Spring 2025
American Craft’s Spring 2025 issue is focused on the theme emerge.
In this issue, we share stories of emergence. You’ll discover how dirt and water excavated from a 500-year-old mudhole is used to create Catawba pottery, wood is carved into logic-defying forms, and new motifs in beaded jewelry emerge from a multicultural heritage. And you’ll meet makers who are instigating a neon renaissance. One of our renewed efforts in American Craft is to share more stories about people prioritizing craft in their lives. People such as Mike Lagg and Paula Wilson, who collaborate on creative works and on making most of the items that fill their home and studio spaces in rural New Mexico.
After emerging from reading this issue, we invite you to find or think of a handmade object that means something to you. What is its story? How does it contribute to the story of who you are? How does the connection to the creative work of the human hand make life more meaningful for you?
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17 articles
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MakersFree To ReadVivacious
Three contemporary artists use imaginative techniques and materials to create furniture, tapestries, and sculpture exploding with life.
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MakersFree To ReadConnective Roots
Drawing on folklore and patterns from her cultural heritage, Madison Holler creates intricate beaded jewelry and sumptuous collaborative designs.
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MakersFree To ReadOut of the Box
Fyrn’s sustainable, handcrafted furniture is also easy to assemble.
Spring 2025
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MakersFinds: Spring 2025
Staff from the American Craft Council share three craft objects that they found surprising and delightful.
Spring 2025
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Points of ViewFree To ReadPreview: Two Suchitra Mattai Exhibitions
The artist traces her family’s migration history in richly colored textiles in museum exhibitions this spring.
Spring 2025
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MakersFree To ReadHands-On History
Master Catawba potter Bill Harris is preserving—and evolving—a 4,000-year-old cultural practice.
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Handcrafted LivingFree To ReadEnchanted Planters
The ceramic vessels here, created by four makers from the Los Angeles area, would bring a California vibe to most any setting.
Spring 2025
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Media HubNew Releases: Spring 2025
New craft books featured in the Spring 2025 issue of American Craft.
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Media HubFree To ReadTalking Clay
The Brickyard Network of podcasts provides listeners insights into various aspects of ceramic making—along with plenty of laughs.
Spring 2025
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Photo courtesy of Raul De LaraArtist Raul De Lara Like the Ones Back Home / Como Las De Mi Tierra, 2024, walnut, oak, cedar, 108 x 84 x 36 in.
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Photo by Rubinski VisualRubinski Works’ jewelry, earrings, and wall hangings are made of metal (fine silver or gold filled), glass and metal seed beads, and beeswax nylon thread.
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