December/January 2017
December/January 2017
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Welcome to our issue on learning and the future. Articles will become available online throughout the next few months. 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
![Yuni Kim Lan Yuni Kim Lan](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2016-12/Yuni-Kim-Lang.jpg?itok=bXSCSZy5)
A Way of Knowing
Making art to know yourself.
![Jill Moniz Jill Moniz](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2016-12/Jill-Moniz_0.jpg?itok=p9J3SiZl)
Art Without Art School
“Work Over School: Art from the Margins of the Inside” presents nine self-taught “outsiders” who took alternate routes to mainstream success.
![Kathy Ruttenberg Kathy Ruttenberg](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2016-12/Kathy-Ruttenberg.jpg?itok=y-Kkp60R)
Creature Comforts
Kathy Ruttenberg’s home is part art studio, part animal sanctuary.
![Delinda Starks Sportswear Delinda Starks Sportswear](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2016-12/Delinda-Starks-Sportswear.jpg?itok=QmtqIE_S)
Fashion Forward
At Kent State’s TechStyleLab, students are crafting the future of textiles.
![Cozì Studio, The Bloom Light Pendant Cozì Studio, The Bloom Light Pendant](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2016-12/Cozi%CC%80-Studio-The-Bloom-Light-Pendant_0.jpg?itok=DQhnzdCm)
Hand and Machine
Deluxe goods for your wish list...
![Fort Collins Downtown Fort Collins Downtown](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2016-12/Fort-Collins-Downtown.jpg?itok=Wv1tqayI)
Hand in Hand: Fort Collins, Colorado
The neighborly charm of this quaint city makes for a convivial craft scene.
![Julian Watts Julian Watts](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2016-12/Julian-Watts_0.jpg?itok=MySdDzNa)
Julian Watts
Julian Watts’ surreal, sculptural take on domestic objects.
![The Handmade Life: A Companion to Modern Crafting The Handmade Life: A Companion to Modern Crafting](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2016-12/The-Handmade-Life-spreads.jpg?itok=K2vus_HF)
Live and Learn
Reviews of The Handmade Life, Craft in America's "Teachers," and Studio Craft as Career.
![Helen Otterson Bulb Blossom Helen Otterson Bulb Blossom](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2016-12/Helen-Otterson-Bulb-Blossom.jpg?itok=ikmycr2M)
Mergers
The sources of imagery Helen Otterson uses in her striking porcelain, glass, and bronze sculptures may surprise you.
![April Surgent Art April Surgent Art](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2016-12/April-Surgent-Art.jpg?itok=RwiPB14T)
On the Horizon
We can’t see the future, but we can imagine it. As a place, it’s in the distance, where sky and land meet.
![Native American Artifacts Stone Native American Artifacts Stone](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2016-12/Native-American-Artifacts-Stone.jpg?itok=gmlzvAIv)
Shows to See: December / January 2017
In the short days and long nights of winter, shows devoted to work by women artists are shining.
![Liz Cowee Bracelets Liz Cowee Bracelets](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2016-12/Liz-Cowee-Bracelets.jpg?itok=XFu3224O)
Small Ant Workshop
Small Ant Workshop’s landscape-inspired bracelets.
![Schiffer books Schiffer books](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2016-12/Books-December-January-2016.jpg?itok=hBLDlFhp)
The Big Picture
Pete Schiffer on Schiffer Publishing’s commitment to spreading knowledge.
![Future Perfect objects Future Perfect objects](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2016-12/ST_DJ17_04.jpg?itok=pQfXe6hb)
The Future Perfect
The Future Perfect gallery founder David Alhadeff on the fusion of craft and design.
![Laura de Santillana Flag Laura de Santillana Flag](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2016-12/Laura-de-Santillana-Flag.jpg?itok=WJ3cec2z)
What Comes Next
Laura de Santillana's Flag makes its US debut in “Fired Up: Women in Glass.”
![Del Harrow, ceramist Del Harrow, ceramist](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2016-12/Del-Harrow-ceramist.jpg?itok=l5lLQe04)
Who Is Pushing the Craft Field Forward?
Readers tell us who is pushing the craft field forward.