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AMERICAN STUDIO
FURNITURE 1940-1990
The “greatest hits” of five decades illuminate the
evolution of studio furniture in the exhibition “The Maker’s
Hand,” at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts.
by Bruce Metcalf
56
THE JEWELRY OF
ROBERT EBENDORF
A 40-year retrospective brings this artist’s protean career to life, underscoring the cross-fertilization of disciplines fueling his imagination.
by Sarah Tanguy
60
A FAITH IN SERENDIPITY
Using the Scripps Ceramic Annual as a teaching tool, Paul Soldner shaped and broadened the exhibition into national standing. This year’s annual—the 60th—is dedicated to this charismatic artist, who was professor of ceramics at Scripps College from 1969 to 1991.
by Joyce Lovelace
64
CHRISTINE FEDERIGHI—WRAPPED AND PROTECTED
The ceramist’s characteristic works appear to be cloaked in the landscape of a lush, idyllic realm.
by Janice T. Paine
4
CRAFT WORLD
20
VIDEO/BOOKS
42
COMMISSIONS
68
PORTFOLIO
Allison Cooke Brown, Kelly Connole, Gillian Durko Puryear, Keizo Tsukada
72
CALENDAR
74
REVIEWS
Komelia Hongja
Okim
Graphic Arts Gallery,
Honolulu Academy of Arts, HI
by Pat Hickman
Peter Ross
National Ornamental Metal Museum,
Memphis, TN
by Bobby Hansson
Linda MacNeil
Mint Museum of Craft + Design,
Charlotte, NC
by Joan Falconer Byrd
80
GALLERY
94
CLASSIFIED/ADVERTISING INDEX/BALTIMORE INDEX
95
AMERICAN CRAFT COUNCIL NEWS
COVER: Clockwise from left, WHARTON ESHERICK—Music
stand, 1951, walnut, cherry, 39 by 171/2 by 20 inches, collection of Geoffrey
R. Berwind, © Estate of Wharton Esherick; JACK ROGERS HOPKINS—Edition
Chair, 1970, Honduras mahogany, 28 by 54 by 28 inches, photo/Shadowbox
Studio; MARY GREGORY—Sideboard, ca. 1961-65, walnut, white pine,
361/2 by 62 by 20 inches. See page 50.