Even the simplest of materials can create the most stunning results. Cambridge-based artist Chris Wood uses glass to create beautiful patterns in refracted light.

We’re fascinated with this video of traditional cooper George Smithwick on how to make a wooden bucket.

Check out this fascinating history of people knitting sweaters for animals.

The Creators Project recently launched 50 States of Art, an online series documenting creative communities across the U.S. This week, emerging furniture maker Consuelo Poland shares the inspirational story of the "makerspace" she helps run in Indianapolis.

Check out this lovely video detailing the exhibition "Entangled: Threads and Making" currently on view at Turner Contemporary in Great Britain.

Artsy spotlights 20 contemporary artists who are influencing the field of ceramics.

Craftivism was front and center during fashion week in Milan. 

New sculptures by Annabeth Rosen are up at PPOW Gallery in New York.

The American Tapestry Alliance has a YouTube video spotlighting the latest in contemporary handwoven works. 

The Whitney, the American Folk Art Museum, Chicago Children's Museum, and the Walker Art Center are all supporting transgender people by offering all-gender restrooms.

"Crafting Resistance," now on view at the Boise State Liberal Arts Building, is a timely examination of the relationship between political issues and the act of making.

A new exhibition explores New Zealand artist Len Lye's innovative "motion sculptures."

Don’t miss out on our first Library Salon Series event of the spring on March 8. Join us as Dr. Amy Elkins from Macalester College discusses her research into twentieth-century avant-garde poet H.D.’s (Hilda Doolittle) use of needlepoint as a craft of survival during World War II.

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