Spring 2023
American Craft’s Spring 2023 issue is focused on the theme vessel.
One of the oldest human-made forms on earth, the vessel—which by definition holds and contains—is probably as responsible for our survival as anything we have made with our hands.
Given the stresses and pressures of this moment in history, we thought it would be useful to turn our attention to what’s fundamental. So this issue is dedicated to the vessel, a form that not only sustains us but also offers us beauty in our everyday lives. A form that artists and craftspeople continue to draw upon to shape powerful and poignant works.
Inside this issue.
9 articles
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MakersFree To ReadThe Ceramist and the Superheroes
Virgil Ortiz creates characters in clay who connect past and future and carry cultural traditions and knowledge.
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MakersFree To ReadTiny Treasures
Inspired by places—like a dentist’s office and Little Tokyo— Suzye Ogawa’s minuscule bronzes hold expansive memories.
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Points of ViewFree To ReadInside the Birchbark Canoe
Called wiigwaasi-jiimaan by the Ojibwe, this light, buoyant, and fast vessel was the peerless watercraft of choice for thousands of years.
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TravelFree To ReadPotteryland
Gorgeous functional pottery, an idyllic landscape, and Minnesota hospitality come together in the St. Croix Valley Pottery Tour.
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MakersFree To ReadRemembering Well
Mourning artists make vessels—whether pottery, glass, or jewelry—that help the bereaved commemorate their loved ones.
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Points of ViewFree To ReadA World of Vessels
How this beloved and ancient form has sustained humankind and contained our beliefs about everything from safety to gender roles.
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Media HubFree To ReadVessels of the ACC Library Collection
The Crafty Librarian shares some of the pieces in ACC's object collection.
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MakersWhat’s in a Vessel?
Five artists describe the construction of their extraordinary vessels and reveal what they hold.
Spring 2023
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Photo by Max RyazanskyBrooklyn-based artist and jeweler Margaret Cross’s Urn Relic Vessel, 2017, silver, .9 x .67 in., can be filled with ashes, hair, or other mementos.
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Photo by Nik Z Photo“My studio is small, crowded, and quite messy with many processes worked on at one time,” says Suzye Ogawa, pictured here at her workbench. “Very few have seen my mess, so the secret’s out now.”
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