Winter 2022
Winter 2022
Wonder
![Cover of the Winter 2022 issue of American Craft](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_two_three_large/public/2021-11/Cover_W22_final_Screen.jpg?itok=7rt2j1RJ)
From the Editor
At American Craft we’ve been pondering the word wonder and its many meanings—from experiencing awe and delight to having curiosity and asking questions. The stories in this issue highlight how wonder plays a role in the way humans design, create, and experience craft.
Among profiles of many artists, you’ll find the mind-bending and mesmerizing work of Yuri Kobayashi and Melissa Meier. You’ll discover the magical connection between makers—such as Tracey Beale and Kristy Kún (whose work is on the cover)—and their materials. You’ll get a behind-the-scenes look into the studio of stone carver Sebastian Martorana.
![virus like wood sculpture by Yuri Kobayashi](https://craftcouncil-images.imgix.net/website/issues/2022/01-winter/Amanda+McCavour_108+Contemporary_Pink+Field+Blue+Fog+5_CMYK.jpg?fit=max&w=840)
Amanda McCavour creates paths for visitors to walk through her embroidered installations, such as Pink Field, Blue Fog, 2016–ongoing, pictured here in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 2018, 14 x 40 x 30 ft. See more of McCavour’s work in the End Note of this issue. Photo by Rebekah Hogan.
Writers in this issue also ask questions and consider history: craft historian Glenn Adamson asks whether craft is part of the new precariat, while Jovencio de la Paz explores an Oregon river and the tradition of the scholar’s stone. Bantjes and two other artists, Chitra Ganesh and Preston Singletary, share stories about objects that inspire wonder and may have you thinking differently about craft.
We hope this issue will be a reminder to enjoy moments of delight and surprise, and that encountering wonderful craft made by imaginative artists leads you to feel more alive.
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KAREN OLSON / Editor in Chief
American Craft Council publishes American Craft magazine on a quarterly basis but reserves the right to change the number of issues in an annual term, including discontinuing any format and substituting and/or modifying the manner in which the subscription is distributed.
Feature Articles
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A Floating World
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Assembling California: Imprinted
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Maker: Andy Paiko
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Maker: Tracey Beale
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Market: On the Wall
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Objects of Wonder: Chitra Ganesh
![handwoven carpet with striped patterns that are predominantly red with some black](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2022-02/Bantjes%20Object_IMG_0421_Photo%20by%20Marian%20Bantjes.jpeg?itok=zD4Ls1Q0)
Objects of Wonder: Marian Bantjes
![bronze sculpture shown in an airport terminal depicting figures and animals in a boat with oars](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2022-02/Singletary%20Object%20Story_YVR%20Spirit%20of%20Haida%20Gwaii%202_Photo%20courtesy%20of%20the%20Vancouver%20International%20Airport%2C%20Canada%20copyright%20Bill%20Reid%20Estate.jpg?itok=6RATtzm4)
Objects of Wonder: Preston Singletary
![stone carver in studio using pneumatic hammer on marble slab](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2022-01/Copy%20of%20MArtorana-Sebastian_by_Geoff_T_Graham%20%2813%29.jpeg?itok=N8MBLc2f)
Rock Shop
![close-up grayscale photo of an egg-shaped river stone mounted on tripod base made from sculpey clay](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2022-02/de-la-Paz_Scholar%27s-stone_IMG_2912_SQUARE.jpg?itok=zl78FNIx)
The Scholar's Stone
![three colorful tufted rugs overlapping one another on a gray floor with a person wearing checkered slip on shoes and white pants standing on them](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2022-01/4.-Mai_Ohana--Photo-by-Terttu-Uibopuu.jpg?itok=WHFiBngw)