Makers

Piece by Piece

Riffing on global textile traditions, Adam Pogue creates delightfully improvisational home goods and sculpture.

Winter 2025

Holding Space

Drawing on Irish traditions, Port Townsend, Washington–based artist Maureen Walrath weaves local willow into baskets that help usher souls into the next world.

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Riding into the Sunset in Style

Thanks to classic machinery, the boldly emblazoned chain-stitched shirts, jackets, pantsuits, and wallpaper swatches made at Austin, Texas’s Fort Lonesome are lighting up the Western stage.

Winter 2025

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

Paper Prayers

Combining block printing, paper craft, and illustration, Maui-based artist Susanna Cromwell imparts meaningful intention with each paper quilt she creates.

Winter 2025

Hand-Turned Tales

For centuries, craftspeople have created backlit moving scrolls to tell stories. Intimate and expressive, the “crankie” tradition is thriving thanks to a growing troupe of enthusiasts.

Winter 2024

A Higher Plane

The new 28,000-square-foot workshop at Saint John’s Abbey houses a 150-year-old woodworking program and one of the premier pipe organ builders in the country. Its mission is to teach the next generation.

Spring 2024

Forging a Path

A young Northern California knife maker creates stunning blades—and an integrated artistic life—finding inspiration in the work of his heroes.

Summer 2024

Weaving Their Stories

Brooklyn-based artist Cassandra Mayela weaves the garments and sentimental items of Venezuelan migrants into tapestries that tell their stories.

Fall 2024