American Craft Council

VOL. 66 NO.3 JUNE / JULY 2006

FEATURES

28

Material Response: Michael James at the Racine Art Museum
Individual artworks, images and architectural elements at the museum became this master quilt maker’s muse.
by Jody Clowes

32
Modernism in American Silver
Drawn from the Jewel Stern American Silver Collection at the Dallas Museum of Art, a traveling exhibition charts the restless changes in what was promoted as “modern” by American manufacturers from 1925 to the end of the 20th century.
by David L. Barquist

36
The Potter’s Eye: Art and Tradition in North Carolina Pottery
A striking new book from the North Carolina Museum of Art allows us to see pottery as potters do.
by Mark Shapiro

40
Checkmate! Design Students Reimagine the Chess Set
Challenged by the Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum to create a 21st-century chess set, young designers meet the test.
by Edward Rubin

44
Forrest Merrill: Collecting California
Nobody, not even Merrill himself, knows how many pieces he owns—they outgrew his modest home a long time ago.
by Neal Matthews

DEPARTMENTS

6

CRAFT WORLD
Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, Rockport, ME

22

COMMISSIONS

26

BOOKS

54
PORTFOLIO
MAEGAN CROWLEY, BROOKE MARKS-SWANSON, ROBERT D. SUTHERLAND JR., TUCKER SCHWARZ

56
CALENDAR

60 REVIEWS
BERTIL VALLIEN
Marx-Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL by Polly Ullrich
TRACY KRUMM
Cervini Haas Gallery/Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, AZ by Kathleen Vanesian
CLAY FOSTER
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock by Werner Trieschmann

66
GALLERY

74
ADVERTISING INDEX

78

CLASSIFIED

79

AMERICAN CRAFT COUNCIL

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COVER:
MICHAEL JAMES—Interference Effect (Betrayed) Lover’s Knot #2, 2005, detail, cotton, reactive dyes, digitally developed images, machine-pieced and -quilted, 52 by 160 inches. Photo/Larry Gawel. See page 28.

VOL. 66 NO.3 JUNE / JULY 2006

	FEATURES
	28	Material Response: Michael James at the Racine Art Museum Individual artworks, images and architectural elements at the museum became this master quilt maker’s muse. by Jody Clowes
	32	Modernism in American Silver Drawn from the Jewel Stern American Silver Collection at the Dallas Museum of Art, a traveling exhibition charts the restless changes in what was promoted as “modern” by American manufacturers from 1925 to the end of the 20th century. by David L. Barquist
	36	The Potter’s Eye: Art and Tradition in North Carolina Pottery A striking new book from the North Carolina Museum of Art allows us to see pottery as potters do. by Mark Shapiro
	40	Checkmate! Design Students Reimagine the Chess Set Challenged by the Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum to create a 21st-century chess set, young designers meet the test. by Edward Rubin
	44	Forrest Merrill: Collecting California Nobody, not even Merrill himself, knows how many pieces he owns—they outgrew his modest home a long time ago. by Neal Matthews


	DEPARTMENTS
	6	CRAFT WORLD Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, Rockport, ME
	22	COMMISSIONS
	26	BOOKS
	54	PORTFOLIO MAEGAN CROWLEY, BROOKE MARKS-SWANSON, ROBERT D. SUTHERLAND JR., TUCKER SCHWARZ
	56	CALENDAR
	60	REVIEWS BERTIL VALLIEN Marx-Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL by Polly Ullrich TRACY KRUMM Cervini Haas Gallery/Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, AZ by Kathleen Vanesian CLAY FOSTER Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock by Werner Trieschmann
	66	GALLERY
	74	ADVERTISING INDEX
	78	CLASSIFIED
	79	AMERICAN CRAFT COUNCIL

		COVER: MICHAEL JAMES—Interference Effect (Betrayed) Lover’s Knot #2, 2005, detail, cotton, reactive dyes, digitally developed images, machine-pieced and -quilted, 52 by 160 inches. Photo/Larry Gawel. See page 28.