vol.60 no.1 February / March 2000
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Current Issue

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Barbara Cooper: Layering Time
Her sculpture is the physical manifestation of time-the time it takes to slowly build it and the time it takes to reveal itself to the viewer. by Polly Ullrich

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Wit and Widgets: The Furniture of Mitch Ryerson
An affinity for industrial bric-a-brac translates into idiosyncratic cabinets and chairs. by Paul Parcellin

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Peter Collingwood: Master Weaver
What is powerful about Collingwood's weavings, whether rugs, Anglefells or Macrogauzes, is that they never suffer from design contrivance. by Warren Seelig

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Tom Rippon's Postmodern Marionettes
Dancing figures and surreal still lifes enact an ultimately grace-filled vision. by Rick Newby

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Asian Ideas
A cohort of mostly Bay Area fiber artists look to the East for inspiration. by Ellen Hauptli



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Masks: Faces of Culture
A traveling exhibition organized by the Saint Louis Art Museum offers a panorama of humankind's most universal object of art, ceremony and entertainment.


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PORTFOLIO
Jason Hess / Lake Charles, LA
Charlotte Meyer / Seattle, WA
Mary Preston / High Falls, NY
George Peterson / Lake Toxaway, NC

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CRAFT WORLD

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LETTERS

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BOOKS
Julie Ardery reviews Two Looks to Home: The Art of Tommy Simpson

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ACQUISITIONS

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Norma Minkowitz / Bellas Artes Gallery / Santa Fe, NM / Reviewed by Kathleen Whitney

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Gallery

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Beyond the Obvious: Rethinking Jewelry / San Francisco
Craft & Folk Art Museum, CA / Reviewed by Chiori Santiago

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Calendar

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Classified


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Advertising Index

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American Craft Council

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Cover:
Swiss Miss, 1999, detail, teapot, porcelain, lusters, acrylic, pencil, 11 by 51/2 by 141/2 inches, by Tom Rippon.
Story on page 80. Photo/Dean Powell.