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MakersFree To ReadPiece by Piece
Riffing on global textile traditions, Adam Pogue creates delightfully improvisational home goods and sculpture.
Winter 2025
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MakersFree To ReadHolding 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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Media HubFree To ReadACC Digitizes Recordings and More American Craft
With grant funding, ACC digitizes recordings and more American Craft!
Winter 2025
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Handcrafted LivingWhere the Present Hangs with the Past
Adelphi Paper Hangings, a small shop in Upstate New York, hand block prints historic wallpapers that are favored by a growing fan base of interior designers, including Kansas City, Missouri-based Katillac.
Winter 2025
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StoryFree To ReadThe Scene: Craft in Baltimore
Local artists share the people and spaces that define Baltimore, a city that thrives on collaboration and community.
Winter 2025
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Handcrafted LivingFinds: Winter 2025
The American Craft Council staff share craft objects that spark wonder.
Winter 2025
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MakersRiding 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
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Materials + ProcessesFree To ReadLearning from Makers
Vacation With an Artist gives ordinary travelers a chance to learn from extraordinary artists—right in their studios.
Fall 2024
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MakersFree To ReadHistory in the Making
A commentary on labor and excess, woodworker Stacy Motte’s humorous-looking Adventures in Highboy Land is deadly serious.
Winter 2025
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