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The Week in Craft: August 17, 2016

The Week in Craft: August 17, 2016

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Beccy Ridsdel dinnerware

Beccy Ridsdel dinnerware

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Check out this set of revealing dinnerware by artist Beccy Ridsdel. Fine layers of porcelain are peeled back to expose lovely floral patterns hidden beneath.

We're excited about the work of these 30 craft artists under the age of 30, recognized by American Craft Week.

Fiber artist and 2016 ACC Fellow Nick Cave shares his thoughts on race and gun violence while installing a colossal exhibit at Mass MoCA in Boston.

Check out an amazing new podcast launched by CraftSchools.us that explores the meaning and process of making through interviews with established craft artists from across the field. Hosted by Stuart Kestenbaum, former director of the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and ACC board chair, the podcast's first three interviews feature Tom Joyce, Tim McCreight, and Sonya Clark.

The Tacoma Museum of Glass has four visiting artist residencies available to glass artists in 2017.

Australian animation studio yelldesign creates these stop-motion animations of food entirely out of paper.

Unique fiber challenge alert: The Textile Center of Minnesota is seeking art quilts that celebrate the legacy of Prince.

Attention fiber artists: Apply to be part of "2016 Excellence in Fibers," a juried exhibition in print.

Crafthaus has recently opened their call for 2016 project grant applications. The deadline to submit is September 30.

NEXUS: A Connection of Ideas," SNAG's 2017 conference, is May 24 - 27 in New Orleans, and will be "motivating thinkers, collectors, and makers to bring new and old materials, techniques, and ideas together in a true New Orleans celebration."

Congratulations to the American Folk Art Museum on receiving funding from the Leir Charitable Foundations to digitize their entire collection.

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