,
informed by Carl Jung’s
spiritually charged concepts.
Roger Green probes the
meaning of her unusual art.
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2
Considering
...
With the mundane soccer ball
as a starting point, Glenn
Adamson ponders the meaning,
potential and limitations of
handmade objects in our
globalized age.
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W ide W 'trld o f Craft
Hawaii’s natural beauty has
attracted and inspired a hub of
craft artists, but living in
paradise isn’t cheap. Sonya
Stinson covers the bustling
tropical scene.
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Checking In
Since we first profiled him in
1987, glass artist Paul Stankard
has crafted a masterful career—
and found a calling as an
educator. Lynnea Midland
reconnects with him.
