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Anne Wilson’s
Hair
IVork
(detail) in the col-
lection of the Museum
of Contemporary Art,
Chicago, extends the
provocative possibilities
of human hair in art.
◄■1992
Computerized Jacquard
loom technology becomes
available to the individual
weaver, leading to signifi-
cant innovations by Cynthia
Schira and Ed Rossbach
protégé Lia Cook.
♦ 1991
Jim Trissel at The Press at Colorado College
publishes
The Cycle o f the Day: A Rook o f Hours,
one of the first artist’s books with much of
its text and imagery laid out on a computer
and relief-printed from polymer plates. It
sparks a revival in letterpress printing that
continues today.
■99<5
The Furniture Society
is founded to advance the
art of furniture making,
in part by sponsoring
conferences and scholar-
ships for aspiring makers.
1994
Mitsubishi Materials Corp. patents
precious metal clay in the U.S.
The moldable material, made of ultra-
fine metal particles and an organic
binder, can be shaped by hand.
When fired, the binder burns away,
leaving pure metal.
1995
Scholar, dealer, and
collector Helen Wil-
liams Drutt co-authors
Jew eliy o f Our Time y
a significant interna-
tional overview.
◄■1994
Peter Verheyen starts
Book_Arts-L listserv,
connecting book artists
throughout the world.
1990
The American Craft
Museum becomes
independent of the
ACC, with new
staff and director
Janet Kardon.
■►1995
Marjorie Schick, reinterpret-
ing the art of body-draping
sculptural jewelry by Arline
Fisch and others in the ’70s
and ’80s, shapes papier-mache
into dramatic forms.
♦ 1994
SOFA (Sculpture Objects and
Functional Art) takes over the dates
previously held by the New Art Forms
Exposition in Chicago. The show goes
well, and in 1998 SOFA adds a spring-
time New York show.
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Martha Stewart Living
launches as a quarterly;
a TV show follows in
two years. For the
growing audience of
perfectionist hostesses,
it’s a good thing.
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Demi Moore and Patrick
Swayze share passion at
the potter’s wheel in
Ghost
,
a scene spoofed by Leslie
Nielsen and Priscilla
Presley in
Naked Gun 2V2:
The Sm ell o f Fear.
1992
Whitney Otto’s sewing-
circle novel
How to Make
an American Q uilt
is
published; it goes on
to become a bestseller
and a film starring
Winona Ryder.
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Nirvana’s
Nevermind
takes the music
world by storm, bringing grunge aes-
thetics into the mainstream. The rejec-
tion of refinement and perfection
continues to influence indie crafters,
scholars, and others.
♦ 1993
President and Mrs. Clinton mark
the Year of American Craft by deco-
rating their Christmas tree with hand-
made ornaments and assembling the
White House Collection of
Contemporary Crafts.
♦ 1993
NBC’s
Frasier
, set in
Seattle, features a large
Chihuly work in the
apartment of the lead
character.
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