L E T T E R S
To the E d ito r
T H A N K YOU FOR A F A N T A ST IC
issue of
American Craft.
I spent
a delightful afternoon reading
every article and smiled all the
way. I have never read any of
the past issues with such de-
light. You have done a fine job.
I was ready to stop taking
Craft.
Instead, I just sent for two more
subscriptions as gifts.
The article on Jeremy Mayer
and his marvelous sculptures
[“Reduce, Reuse, Reinvent,”
Dec./Jan. 2011] was a thrill.
“Beauty in a Bleak World” was
more than marvelous; it was
heart-warming and well-done.
I graduated from the craft
school at Rochester Institute
of Technology [in New York]
in 1955 as a silversmith and
remember [American Craft
Council founder Aileen Osborn]
Webb visiting the school;
I have always been grateful she
gave so much support to the
American crafts. Thank you
for carrying out her wishes.
-M A R G E R Y SEN IO R -M AN N
Scottsdale, Arizona
I W A N T T O T H A N K YOU FOR
finally producing an issue that
I wanted to read [Dec./Jan.
2011]. I loved that the articles
were about
American
craft. I’m
hoping that is the direction the
magazine intends to take from
now on. If you were to attend
the A CC show in Baltimore you
would find enough exhibitors
to write about for the next 20
years or so. We are the reason
ACC exists.
-P A M E L A W H IT L O C K
Sosumi Weaving
Freedom, Wyoming
I W AS E L A T E D T O SEE TH E
article about craft in Hawaii
[“Making It Work in Paradise,”
Dec./Jan. 2011], but then I read
it and was disappointed. The
work cited is nice, but it is not
Hawaiian. It could have been
made anywhere and just hap-
pened to be made in Hawaii.
To me, craft in Hawaii means
lauhala, tapa, feathers, shells,
nuts, local wood - natural mate-
rial found on the islands. Sonya
Stinson knows zip about craft
in Hawaii, and she sold you a
mainland tourist’s vision.
-R O N CH OY
Berkeley, California
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queries in glass
300 N W 13th Avenue. Portland, Oregon 97209 USA
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Marriage of the Coes: A Matrimonial Allegory,
2010
kilnformed glass and found object, 9x10x10 inches
PHOTO; M. ZIRPEL
MARK ZIRPEL
Queries in Glass
through March 26
inFORM
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graduates from a rt program s in Chicago,
Canberra, and London
February 2 - April 9
