April/May 2017
April/May 2017
The Collecting Issue
![April/May 2017 American Craft cover](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_two_three_large/public/2017-03/April-May-2017-American-Craft-magazine-cover.png?itok=gJBzDDtq)
Welcome to our issue on collecting. Articles will become available online throughout April and May. To read the articles sooner than they're available online, become a member and enjoy a subscription to American Craft magazine as part of your ACC membership.
Feature Articles
More from This Issue
![Tom Hill Pink Chick Tom Hill Pink Chick](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2017-04/Tom-Hill-Pink-Chick.jpg?itok=3itynFeC)
Birdman
Using wire, wood, metal – oh, and potatoes – Tom Hill makes flocks of birds that are fixed in space, but far from static.
![North Pierhead Lighthouse North Pierhead Lighthouse](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2017-04/North-Pierhead-Lighthouse-Sturgeon-Bay-Wisconsin.jpg?itok=fGuS_qhl)
Cape Calm: Door County, Wisconsin
Door County, Wisconsin, has a little bit of everything: state parks with scenic trails, a rich maritime history, cherry orchards, and craft artists galore.
![Ryan McGinness And Family Ryan McGinness And Family](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2017-03/Ryan-McGinness-And-Family.jpg?itok=AwK8koy3)
Collecting, Evolving
How collecting is changing.
![Mithra Ballesteros For The Perpetual Kid Mithra Ballesteros For The Perpetual Kid](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2017-04/Mithra-Ballesteros-For-The-Perpetual-Kid.jpg?itok=FocUlGSR)
Finder Not Keeper
Mithra Ballesteros of Finder Not Keeper on hunting for objects that, together, tell a story.
![The Box Project spread](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2017-04/The-Box-Project-spread.jpg?itok=HoGIo_kO)
Gathered and Gleaned
New books, including The Box Project.
![John Humphrey Greycork Set John Humphrey Greycork Set](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2017-04/John-Humphrey-Greycork-Set.jpg?itok=MZEzYPAN)
Greycork
Greycork’s affordable furniture for the stylish nomad.
![Jacob Ferrato Antiflage Jacob Ferrato Antiflage](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2017-03/Jacob-Ferrato-Antiflage.jpg?itok=3Q8Tf79O)
Kicks Meister
Many creative teenagers revamp their clothes and accessories; Ohio shoemaker Jacob Ferrato turned it into his job.
![The Baldridge family The Baldridge family](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2017-04/The-Baldridge-Family.jpg?itok=-tKy-Era)
Light Fantastic
Artist Mark Baldridge’s ’70s abode may have started out plain; it’s far from it now.
![Luci Jockel Silence Of The Lambs Necklace Luci Jockel Silence Of The Lambs Necklace](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2017-03/Luci-Jockel-Silence-Of-The-Lambs-Necklace.jpg?itok=A7afPE1k)
Luci Jockel
Luci Jockel’s haunting jewelry of animal remains.
![Julie Posner lamp Julie Posner lamp](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2017-04/Julie-Posner-lamp.jpg?itok=vkiMWCB_)
Shows to See: April/May 2017
Oodles of shows that ring in the spring.
![Mark Hill Mark Hill](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2017-04/Mark-Hill.jpg?itok=DoYPi7PP)
The New Crew
In an age when less is more, many fear that the end of fine craft collecting is nigh. BBC Antiques Roadshow regular Mark Hill sees the glass half-full: Collecting has changed, but it’s far from finished.
![Tara Donovan, Untitled Tara Donovan Untitled](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2017-04/Tara-Donovan-Untitled.jpg?itok=Dz0o1ZOY)
The Whole Is Greater
Tara Donovan's Untitled.
![George Rodriguez with socks George Rodriguez with socks](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2017-04/George-Rodriguez-with-socks.jpg?itok=_rUXHXph)
What Do You Collect and Why?
Readers tell us what they love to collect.
![Dylan Gold Twisted console Dylan Gold Twisted console](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2017-04/Dylan-Gold-Twisted-Console.jpg?itok=j0R6tgBU)
Your Art Here
A collection might be only as beautiful as its display cabinet.