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  • Glassware by Danté Germain Glass

    Handcrafted Happy Hour

    Sit back and enjoy the pleasures of summer with cool drinks in artist-made glasses. For inspiration, we reached out to artists across the country, who shared the glassware in these pages with us.

  • Passamaquoddy basketmaker Jeremy Frey’s 2023 ash, sweetgrass, birchbark, and porcupine quill basket First Light will appear in a major retrospective of his work at the Portland Museum of Art in Maine. 11.25 x 16.5 x 16.5 in. Photo by Jared Lank (Mik'maq).

    Craft Happenings: Summer 2024

    This summer, enjoy a bounty of craft happenings. These 30 craft exhibitions, workshops, and markets across the country are organized by the month in which they start.

  • Sagarika Sundaram’s Source exhibition at Palo Gallery in New York. Photo by Daniel Greer, courtesy of Sagarika Sundaram and Palo Gallery, NYC.

    Botanicals with Bite

    Sagarika Sundaram’s goal is to explore the psychological tension between inside and outside, surface and structure, suggesting “the intertwined nature of reality.”

  • Tamara Santibañez. Photo by Jayme Gershen.

    The Queue: Tamara Santibañez

    For multidisciplinary artist Tamara Santibañez, meaning and identity are forged on the body. In The Queue, the Brooklyn-based artist shares about how ideas work across their various artistic mediums, points to fellow tattooers who work in clay, and highlights three beloved craft artists.

  • Tamara Santibañez. Photo courtesy of the artist.

    Morning Practice

    A multidisciplinary artist tells the story of an Oaxacan candle that’s part of a daily ritual.

  • Kids participate in a macrame class at ACC's 1971 Craft-In, the first in a series of back-to-the-land gatherings held in Colorado. All images courtesy of the American Craft Council Library & Archives.

    Remembering the “Craft-Ins”

    In July 1971, the South Central Regional Assembly of the American Craft Council held the first of several back-to-the-land gatherings in Colorado. It was designated a “Craft-In.” The first Craft-In, held in Steamboat Springs, was open to all craftspeople and their families, with volunteers from among the 400 attendees leading the activity sessions.

  • Ibrahim Said at work. Photo by Dhanraj Emanuel, courtesy of The Clay Studio.

    The Queue: Ibrahim Said

    Ibrahim Said’s gravity-defying vessels combine Egyptian ceramic traditions with ambitious techniques in form and decoration. In The Queue, the Greensboro, North Carolina–based ceramist shares about the clay community in his adopted hometown, his small collection of go-to tools, and the ancient temple that inspired his most recent work.

  • Amy Reichert's Seder Plate (2008) Photo by Amy Reichert.

    Telling the Story

    A silversmith honors his memories of Passover by celebrating modern makers and their inspirational interpretations of the traditional seder plate.

  • Artist Courtney M. Leonard. Photo by Mark Poucher.

    Voyage to Resiliency

    An artist reflects on the ritual practice of making and how craft supports our ability to relate—and heal.

  • Whitney Sharpe of the Latch Key Ceramics. Photo by Hannah Thornhill.

    The Queue: Whitney Sharpe

    For Whitney Sharpe of the Latch Key Ceramics, clay is a collaborator and spiritual conduit. In The Queue, the Oakland, California–based ceramist shares about the impermanence of clay, explains why she uses chains in her work, and lauds two Bay Area organizations that empower disabled artists.

  • MICHAEL COFFEY: SCULPTOR AND  FURNITURE MAKER IN WOOD By Michael Coffey Pointed Leaf Press, 2023. Photo by Sarah Sampedro.

    Spring 2024

    Coffey’s bold combination of functionality and a sculptural freedom inspired by natural forms and forces is on lavish display in this large-format volume.

  • Whitney Sharpe chartreuse lace candelabra, 8.5 x 8 x 5.5 in. Photo by Whitney Sharpe.

    Light My Fire

    These four handcrafted candleholders—two in clay, one in metal, and one in glass—make the act of lighting candles an even more beautiful experience.

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