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Letters
It’s all about the discourse. Let us know what you’re
thinking and we’ll do the same.
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Editor’s Letter
Some say that bad things come in threes. Others expects good things to come in pairs. Andrew Wagner ponders both and reflects on the multiple ways to interpret today’s craft scene.
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Zoom
Your information-packed craft guide to exhibits, books and catalogs, emerging artists and innovative products. In this issue: the Dubhe Carreño Gallery, Chris Antemann, David Shaner, Marjorie Schick, Terzani and a whole lot more.
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Material Culture
Virginia Gardiner spends a theoretical day at the beach with furniture
maker Max Lamb and his Pewter Stools cast in sand and also learns a thing
or two about his new Poly Chairs.
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Outskirts
Arnie Cooper explores the only coral reef in Los Angeles—it’s
far from the ocean yet surprisingly close to space, courtesy of the Wertheim
sisters.
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Reviewed
Christine Temin visits the “Shy Boy, She Devil, and Isis”
exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, while Pamela Scheinman
curls up with The Object of Labor, a many faceted anthology on fiber,
and Nicols Fox takes in “Far From the Tree” at the Messler
Gallery in Rockport, Maine.
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Critic’s Corner
Writing about his new book, Thinking Through Craft, Glenn Adamson
examines how it has helped him do just that.
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From the Stacks
In the
August 1970 Craft Horizons, Golda Lewis wrote about her handmade paper
collage work and how it fit into her painting and sculpture. We revisit
what the artist called “compage.”
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Hunting and Gathering
Expatriate Robert Brady spent years building a collection of art and craft from around the world in an old Franciscan monastery in Cuernavaca, Mexico. After his death, in 1986, his home was converted into the Museo Robert Brady, and now this immense, once very private collection is open for all to enjoy, including our writer, Mija Riedel.
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The Wide World of Craft
Alison Bourke takes us on a tour of the London craft scene during one of the city’s busiest times of year—the London Design Festival building up to the Origin and Collect shows.
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Your New Best Friends
Lily Kane gets to know the Brooklyn-based brothers William and Steven Ladd, whose intense projects—elaborate beaded objects presented in personalized packaging—flow freely between the worlds of fashion, design, art and craft
Photography by Andrew Zuckerman
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A Tale of Two Houses
The North Carolina artist Randy Shull likes to explore all sorts of media—from furniture and sculpture to painting and woodcarving. However, he may have met his biggest challenge renovating his own house and then that of his friend, right down the street.
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Port to Port
Robert Sullivan wondered why the two Portlands loom large in
the world of craft in the United States. After two weeks exploring both
cities and their environs, he has some ideas.
Photography by Chris Mueller