February/March 2012

Silversmith Ubaldo Vitali gets a surprise phone call while buying supplies.

Craft Inc. offers a path to a craft-centric life based on that most prosaic of ambitions: making a living.

Quirk Gallery's populist appeal.

The more you know about an art form, the more skeptical you tend to become of its seductive qualities.

Fifty years ago, the American studio glass movement was sparked. The world has never been the same.

From his beginnings as an artist, Jim Rose has stayed open to influence. The result is furniture that stands apart.

On the islands of the West Indies, functional tradition and artistic innovation mingle.

“Today the fine press book is thriving.” These words greeted visitors to “Fine & Dirty: Contemporary Letterpress Art.”

Longtime pals Dante Marioni and Preston Singletary blend their divergent styles in a new body of work.

A curator in Milwaukee commissioned 16 works and limited the artists to one tool each.