Photo: Kim Westad
V o l.
71
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0.3
J u n e /J u ly
2011
P u b lis h e d b y th e
A m e r ic a n C r a f t C o u n c il
w w w . c r a f t c o u n c il. o r g
D e p a r t m e n t s
08
0 12
From the E ditor
Zoom
A r e y o u r h a n d s h a p p y ?
J a n H u li n g ’ s b e a d e d w o n d e r s
a n d K im W e s t a d ’ s r e f in e d
O I O
c e r a m ic s , p lu s H a y s t a c k ’ s n e w
Letters
fa b la b , in s p ir e d id e a s f o r y o u r
R e a d e r s c h im e in .
s t u d io , w h a t ’ s g o in g o n a t B lu e
S p ir a l
1
g a lle r y in A s h e v ille ,
N o r t h C a r o lin a , a n d d is p a t c h e s
f r o m th e f ie ld : n e w s , v o ic e s ,
a n d s h o w s t o s e e .
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M aterial Matters
T r a in e d in m e ta l a r ts , j e w e lr y ,
a n d f u r n it u r e , H e e c h a n K im
n o w c r e a te s e x q u is it e ly d e lic a t e
s c u lp t u r e s o f p a p e r - t h in w o o d
a n d p r ic k ly m e ta l. S e b b y W i ls o n
J a c o b s o n tr a c e s t h e y o u n g
m a k e r ’ s m a t e r ia l e v o lu t io n .
O I O
Letters
R e a d e r s c h im e in
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Review
S u z a n n e B e a l s te p s in t o
“ G lim m e r in g G o n e : I n g a le n a
K le n e ll a n d B e t h L ip m a n , ”
a b r e a t h t a k in g in s t a lla t io n a t
T a c o m a , W a s h in g t o n ’ s M u s e u m
o f G la s s , a n d d is c o v e r s a p o t e n t
m e d it a t io n o n lo n g in g a n d lo s s .
O
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Ideas
W h a t ’ s t h e r e a l p r ic e o f a
b a r g a in b u y ? A n d s h o u ld w e
e x p e c t p e o p le t o p a y m o r e f o r
h a n d m a d e g o o d s ? E lle n R u p p e l
S h e ll, a u t h o r o f
Cheap: The High
Cost of Discount Culture,
t a lk s
w it h S h a n n o n S h a r p e .
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Wide W orld o f Craft
P r a g u e is s t e e p e d in m u lt ip le
h is t o r ie s o f m a k in g . J o a n n
P lo c k o v a d e s c r ib e s t h e c i t y ’ s
g la s s m a k in g , p o r c e la in , f o lk
a r t s , a n d D I Y t r a d it io n s -
a n d th e n e w c r o p o f d e s ig n e r s
a n d a r t is a n s w h o a re m e r g in g
p a s t w it h p r e s e n t .
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Checking In
J e s s ic a S h a y k e t t c o n n e c t s w it h
G a r y S . G r i f f i n , a m a s t e r m e ta l-
s m it h w h o ’ s s t ill e a g e r t o v e n -
t u r e in t o u n k n o w n t e r r it o r y .
a m e ric a n c ra ftm a g .o rg
M o re p h o to s , re v ie w s , lis tin g s ,
in te rv ie w s , and e v e ry th in g c ra ft-
re la te d and b e yo n d .
Kim Westad
Egg Chair vessel with
red interior,
2010
wheel-thrown and
altered porcelain
4.5
x
4
in. dia.
page
014
On the cover:
Jan Huling
A Gentle Man of Color
(detail),
2010
Czech glass seed beads,
found mannequin,
Nezv York Times
, pigeon
feathers, bronze, resin
34
x
16
x
10
in. (full size)
Photo: Phil Huling
page
012
