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THE GOLD STANDARD
An exhibition organized by the Society of North American Goldsmiths is aptly titled “The Art of Gold.”
by Cheryl White
40
MARA SUPERIOR’S ITALIA SERIES
Italian landscapes, architecture and culinary abundance inspire this Massachusetts artist’s painted porcelains.
by Jo Lauria
44
ART AS THE BLUEPRINT
A Seattle home bespeaks its owners’ passionate interest.
by Mija Riedel
50
CLAY IN DANISH HANDS
“From the Kilns of Denmark,” exhibits the impeccable craftsmanship and quiet confidence of Danish object making.
by Deborah Krasner
54
QUILT NATIONAL ’03
Art quilts display their imaginative range in the Dairy Barn’s 13th biennial juried exhibition.
56
MARY GILES:
NATURAL EXPRESSIONS
The northern Minnesota woods and memories of summers spent there inform Giles’s coiled vessels and totemlike structures.
by Nancy Rice
6
CRAFT WORLD
24
BOOKS
28
MUSEUM COLLECTION
Oakland Museum of California by Joyce Lovelace
60
PORTFOLIO
Sandra Trujillo, Nhat Tran, Lindsay K. Rais, Merrilee Moore
66
CALENDAR
68
REVIEWS
Arturo Alonzo Sandoval
Linda Schwartz Gallery,
Cincinnati, OH
by Kay Koeninger
Suzan Rezac
Mobilia Gallery,
Cambridge, MA
by Beth Frankl
Jon Brooks
Snyderman Gallery,
Philadelphia, PA
by Robin Rice
74
GALLERY
86
CLASSIFIED/
ADVERTISING INDEX
87
AMERICAN CRAFT COUNCIL/
NEWS/CALENDAR
COVER: MARA SUPERIOR - Italia, 2002, teapot,
porcelain with underglazes, gold-leaf wood base by Roy Superior, 19 by
16 by 8 inches. Photo/John Polak.