American Craft Council

vol.64 no.5 Oct/Nov 2004

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THE NEW STUDIOS BUILDING AT CRANBROOK
Architect Rafael Moneo’s design for the New Studios Building provides nonpareil facilities for the academy’s metals, ceramics and fiber programs.
by Robert A. Benson

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STEPHEN DE STAEBLER
Tender and tough, his fragmentary clay figures offer evidence of a sensibility that understands the inevitability of physical death and the unquenchability of the spirit.
by Rick Newby

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BRIAN NEWELL
“All I’m after is beauty,” says Newell, an American furniture maker who resides in Atsugi-Shi, Japan.
by Robert Long

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EVA EISLER
Grounded in Bauhaus training, the Czech-born designer easily applies her talents as a sculptor of space and light.
by Andrea DiNoto

DEPARTMENTS

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CRAFT WORLD
Northwest Designer Craftsmen at 50

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BOOKS
The Figurative Sculpture of Magdalena Abakanowicz: Bodies, Environments, and Myths reviewed by Warren Seelig; Shock of the Old: Christopher Dresser’s Design Revolution reviewed by Donald-Brian Johnson

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COMMISSIONS
Helena Hernmarck’s tapestries for the new TimeWarner Center.

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VIDEOS
Anne Gould Hauberg – Visionary, Time in Tandem: The Story of Jim and Nan McKinnell and Inspirations reviewed by Robert Silberman

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PORTFOLIO
MARGAUX LANGE, OBEN ABRIGHT, ALISON J. MCLENNAN, TIM ROWAN

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CALENDAR

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REVIEWS
JAMES BASSLER
Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM by Gussie Fauntleroy
DON PILCHER
Terra Incognito, Oak Park, IL by Polly Ullrich

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GALLERY

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REVIEWS
LINCOLN SEITZMAN
Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA by Tom Csaszar
FOUR WOMEN IN CLAY
North Carolina State University Gallery of Art and Design, Raleigh by Kate Dobbs Ariail

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CLASSIFIED/ADVERTISING INDEX

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AMERICAN CRAFT COUNCIL NEWS

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COVER: JAMES BASSLER—Endangered Species: Jarrilla, 2003, detail, indigo-dyed linen, wedge-weave, 46 by 46 inches. Photo/Andrew Newhart.

vol.64 no.5 Oct/Nov 2004

	5 6	THE NEW STUDIOS BUILDING AT CRANBROOK Architect Rafael Moneo’s design for the New Studios Building provides nonpareil facilities for the academy’s metals, ceramics and fiber programs. by Robert A. Benson
	62	STEPHEN DE STAEBLER Tender and tough, his fragmentary clay figures offer evidence of a sensibility that understands the inevitability of physical death and the unquenchability of the spirit. by Rick Newby
	66	BRIAN NEWELL “All I’m after is beauty,” says Newell, an American furniture maker who resides in Atsugi-Shi, Japan. by Robert Long
	70	EVA EISLER Grounded in Bauhaus training, the Czech-born designer easily applies her talents as a sculptor of space and light. by Andrea DiNoto

	DEPARTMENTS
	6	CRAFT WORLD Northwest Designer Craftsmen at 50
	24	BOOKS The Figurative Sculpture of Magdalena Abakanowicz: Bodies, Environments, and Myths reviewed by Warren Seelig; Shock of the Old: Christopher Dresser’s Design Revolution reviewed by Donald-Brian Johnson
	44	COMMISSIONS Helena Hernmarck’s tapestries for the new TimeWarner Center.
	47	VIDEOS Anne Gould Hauberg – Visionary, Time in Tandem: The Story of Jim and Nan McKinnell and Inspirations reviewed by Robert Silberman
	74	PORTFOLIO MARGAUX LANGE, OBEN ABRIGHT, ALISON J. MCLENNAN, TIM ROWAN
	81	CALENDAR
	82	REVIEWS JAMES BASSLER Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM by Gussie Fauntleroy DON PILCHER Terra Incognito, Oak Park, IL by Polly Ullrich
	86	GALLERY
	92	REVIEWS LINCOLN SEITZMAN Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA by Tom Csaszar FOUR WOMEN IN CLAY North Carolina State University Gallery of Art and Design, Raleigh by Kate Dobbs Ariail
	102	CLASSIFIED/ADVERTISING INDEX
	103	AMERICAN CRAFT COUNCIL NEWS

		COVER: JAMES BASSLER—Endangered Species: Jarrilla, 2003, detail, indigo-dyed linen, wedge-weave, 46 by 46 inches. Photo/Andrew Newhart.