Summer 2025: Retreat

Reconnection. Recreation. Space.

In this issue, we explore ways of slowing down, making space, and stepping out of the ordinary through craft. You’ll read about the refuge found in handmade furnishings: Kevin Reiswig’s thoughtful pieces crafted with a deep appreciation for trees, Kelsie Rudolph’s softly sculpted ceramic furniture, Robell Awake’s interpretations of Ethiopian chair-making traditions, and Nicholas Devlin’s fantastical gazebo. You’ll meet makers of bamboo fly rods whose devotion to precision elevates the sport of fly fishing, and get a look inside the home of collectors Lou and Sandy Grotta—a curated sanctuary of craft.

In a feature about Hawai‘i’s traditional bark cloth, kapa, you’ll get to know three contemporary artists who are tapping into lineage and history while creating new possibilities for the medium. And in the latest installment of The Scene, you’ll explore craft in Atlanta through the eyes of the makers who live there and gain inspiration from the city.

We hope you can retreat to a quiet spot in your home, yard, or mind and treat this issue like a mini vacation. We invite you to reflect on how the handmade can create space in your routine for reflection and renewal.