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The Week in Craft: August 31, 2016

The Week in Craft: August 31, 2016

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River Green and Mint, Amber Cowan

Glassblower Amber Cowan hand-fuses and manipulates vintage pressed glass to create stunning sculptures. River Green and Mint, Glass, 2015; red oak, mixed media; flameworked and constructed American pressed glass; 52 x 17 x 8 in. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.

Have you registered yet for our "Present Tense" conference in Omaha this October? You won't want to miss out.

Glassblower Amber Cowan creates stunning creations and vignettes out of hand-fused glass elements.

A group of Vietnamese artisans are trying to save an ancient tradition of handmade paper.

The Bard Graduate Center in New York City has announced an exciting lineup for their fall Seminar Series. Many of the BGC lectures are available on live stream and also archived for viewing online anytime.

Do you have something to say about gender and jewelry in your research or artistic practice? The Critical Craft Forum is seeking papers on the topic.

Check out the studio where medals for both the Olympics and Paralympics (starting September 7) were made.

South Carolina’s American College of the Building Arts (ACBA) is the only school in the U.S. to offer a bachelor’s degree in traditional building trades.

Any professional artist working in a craft discipline seriously affected by the Louisiana floods should know about the CERF+ emergency relief assistance and emergency recovery resources.

Thanks to Virtual Clay and NCECA, from now until September 24, 2016, you can enjoy a no-fee stream of the illuminating film Don't Know We'll See: The Work of Karen Karnes by Lucy Phenix in honor of the artist's recent death.

The World of Wearble Art, an annual contest and awards show based in Wellington, New Zealand, has made its U.S. debut at the EMP museum in Seattle.

"The Future of Fixing," a unique exhibit of 16 design studios and artists exploring concepts of repair and making opens Friday, September 2, at the Center for Craft, Creativity & Design in Asheville.

Congratulations to Thaddeus Wolf on being named the recipient of the 2016 Rakow Commission from the Corning Museum of Glass.

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