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N e ith e r can w e . H e c k Y e s C r a ft
is a b lo g se rie s w ith a sim p le
m issio n : to s h o w o f f a m a zin g
w o r k . W e th in k y o u ’ll be
im p ressed b y th e co lla b o ra tio n
b e tw e e n b a s k e try a rtist J a ck ie
A b ra m s an d g la ss a rtist J o sh
B e rn b a u m (a b o v e ). Y o u ’ll
e n jo y Jim R o s e ’s q u ilt-in fu se d
S h a k e r-sty le fu rn itu re and m a r-
v e l at M a tt S h lia n ’s in tric a te
p a p e r s c u lp tu re s . C h e c k in
e v e r y F r id a y fo r o u r c u rre n t
p ic k s and v is it th e a rc h iv e s at
b it.ly / h y c ra ft.
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at c r a ft s h o w s , an d th e r e ’s no
a v o id in g th e g ra v ita tio n a l pull
o f s ta te m e n t je w e lr y p ie c e s ,
su ch as D e v o n D r is c o ll’s
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rin g (a b o v e ). T h e r e ’s o n ly
o n e p ro b le m : W h a t d o y o u
d o w ith th em w h e n y o u a re n ’t
w e a r in g th e m ? W e w a n t to
h e a r h o w y o u s a fe ly s to re
y o u r c o lle c tio n . S h a re y o u r
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THE HILARIOUS ELIZABETH
G . H o w a r d q u ie ts h e r m in d
b y “ s w itc h in g o n ” h e r k n ittin g
h an d s. T e x t ile a rtist R u th S in g e r
m a k e s th e le a p fro m m u seu m
w o r k e r to fu ll-tim e m a k e r (se e
h e r w o r k b e lo w ) . A n d id e a listic
T o d d G ra h a m fin d s p e r fe c tio n
in th e p ro c e s s o f w o o d w o r k in g .
T h e s e s to rie s a re p a rt o f W h y I
M a k e , a b lo g se rie s c e le b r a tin g
th e h u m an im p u lse to c re a te .
R e a d th e m at b it.ly / w h y im a k e.
A n d i f y o u ’re a m a k er w h o also
w r ite s , se n d y o u r id e a fo r a p o s t
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F r o m
t h e S t a c k s
A WEEKLY SHOUT-OUT TO THE
p rin te d w o r d , F ro m th e S ta ck s
h ig h lig h ts w h a t’s n e w and w h a t’s
lo v e d in th e A C C lib ra ry , such
as o u r d is c o v e ry o f a cach e o f
p la y fu l im ages fro m th e
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e x h ib itio n “ M a d e W ith P a p e r”
(a b o v e ). C h e c k o u t in te rv ie w s
w ith s ta ff a b o u t th e ir fa v o rite
b o o k s and a lo o k at th e n e w titles
on o u r sh e lv e s at b it .lv / A C C
sta c k s. A n d k e e p u p to d ate on
o th e r lib ra ry n e w s , in clu d in g
o u r d igital a rc h iv e p ro je c t, at
b it.lv / A C C lib .
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LOOK FOR SIT-DOWNS WITH
te x tile a rtist H e le n a H e rn m a rc k
and w o o d artist D a v id E llsw o rth
(b o th m e m b e rs o f A C C ’s C o l-
le g e o f F e llo w s ) . W e also h a v e
je w e lr y d u o M a r y F ila p e k and
L o u A n n T o w n s e n d , glass
a rtist G e ra ld P a tte r s o n , an d th e
ch arm in g w o m e n o f C o r d w a in e r
S h o e s, all fro m o u r San F ra n cisco
s h o w in A u g u s t. C h e c k it o u t at
b it .lv / A C v o ic e s .
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-y e a r tim e lin e o f c r a ft
fro m th e A u g u s t/ S e p te m b e r
issu e. O n lin e , it’s a g r o w in g
re c o rd - an d w e ’ll k e e p u p d a tin g
it as y o u r s u g g e s tio n s ro ll in.
A lr e a d y w e ’v e a d d e d e n trie s
fo r th e first S crip p s C o lle g e
C e ra m ic A n n u a l, th e fo u n d in g
o f S tu d io A r t Q u ilt A s s o c ia te s ,
an d th e o p e n in g o f S an F r a n -
c is c o ’s M u se u m o f C r a ft and
F o lk A r t .V is it b it .lv /
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to sta rt e x p lo rin g .
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a m e r i c a n c r a f t
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P r o te c tio n
flatware photo: Ruth Singer /
C a p tu r e d R e fle c tio n s
basket photo: Courtesy of Brattleboro Museum & Art Center /Paper photo: ACC archives /
S e e d P o d
photo: Elizabeth Ryan
