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American Craft

American Craft

American Craft magazine celebrates the diversity of American craft and its makers.

From the handmade that we use in our homes every day to the fine craft honored in museums, we cover inspiring craft being made today. We also showcase craft organizations making a difference in their communities, thought leadership in the field, and the importance of craft in contemporary American culture.

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Cover of the Spring 2024 issue of American Craft magazine

American Craft’s Spring 2024 issue is focused on the theme ritual.

Craft and ritual go hand in hand. In all cultures, people create items to help celebrate and mourn, to tend to themselves, and to connect with others. In this issue, you’ll discover the kinds of objects artists make in order to help us reflect and relax, relate and heal; why nameplate jewelry is so important in Chicano/a culture; the role seder plates play in Jewish traditions; how a monastery is incorporating mentorship into a new center devoted to woodworking and pipe organ building, how the piñata form is being reimagined as high art; and the ways one artist explores spirituality through Egyptian and Islamic ceramic traditions.

We hope you discover new ways of thinking about craft and ritual in this issue, and that you’re inspired to look at their roles within your own life.

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Cofounder Christopher Schwarz shows students how to make wedges with a band saw. Photos courtesy of Lost Art Press.

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Arleene Correa Valencia. Photo courtesy of Adrian Osnaya.

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Seguenon Koné strings a handmade bolon. Photo by Cedric Angeles.

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Matthew Holdren works on a plan while flanked by two handmade chairs. Photo by Cedric Angeles.

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Hannah Chalew at work in her studio. Photo by Cedric Angeles.

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The gold horizontal stripes across the top of Arleene Correa Valencia's Un Momento Mas are reflections on the sculpture's mirror-like surface. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Light Unites Us

Correa Valencia, who lives in Napa, California, came with her family from Mexico in 1997 when she was 3. She calls her body of work—which includes textile pieces, some made with US flags, and oil paintings—a “love letter” to her father, who migrated first.

Fitzpatrick inside a custom oversize tool chest she built for a client, 25 x 52 x 28 in. Photo by Christopher Schwarz.

The Queue: Megan Fitzpatrick

Megan Fitzpatrick spreads the word about the joys and peculiarities of hand tool woodworking through purposeful, engaging books and classes. In The Queue, the Cincinnati-based editor, woodworker, and teacher shares about her mutually enriching professions, the publishing project she’s most proud of, and her favorite hand tools.