A Nobel laureate turns his thoughts to museums: what they do, and what they could do better.

Books for fans of dec arts, design, and textile history.

Concepts of craft are rooted in language.

The Washington Glass School got the opportunity to reinterpret the historic Library of Congress doors in glass.

Craft destinations all over the nation...

A change of scenery can do an artist a world of good.

A Wisconsin artist's quilt traces the changing land.

The Peabody Essex Museum Shop is a standout.

Jack Lenor Larsen has translated travel into textile innovation.

Ignatius Creegan and Rod Givens remake an antebellum mansion and fill it with objects they love.

Ariele Alasko uses waste wood from old Brooklyn buildings in her geometric works.

Where to see handmade works this summer.

Sunny-season finds.

Tova Lund's jewelry is both monumental and intricately detailed.

Works inspired by, and inspiring, cosmic ponderings.

Kerry Larkin's Comma Workshop stitches her prose poems onto quilts.

As seen in the June/July 2013 issue of American Craft magazine...

From contents to funding, what would make a museum just right.