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Betty Cooke: Art + Work

by Jessica Shaykett
|September 19, 2011
|Categories: Jewelry, Metal, Craft Business

What are the secrets to a successful craft retail business? Betty Cooke knows a few.

Jere Osgood: Deliberate Design

by Jessica Shaykett
|July 25, 2011
|Categories: Wood, Craft History, Furniture

Master woodworker Jere Osgood has built an enduring, signature style.

Gary S. Griffin: Lifelong Learner

by Jessica Shaykett
|May 23, 2011
|Categories: Metal

Master metalsmith Gary S. Griffin is still eager to venture into unknown territory.

Cynthia Bringle: Determined to be Seen

by Jessica Shaykett
|March 21, 2011
|Categories: Ceramics, Clay

Jessica Shaykett reconnects with Cynthia Bringle, a passionate educator and craftsperson who has never doubted her calling in life.

Eleanor Moty: Essential Elements

by Jessica Shaykett
|January 31, 2011
|Categories: Jewelry, Metal

Checking in with the metalsmith and her beautiful brooches.

Dan Dailey: Directions in Glass

by Christine Kaminsky
|September 03, 2010
|Categories: Glass

We check in the with studio glass artist.

June Schwarcz: Enamelist

by Christine Kaminsky
|July 27, 2010
|Categories: Enamels

Eminent enamelist June Schwarcz is dubbed a Living Treasure of California.

Dominic Di Mare: Houses for the Sacred

by Christine Kaminsky
|May 13, 2010
|Categories: Fiber, Mixed Media, Wood

In the October/November 1982 American Craft, Betty Park profiled the singular Bay Area artist Dominic Di Mare, whose mixed-media sculptures drew on deeply felt experiences. Christine Kaminsky notes the varied artistic directions Di Mare has pursued in subsequent decades.

Judy Kensley McKie

by Christine Kaminsky
|March 09, 2010
|Categories: Furniture

“The more carving there is, the happier I am.”

  —Judy Kensley McKie


Lia Cook: On the Loom of Contradiction

by Christine Kaminsky
|January 07, 2010
|Categories: Fiber

In the June/July 1980 American Craft, Jan Janeiro profiled the pioneering weaver and educator Lia Cook. Christine Kaminsky chronicles subsequent developments in Cook's work, her many honors and her current exhibitions.

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