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October/November 2012

American Craft Oct/Nov 2012 cover
Volume #: 
72
Issue #: 
5

Issue Articles

Earthborn Pottery Platters in black, red, and vanilla bean

Earthborn Pottery's craft de cuisine...

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Pismo Chihuly Exhibition

Talking shop with Pismo Fine Art Glass...

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Jennifer Merchant Bangle, cuff, and rings from the Couture Layered Acrylic Colle

Jennifer Merchant's mega-fun acrylic jewelry...

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Mastery, wherever you are on the journey, means putting one foot in front of the other.

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Deborah Rogers The Yellow in Your World Will Consume My Blue

Deborah G. Rogers crafts her narrative sculptures from air-dry clay.

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Lewis Knauss Portrait

The act of making has always been very important to Lewis Knauss.

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Sharon Church Portrait

The jeweler believes craft has within it the key to valuing a human life.

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Bruce Pepich Portrait

Much of Racine Art Museum’s success can be attributed to Pepich’s zeal.

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Dante Marioni Portrait

The 48-year-old glassblower on how lucky he’s been...

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Andrea Gill Portrait

Andrea Gill can recall – vividly – handling clay for the first time, at age 4.

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Tom Loeser Portrait

The inventive woodworker's work can be found in nearly every major U.S. craft institution.

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Sherri Smith Portrait

What’s evident in Sherri Smith’s recent weavings is a lifelong love of the sciences.

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Sidney Rosoff Portrait

For almost 60 years, Rosoff has served the American Craft Council – and through it, the field at large.

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Nancy McNeil PMA Craft Spoken Here

Nancy M. McNeil’s impact on the field of craft is easily charted...

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40 Under 40 Group Shot

The Renwick showcases artists whose formative years were shaped by 21st-century fears – but whose work conveys hope and resolve.

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American Craft Masters

The 2012 American Craft Council award winners...

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Stephen De Staebler Portrait

De Staebler resurrected and reinvigorated the human figure as a subject.

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Anne Currier Portrait

Anne Currier's start in ceramics was accidental...

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Umbrian Countryside

In the Umbria region of central Italy, centuries-old craft traditions continue to shine.

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Craig Johnson Cabinet

Mary Anne Davis, Cynthia Tinapple, Craig Johnson, Gwynne Rukenbrod, and Susan Taber Avila share.

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Erin Wilson Square Quartet

Brooklyn artist Erin Wilson’s quilts radiate color.

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A craft think tank, the AAM conference, ACC's San Francisco show, and more!

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Cut paper

If fewer people work with their hands to produce craft, won’t that represent a kind of cultural loss?

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Illustration by Malcolm Tarlofsky

Glenn Adamson on why it's assumed that craft is three-dimensional.

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Keith Lewis Mica Bangle

Discover online-only bonus content from our Mastery issue.

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13th-century Iranian bowl at the Indianapolis Museum of Art

Our short list of fall exhibitions that we suggest you try to see.

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Watertower

Tom Fruin's 20-foot-high-kaleidoscopic Watertower.

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Humor in Craft Book

Humor in Craft, Handmade Houses, and For Kith and Kin...

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Angi Curreri and Rick Yasko Kitchen

A well-traveled couple’s eclectic Florida nest...

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Lynda Ladwig cream and sugar set

Must-have goods for your life...

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Ian Henderson

Haunting handmade pieces for the witching season...

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