Joyce Lovelace reports on the craft scene in Los Angeles—a rich blend of old and new and as sprawling and diverse as the city itself, from museums and galleries celebrating the city’s postwar modernist heritage to shops and young, up-and-coming artists riding a new wave of interest in the handmade.

Silversmiths to the Nation
Thomas Fletcher & Sidney Gardiner: 1808-1842
By Donald L. Fennimore and Ann K. Wagner

Ezra Shales argues that ceramists (and art schools) should reconsider the legacy of the factory and lose the stereotype of industry as alienation.