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a r k e t
S in c e th e e c o n o m ic u p h e a v a l o f
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, p e o p le m a k in g th e ir liv in g
fro m c r a ft h a v e le a rn e d to c o u n t
o n o n e th in g : ch a n g e . M e rib a h
K n ig h t ta lk s to g a lle r y o w n e r s ,
o n lin e re ta ile rs , a rt d e a le rs, and
m o re , g e ttin g th e in sid e lin e on
th e c r a ft m a rk e tp la c e to d a y .
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ce ra m ic v e s s e ls w ith clu e s -
c o y fig u re s, m y s te rio u s s y m b o ls ,
sn ip p e ts o f c o n v e r s a tio n - b u t
it’s u p to y o u to d e c o d e th e s to ry .
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an d le a rn s m o re a b o u t h is h ig h ly
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F o r y e a r s , E lise W in te r s had
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w o r k in g in p o ly m e r , th a t s y n -
th e tic “ c la y ” k n o w n b y su ch
b ra n d n a m e s as F im o and
S c u lp e y . N o w , as R a c in e A r t
M u s e u m re a d ie s its first p o ly -
m e r e x h ib itio n , M o n ic a M o s e s
re c o u n ts h o w W in te rs - and
p o ly m e r - reach ed this p eak.
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N e w F r o n t i e r
G la ss a rtists B e n g t H o k a n s o n
an d T r e f n y D ix h a v e m ad e
r e in v e n tio n a c a re e r sta p le ,
tra n s fo rm in g th e ir b u sin e ss
tim e and a g a in , w h ile n e v e r
lo s in g sig h t o f th e ir art. L e a n n e
G o e b e l re p o rts on th e n im b le
c o u p le an d th e ir n e w g r o o v e
in D u ra n g o , C o lo r a d o .
“ P o l y m e r w a s
s n e e r e d a t , b u t
t h e s a m e w a s t r u e
i n t h e
’ 6 0 s w i t h
e a r t h e n w a r e m u g s
t h a t s c r a t c h e d
y o u r l i p s . ”
ELISE W INTERS,
p o ly m er ad vocate
Steven Ford and
David Forlano
O p e n i n g P i n i t 2 ,
2010
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Photo: Steven Ford and David Forlano
