The Week in Craft: January 30, 2013

The deadline for Project Art's funded residency is February 1. For a look behind the scenes, read our interview with Leslie Ferrin in the Feb./Mar. issue of American Craft.

Embroidery artist Michael Cox stitches beauty into x-ray and MRI papers. 

Apparently there are "no more jokes left to tell about crafting." RIP Regretsy.

Today through Valentine's Day, Snyderman-Works Galleries is holding its annual 25 percent off sale.

The results are in from Xanadu Gallery's second annual state of the art survey, and they show continued improvement in the art market. More than 1,150 artists participated in the survey.

A French auction house makes waves for venturing into the design market.

January 28 marked the 200th anniversary of the publication of Jane Austen’s legendary novel Pride and Prejudice. If you had the misfortune of missing the local country dance celebrating the date, you can plan for the 201st anniversary festivities by taking a look at some of the holdings of the Victoria & Albert Museum that convey the "Jane Austen Style."

On the subject of the Victoria & Albert Museum, the institution’s Museum of Childhood has an ongoing project of cataloguing and digitizing its vast archive of British-made toys. Updates and examples can be found on the British Toy Making blog.

Ponies in sweaters. Those Scots think of everything.

Perceiving an increased demand for design education across the globe, a number of American design schools are opening satellite campuses in east Asia.

Hard though it may be for January-chilled Northerners to believe, somewhere - for example, in Key West, Florida, - people are sailing, sunbathing, and attending outdoor craft fairs. The 28th annual Key West Craft Show on January 26 and 27 gave sunburned tourists and residents alike a reason to wander around in shorts. Douglas Glascock of Harrison, Arkansas, displayed some of his hand-shaped bowls and vessels, inlaid with turquoise saved from an Albuquerque trading post his family owned.

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