August/September 2009

It's all about Minnesota—Honoring the best at the St. Paul Show, gearing up for the Council's October conference.

Some 50 makers of handmade clothing, accessories and jewelry showcase their wares.

Christopher Lloyd surveys “European Design Since 1985” at the Indianapolis Museum
of Art

"We've always loved he idea of this furniture being part of someone's daily life."

—Bebe Pritam Johnson and Warren Eames Johnson

Using a variety of cutting, carving and surface techniques, Michael Peterson works the burl portion of the timber he finds in his Northwest locale to create sculptural forms that evoke landscape.

Guest Editor in Chief Janet Koplos introduces herself.

Through Omega, its founder, Roger Fry, aimed to infiltrate Post-Impressionist ideas into the conservative world of the English domestic interior. Julian Stair assesses this vivid foray by artists into textiles, pottery, furniture and other forms of the decorative arts.

In both design and studio works, New York ceramist Kathy Erteman adheres to a rigorous purity of form in which functionality is a transcendent concept. Andrea DiNoto reveals how she does it.

Lovers of craft in Minneapolis-St. Paul enjoy an enviable number of options. Michael Fallon is our guide to the many museums and art centers devoted to specific media.

A Boston “diaspora” spread the gospel of the Useful and the Beautiful throughout America at the turn of the 20th century. Beverly K. Brandt, author of The Craftsman and the Critic, explains how it all happened.