34
Rebecca Bluestone
The Santa Fe weaver works in a unique blend of Navajo, Pueblo Indian and Spanish tapestry techniques.
by Hollis Walker
38
Glass-Pittsburgh Views
Glass took over Pittsburgh this spring, with shows at the Carnegie Museum of Art, Society for Contemporary Craft, Morgan Gallery and the new Pittsburgh Glass Center.
by Graham Shearing
44
Bonsai InSites
Ceramists and bonsai artists collaborate.
46
Jeff Kellar
His home and studio in Maine reflect a dual career as furniture maker and sculptor.
by Jonathan Binzen
52
Metal Under Glass
An exhibition of contemporary enameling updates a challenging and expressive medium.
by Alan Dubois
56
Michelle Erickson
Filled with appropriated fragments and knowing allusions, her ceramics
seem quintessentially postmodern, yet without the tongue in cheek.
by Glenn Adamson
6
CRAFT WORLD
16
BOOKS
Postmodern Ceramics reviewed by Patricia Failing
H. C. Westermann reviewed by Tommy Simpson
26
MUSEUM COLLECTION
Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota Duluth. by Joyce Lovelace
60
PORTFOLIO
Karen Ives, Miyuki Imai, Bennett Battaile, Cynthia Consentino
66
REVIEW: JUDY JENSEN
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, TX. by Nancy Bless
74
REVIEW: MAREK CECULA
Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO. by Glen R. Brown
68
GALLERY
76
CALENDAR
86
CLASSIFIED/ADVERTISING INDEX
87
AMERICAN CRAFT COUNCIL
Cover:
Laughing Buddhas, 2002, colored and agated porcelain, 8 1/2 by 24 inches, by Michelle Erickson. Photo/Gavin Ashworth. See page 56.