American Craft Council

Vol. 59 No. 3 June/July 1999

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Forces of Nature: John Iversen
In unique and multiple designs, the New York jeweler balances calculation and chance. by Akiko Busch

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Beth Lo: Taking Stock of Familial Relationships
Exploring her Chinese roots with delicacy and humor, the Montana ceramist plays with notions of "cute," one of contemporary art's last taboos. by Rick Newby

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Stop Asking / We Exist
The African American presence in the crafts is affirmed in a touring exhibition. by Kathleen M. Dlugos

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Bobby Silverman: Objects of Pure Perception
Grouped in flowerlike clusters, the Louisiana ceramist's forms are reflections of ideals as much as of any function. by D. Eric Bookhardt

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Structure and Surface
By turns lyrical and complex, the innovative textiles in this touring exhibition illustrate how indigenous traditions in Japan have been linked to contemporary technology. by Christine Guth

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Textile Innovation: Form and Antiform
As textile director of Miyake Design Studio since 1971, Makiko Minagawa has seen her extraordinarily inventive ideas come to life as three-dimensional fashion. by Sharon S. Takeda

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PORTFOLIO
Jeanne Quinn / Boulder, CO
Robert Lewis Bliss / Salt Lake City, UT
Marc Petrovic / Essex, CT
John L. Skau / Archdale, NC

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CRAFT WORLD

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BOOKS
Picasso's Ladies: Jewellery by Wendy Ramshaw reviewed by Andrea DiNoto

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FILM/VIDEO
Basho to Spun Steel: Contemporary Japanese Textile Design reviewed by Robert Silberman

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FOCUS
ACC Craft Market Baltimore, MD / Awards of Excellence

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Art Carpenter / San Francisco Craft & Folk Art Museum, CA / Reviewed by Ben Marks

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Commissions

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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:
Good Children Vase(No. 2), 1996, detail, porcelain, wood table, vase 20 by 13 inches, by Beth Lo. Story on page 42. Photograph by Chris Autio.

Vol. 59 No. 3 June/July 1999

	38	Forces of Nature: John Iversen In unique and multiple designs, the New York jeweler balances calculation and chance. by Akiko Busch
	42	Beth Lo: Taking Stock of Familial Relationships Exploring her Chinese roots with delicacy and humor, the Montana ceramist plays with notions of "cute," one of contemporary art's last taboos. by Rick Newby
	46	Stop Asking / We Exist The African American presence in the crafts is affirmed in a touring exhibition. by Kathleen M. Dlugos
	50	Bobby Silverman: Objects of Pure Perception Grouped in flowerlike clusters, the Louisiana ceramist's forms are reflections of ideals as much as of any function. by D. Eric Bookhardt
	54	Structure and Surface By turns lyrical and complex, the innovative textiles in this touring exhibition illustrate how indigenous traditions in Japan have been linked to contemporary technology. by Christine Guth
	60	Textile Innovation: Form and Antiform As textile director of Miyake Design Studio since 1971, Makiko Minagawa has seen her extraordinarily inventive ideas come to life as three-dimensional fashion. by Sharon S. Takeda

	64	PORTFOLIO Jeanne Quinn / Boulder, CO Robert Lewis Bliss / Salt Lake City, UT Marc Petrovic / Essex, CT John L. Skau / Archdale, NC

	4	CRAFT WORLD
	28	BOOKS Picasso's Ladies: Jewellery by Wendy Ramshaw reviewed by Andrea DiNoto
	37	FILM/VIDEO Basho to Spun Steel: Contemporary Japanese Textile Design reviewed by Robert Silberman
	74	FOCUS ACC Craft Market Baltimore, MD / Awards of Excellence
	82	FOCUS Art Carpenter / San Francisco Craft & Folk Art Museum, CA / Reviewed by Ben Marks

	70	Commissions
	76	Gallery
	83	Calendar
	94	Advertising Index
	94	Classified
	95	American Craft Council

		Cover: Good Children Vase(No. 2), 1996, detail, porcelain, wood table, vase 20 by 13 inches, by Beth Lo. Story on page 42. Photograph by Chris Autio.