Points of View

History in the Making

A commentary on labor and excess, woodworker Stacy Motte’s humorous-looking Adventures in Highboy Land is deadly serious.

Winter 2025

A Match Made in Idaho

In 2017, on a trip to Japan with the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust, architectural writer Henry Whiting encountered the work of the ceramist Shiro Tsujimura at Kou Gallery in Kyoto

Fall 2024

Voyage to Resiliency

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

Spring 2024

This Is Who I Am

Chicana musician and fashion label founder LaLa Romero of Los Angeles on the power of nameplate jewelry.

Spring 2024

Rituals of Making

Three artists describe the rhythms that spark their creativity.

Spring 2024

Wild and Woolly

The author of Worn: A People’s History of Clothing traces the story of wool, from Mesopotamia to Wyoming to a small weaving mill in upstate New York.

Winter 2024

Weaving by Design

Preview: An upcoming show at the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center explores the legacies of Anni Albers and Trude Guermonprez, and the importance of weaving at the legendary college.

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Origin Stories

How the foraging and processing of natural materials can expand our thinking, our maps, and our empathy.

Summer 2023

A World of Vessels

How this beloved and ancient form has sustained humankind and contained our beliefs about everything from safety to gender roles.

Spring 2023