LETTER S
INTRODUCING
MODERN AMERICAN ART AND CRAFT
Rebecca Zemans / Double Satellite Studs
wantoot.com
A R T IS T S
fo rP E N L A N D
An exhibition of contemporary
jewelry, metalwork, and ceramics
by 34 artists affiliated with
Penland School of Crafts.
Proceeds benefit a new
Penland scholarship.
August 3-7, 2011
coinciding with S O FA W est
PATINA GALLERY
Santa Fe, NM
505.986.3432
patina-gallery.com
View work at
penland.org/patina
T o t h e E d i t o r
I ENJOYED THE “ ONE OF Л KIND”
e d it o r ’ s c o lu m n [ A p r . / M a y
2011
]
a b o u t y o u r s p e c ia l c o f f e e m u g ;
m y f a v o r it e lin e w a s “ I lo v e t h a t
t h e r e ’ s a lit t le s t o r y b e h in d t h is
p ie c e . ” I ’ m a c u s t o m c o w b o y -
b o o t m a k e r . W h e n I f ir s t s t a r t -
e d m y b u s in e s s , I t h o u g h t I w a s
s e llin g c o w b o y b o o t s . O v e r
t im e I u n d e r s t o o d t h a t p e o p le
c a n g o t o a n y s h o e s t o r e a n d
p u r c h a s e f o o t w e a r ; w h a t t h e y
r e a lly w a n t is a c o n n e c t io n -
a s t o r y . T h e p r o c e s s o f h a v in g
t h e ir f e e t m e a s u r e d a n d c h o o s -
in g t h e le a t h e r a n d d e s ig n
a d d s v a lu e a n d m e a n in g t o
t h e ir p u r c h a s e .
R e a liz in g t h is g iv e s m e a
s e n s e o f j o y a n d c o n n e c t io n a s
I m e e t w it h c lie n t s . A c k n o w l -
e d g in g t h a t a li t t l e p ie c e o f m e
a c c o m p a n ie s e v e r y b o o t a n d
im a g in in g m y p ie c e s b e in g
lo v e d a n d c a r e d f o r e n r ic h e s
m y lif e as a n a r t is t .
-L IS A SORRELL
Sorrell Custom Boots & Gallery
Guthrie, Oklahoma
I LIKE TH E M AG AZIN E BETTER
t h a n e v e r . I ’ v e s u b s c r ib e d o f f
a n d o n f o r y e a r s , a n d n o w I a m
a c t u a lly r e a d in g it . ( I u s e d t o
o n ly lo o k a t t h e p h o t o s . )
T h a n k s f o r th e im p r o v e m e n t s !
-M A R G O BROWN
Owner, Margo’s Pottery
and Fine Crafts
Buffalo, Wyoming
I HAVE BEEN R E A DIN G
A M E R I C A N
Craft
m a g a z in e f o r d e c a d e s a n d
h a v e n e v e r e n jo y e d it m o r e th a n
in t h e la s t f e w is s u e s . I r e a d
th e A p r i l / M a y is s u e c o v e r t o
c o v e r . T h e c o v e r a g e o f A m e r i -
c a n c r a f t s e e m s m u c h m o r e
a p p r o a c h a b le a n d m a in s t r e a m ,
w h ic h m y c u s t o m e r s w i l l a p p r e -
c ia t e . C o n g r a t u la t io n s o n r e -
c r e a t in g t h is p u b lic a t io n .
-JO AN N E H ILDT
Owner, Pinnacle Gallery
Scottsdale, Arizona
YOU AR E DOING A GREAT JOB
o f r e p r e s e n t in g t h e t o u c h a n d
f e e l, in t e lle c t a n d e m o t io n s ,
n e w s a n d t r a d it io n s o f t h e c r a f t
w o r ld . B r a v a !
-L ISA BAYNE
CE 0, A rtful Home
Madison, Wisconsin
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I n c lu d e y o u r f u ll
n a m e , c it y , a n d d a y t im e p h o n e n u m b e r . W e ’ l l p u b lis h a s a m p lin g o f
le t t e r s as s p a c e p e r m it s . L e t t e r s m a y b e e d it e d f o r le n g t h a n d c la r it y .
