Points of View
Read thought-provoking essays by artists and thinkers, craft histories, ideas, analysis, and other perspectives on the significance of craft.
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MakersFree To ReadHistory 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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Handcrafted LivingFree To ReadA 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
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Points of ViewVoyage to Resiliency
An artist reflects on the ritual practice of making and how craft supports our ability to relate—and heal.
Spring 2024
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Points of ViewFree To ReadThis 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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Points of ViewFree To ReadRituals of Making
Three artists describe the rhythms that spark their creativity.
Spring 2024
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Points of ViewWild 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
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Points of ViewWeaving 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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Points of ViewOrigin Stories
How the foraging and processing of natural materials can expand our thinking, our maps, and our empathy.
Summer 2023
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Points of ViewFree To ReadA World of Vessels
How this beloved and ancient form has sustained humankind and contained our beliefs about everything from safety to gender roles.
Spring 2023
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