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October/November 2008
Volume #:
68
Issue #:
5
Issue Articles
"I wanted something unpredictable. Something that, when it's sitting on a counter, makes people go, 'What is this?'" says Janene Bourgerie of California-based Jabou Design, talking about her new line of turned-wood pepper mills, aptly called Culinary Art.
moreGussie Fauntleroy surveys the state of mostly European studio jewelry in three shows at Patina Gallery, Santa Fe.
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Kate Dobbs Ariail assesses six "rising stars" at the Mint Museum of Craft + Design.
moreSue Taylor offers an in-depth appreciation of kiln-glass master Klaus Moje's retrospective at the Portland Art Museum, Oregon.
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The British sculptor Henry Moore is known worldwide for monumental works in organic shapes, often inspired by stones, bones and seashells, and also for his haunting drawings (1940-42) of Londoners enduring the Blitz.
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Texts (English and German)
by Florian Hufnagel, Maribel Königer, Ellen Maurer Zilioli and Otto Künzli
Arnoldsche Art Publishers
Stuttgart, Germany
$75
By Elizabeth Goring, Helen Clifford, Nel Romano, Francoise Carli, Kevin Coates
Arnoldsche Art Publishers
Stuttgart, Germany
$75
By Silas Kopf
Hudson Hills Press
Manchester, Vermont
$65
The Grand Hand Gallery
619 Grand Avenue
St. Paul, Minnesota 55102
(651) 312-1122
Francine Seders Gallery
Anne Hirondelle
Seattle, Washington
September 5-October 12, 2008
American Museum of Ceramic Art
Robert Sperry: Bright Abyss
Pomona, California
August 30 -November 8, 2008
When Joseph Walsh was eight years old he fell in love with wood. Four years later, after leaving school for what was meant to be a temporary break, he turned to furniture making full-time and never looked back. Now, at age 29, Walsh runs his own studio in the countryside near Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland, with nine people working for him.
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Materially speaking, quilt makers today have left tradition behind. Investigating the quilts in the Columbus Museum of Art show "Material Matters," Christine Kaminsky discovers bold works that broach new frontiers of meaning, materials and techniques.
moreAs creative director of the Conran Shop, Polly Dickens brings her love of handcrafted objects from around the world to bear on the products and collections that go into creating the Conran look. In conversation with Iain Aitch, Dickens explains how she finds suppliers and makers and how she brings together designers, makers and manufacturers for fruitful results.
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In a day spent with the legendary furniture maker and sculptor Wendell Castle at his work studio in Scottsville, New York, Laurie Manfra learns about his success as the result of a lifelong ambition to push the limits of materials, question the constraints of craftsmanship and defy the inclinations of the art and craft markets.
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Ensconced in a new studio in Berkeley, California, Christa Assad finds herself at a comfortable place in her life as a studio potter.
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Shannon Sharpe finds that craft thrives among an abundance of arts venues, events and festivities…
moreSusan Meller, a veteran textile collector, has assembled and published an eye-dazzling array of Russian-manufactured fabrics made for the bazaars of Central Asia. Andrea DiNoto queries her on the allure of these colorful cloths and garments and on her tech-savvy approach to locating choice examples.
moreBarry Schwabsky considers two weighty books that in distinctive ways reexamine the place of manual skill in our culture.
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Fisch dives in with textile techniques applied to metal, creating a shimmering street-side aquarium of jellyfish sculptures for the Racine Art Museum's Windows on Fifth Gallery.
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