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The Week in Craft: April 26, 2017

Your weekly dose of links about craft, art, design, and whatever else we’re excited about sharing.

The Week in Craft: April 26, 2017

Your weekly dose of links about craft, art, design, and whatever else we’re excited about sharing.
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Cecilia Levy makes everyday objects from the pages of old books.

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Artist Cecilia Levy creates stunning three-dimensional works of art from the pages of old books and comics.

Check out this interview with Anthony Bourdain for his thoughts on all the new food fads, politics, and his connection to the American Craft Council.

Choi+Shine created this magical installation of giant illuminated lace sea urchins in Singapore.

Archaeologists have discovered 2,100-year-old models of silk looms in a tomb in Chengdu, China.

Stuck in a creative rut? Here are five self-reflective questions to help revive your practice and reinvigorate your art.

Crafthaus' Brigitte Martin spent a few days with our American Craft magazine team. Check out her inside look at the magazine's editorial process as well as a video interview with editor in chief Monica Moses.

Straight-talking art critic and a social-media darling Jerry Saltz is also a self-proclaimed failed artist. ICYMI, here is his painful recollection of the youth he spent yearning to be recognized.

Watch this interview with Lin-Manuel Miranda on why federal funding for the arts matters.

New Jersey artist Neile Cooper's studio space is made of stained glass. Can you top that?

Hand skills are back among Italian students and the economy is reaping the benefits.

Etsy Studio launched this week, providing makers of all stripes a place to find projects and supplies to fuel their creative ideas.

Seeds found inside an 800-year-old pot unearthed in Wisconsin in 2008 were planted. Something grew!

Talk about a “go-getter" attitude: When he was 13, this high school junior started up a custom sock business that now makes about $1 million a year.

American Craft Week recently announced the 2017 winners of the nation’s “most vibrant craft scene.” Congratulations to all of these craft-tastic towns!

The St. Paul Tool Library just received a generous donation of tools from a local woodworker that basically completes the inventory the founders thought they would take a year to gather – they even got help in the form of the man himself.

Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz, internationally recognized for her large-scale fiber sculptures, died on April 20.
 

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