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Feb 21, 2012 1:30PM to 2:30PM
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Video: Cordwainer Shoes

by Andrew Zoellner
|Photography by Elizabeth Ryan
|August 13, 2011
|Categories: Voices, ACC Shows, Leather, Video

We had a chance to chat with longtime ACC show exhibitors Sara Mathews and Molly Grant of Cordwainer Shoes at the San Francisco show. Their handmade shoes are beautifully crafted, made out of fine leather and free of synthetic materials and toxic glues typically found in footwear. Here's what they had to say about shoes, shows, and the council's pet policy.

Video: Mary and Lou Ann

by Andrew Zoellner
|August 12, 2011
|Categories: Voices, ACC Shows, Jewelry, Video

We had a chance to talk to jewelry artist Lou Ann Townsend before the opening of the San Francisco show this morning. She and Mary Filapek are known as Mary and Lou Ann, and their sterling silver jewelry, inlaid with polymers (and inspired by the mighty atom), is breathtaking. Check out the video below for more from Lou Ann.

 

Four Cheers in San Francisco

by Julie K. Hanus
|August 12, 2011
|Categories: ACC Shows, Ceramics, Design, Glass, Jewelry, Paper, Awards

The Awards of Excellence Walking Tour is - hands down - my favorite part of every ACC Show. Everyone gathers at the Council booth, and off we go to surprise the winning artists. This year's San Francisco jurors were Mike Holmes, co-owner of Velvet da Vinci, and Ted Cohen, an exhibition designer who works with institutions such as the Museum of Craft and Design and the Museum of Craft and Folk Art. It was a supreme treat to listen to these veterans of the studio craft world as they bestowed four awards of excellence.

Here's what they had to say:

Video Recap: ACC St. Paul Show Awards of Excellence

by Elizabeth Ryan
|April 19, 2011
|Categories: Web Exclusive, ACC Shows, Video, Awards, Ceramics, Fiber, Found Objects, Jewelry, Metal, Mixed Media, Show

Previously, we recounted the winners of the Awards of Excellence at the 2011 American Craft Council show in St. Paul. Juror Mark Pharis did the honors this year. Pharis is a former student of Warren MacKenzie, and he teaches ceramics at the University of Minnesota, where he's been an instructor since 1985. Susan Mahlstedt, Lynn Joris Reintsema and K. Meta Reintsema, and B.J. Christofferson were all honored for outstanding work, and Ikuzi Teraki and Jeanne Bisson of Romulus Craft were honored for exceptional booth design.

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