vol.65, no.4 AUG/SEPT 2005
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FEATURES

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TOM PATTI: ILLUMINATING THE INVISIBLE
A 35-year retrospective at the Museum of Glass, Tacoma, reveals the Massachusetts artist’s singular path in studio glass.
by Patricia Failing


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DUAL VISION: SIMONA AND JERRY CHAZEN
The couple’s New York City apartment is notable for the sensitive interplay of two- and three-dimensional art acquired over nearly four decades.

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THINKING ALOUD: CONTEMPORARY FIBER, MATERIAL MEANING
Warren Seelig ponders the state of the fiber field in this talk delivered at the “Daegu Textile Art Documenta 2004,” in Korea.

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SCENTS OF PURPOSE: ARTISTS INTERPRET THE SPICE BOX
A Judaic object signifying the end of Sabbath becomes an artistic challenge, as posed by San Francisco’s Contemporary Jewish Museum.

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AMY SABRINA: LIFE’S CELEBRATIONS
Like a crossword puzzle maker, the Minnesota artist demonstrates ingenuity and imagination in her BioGraphic Pottery.
by Robert Silberman
   

DEPARTMENTS

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CRAFT WORLD


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COMMISSIONS


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BOOKS


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PORTFOLIO
THOMAS HORST, RENEE ZETTLE-STERLING, CHRIS ANTEMANN, ISAAC ARMS, SEUNG-HEA LEE, BEAN GILSDORF

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REVIEWS
TIMOTHY HORN
Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA by Maria Porges

EDWARD EBERLE
Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY by Graham Shearing

RON and PATTI FLEMING
Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA by Tom Csaszar

CURTIS HOARD
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis by Robert Silberman


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GALLERY

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CALENDAR

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ADVERTISING INDEX

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CLASSIFIED


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AMERICAN CRAFT COUNCIL

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COVER:
GERHARDT KNODEL—The Echo of Flora Exotica, 2005, detail, three-panel fabric installation, commissioned for the William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan. Photo/Dirk Bakker. See page 24.