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April/May 2010

Volume #: 
70
Issue #: 
2

Issue Articles

The American Craft Council’s 34th annual flagship show at the Baltimore Convention Center this February featured the newest jewelry, clothing, furniture and home décor by 700 of the country’s leading craft artists, such as last year's winner Ani Kasten, who created Bottle Still Life.

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The bucolic artists’ retreat in Saugatuck, Michigan, celebrates its centenary.

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American artists abroad, new spaces in North Carolina, grants, commissions, lifetime achievement awards and much more.

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Andy Paiko plays with functionality in glass objects noted for their gothic eccentricity.

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Lilly Wei surveys three Venetians' glasswork at Barry Friedman Ltd.

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The Museum of Arts and Design’s stellar jewelry collection and works by Nancy Worden and Kiff Slemmons are each the subject of a recent book.

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“My goal is to make craft accessible,” says Brigette Martin, “by showing interesting work in an unintimidating environment.”

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The thread that connects Meredith Brickell’s ceramic and mixed-media sculpture is observations of place.

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From the humble pencil to the 3-D printer, the craftsperson’s toolbox is ever expanding.

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Michael Sherrill’s love of materials, including ceramics, metal and glass, has been bound up with his love of tools. Joan Falconer Byrd chronicles Sherrill‘s lifelong engagement with materials and tools and the role of nature in his artistic development.

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Fraser Conlon explores South Africa’s multi-cultural mecca for craft.

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Mija Riedel examines Michele Pred’s search for materials.

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

  Judy Kensley McKie


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Artists and arts professionals agree that for better or worse—more likely the former—the Internet has been a game-changer in their careers.

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