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Read thought-provoking essays by artists and thinkers, craft histories, ideas, analysis, and other perspectives on the significance of craft.

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  • Artist Suchitra Mattai stands in front of one of her tapestries.
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    Preview: Two Suchitra Mattai Exhibitions

    The artist traces her family’s migration history in richly colored textiles in museum exhibitions this spring.

    Spring 2025

    Previews + Reviews
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    Craft: Seriously, What Does the Word Mean?

    Craft: Seriously, What Does the Word Mean? Ask a maker, a scholar, a collector, or someone in another creative field, and you’ll hear a broad range of answers—and sometimes more questions.

    October/November 2018

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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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    A Match Made in Idaho

    In 2017, on a trip to Japan with the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust, architectural writer Henry Whiting encountered the work of the ceramist Shiro Tsujimura at Kou Gallery in Kyoto

    Fall 2024

    At Home
    History
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    Voyage to Resiliency

    An artist reflects on the ritual practice of making and how craft supports our ability to relate—and heal.

    Spring 2024

    Essays
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    This Is Who I Am

    Chicana musician and fashion label founder LaLa Romero of Los Angeles on the power of nameplate jewelry.

    Spring 2024

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    Rituals of Making

    Three artists describe the rhythms that spark their creativity.

    Spring 2024

    Essays
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    Wild and Woolly

    The author of Worn: A People’s History of Clothing traces the story of wool, from Mesopotamia to Wyoming to a small weaving mill in upstate New York.

    Winter 2024

    History
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    Weaving by Design

    Preview: An upcoming show at the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center explores the legacies of Anni Albers and Trude Guermonprez, and the importance of weaving at the legendary college.

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