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Piece by Piece
Riffing on global textile traditions, Adam Pogue creates delightfully improvisational home goods and sculpture.
Winter 2025
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Holding Space
Drawing on Irish traditions, Port Townsend, Washington–based artist Maureen Walrath weaves local willow into baskets that help usher souls into the next world.
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Riding into the Sunset in Style
Thanks to classic machinery, the boldly emblazoned chain-stitched shirts, jackets, pantsuits, and wallpaper swatches made at Austin, Texas’s Fort Lonesome are lighting up the Western stage.
Winter 2025
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History in the Making
A commentary on labor and excess, woodworker Stacy Motte’s humorous-looking Adventures in Highboy Land is deadly serious.
Winter 2025
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Paper Prayers
Combining block printing, paper craft, and illustration, Maui-based artist Susanna Cromwell imparts meaningful intention with each paper quilt she creates.
Winter 2025
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Hand-Turned Tales
For centuries, craftspeople have created backlit moving scrolls to tell stories. Intimate and expressive, the “crankie” tradition is thriving thanks to a growing troupe of enthusiasts.
Winter 2024
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A Higher Plane
The new 28,000-square-foot workshop at Saint John’s Abbey houses a 150-year-old woodworking program and one of the premier pipe organ builders in the country. Its mission is to teach the next generation.
Spring 2024
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Forging a Path
A young Northern California knife maker creates stunning blades—and an integrated artistic life—finding inspiration in the work of his heroes.
Summer 2024
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Weaving Their Stories
Brooklyn-based artist Cassandra Mayela weaves the garments and sentimental items of Venezuelan migrants into tapestries that tell their stories.
Fall 2024
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