Metalsmith Teresa Faris' creative partner, who she calls her “greatest teacher,” is an umbrella cockatoo.

Getting your hands on any material – wood, paper, yarn, bread dough – organizes your attention and builds physical skills.

If you’re human, you use tools all day, every day.

Defining craft is treacherous. What do you think it means?

Two ways to look at color.

Tapping the mysterious source of creativity.

Thoughts on this issue about generations and families.

Making art is just the start.

Craft has always been political.

Trust your instincts.

What access really means.

Paying attention.

How collecting is changing.

Come together and create.

Making art to know yourself.

How masters not only endure, but thrive.

We are what we wear.

Team dynamics.