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model wearing sculptural headpiece and top made from spiky fruit pods from a tree

Metamorphosis

Working with everything from seed pods to pasta and porcupine quills, Melissa Meier transforms nature’s materials into fantastical works of art.
ceramic sculpture made with cemetery soil and human hair

Body Land Memory

Adebunmi Gbadebo’s artworks incorporate materials such as hair, soil, old documents, and water to address longstanding cultural erasure.
Large coin-shaped wooden sculpture with inner spokes radiating from the left side pictured in an empty room with spotlighting

The Depths of Simplicity

Acclaimed woodworking artist Yuri Kobayashi creates sculptural and functional objects whose spare elegance is beautifully complex.
Array of covers of American Craft and Craft Horizons from the past 80 years

American Craft at 80

This year American Craft celebrates its 80th anniversary. In the world of publishing, this is a remarkable achievement. We invite you to join us as we pause and reflect, revisit the past and look to the future.
Black and white photograph of the ornate decorative crest of a wrought iron gate silhouetted against a cloudy sky

Designing

A thought-provoking 1943 essay by Anni Albers reproduced from an early issue of Craft Horizons.
portrait of a man and women smiling and seated against and clay colored wall with black and white weaving hung on it

Kindred

The magical, meaningful collaboration of Wence and Sandra Martinez.
salad inside of a glass orb on a cement platter with carved letters and impressions

More Than a Plate

Ceramist Gregg Moore collaborates with chefs—and the land—to create custom dishes that reflect everything from sustainable farming to police brutality to the Chilean coastline.
sculpture of the figure of a person outlined by dripping plaster resting on a pedestal

Absence Made Present

A novelist responds to the work of Diana Al-Hadid, who draws on rich historical and cultural archives to transform raw materials into an art of memory and possibility.
portrait of tiff massey with coiled gold necklace and large gold rings with detroit buildings in back on a summer evening

Owning It

Detroit metal artist Tiff Massey knows no bounds and is only creating bigger for herself and her community.
Ceramic wall sculpture with swirling design of color coral bleached around the edges

Sea Change

Artists open our eyes to exquisite ocean beauty and the perils these waters face.
Self-portrait of a person holding up an ornately engraved lock with one eye visible through the loop

The Art of the Flourish

Making the functional beautiful, and offering a way for artists to express their distinctive voices, the flourish evokes our humanity.
Contemporary art museum exterior with facade of leaning wooden columns

Art Preserve

Ruth DeYoung Kohler II’s legacy of supporting visionary outsider artists continues with the opening of a showcase for their built environments.
Two people one wearing circus inspired clothing posing in front of a circus-decorated food truck

The Advocate

Visionary curator Ruth DeYoung Kohler II’s rich legacy of support for artists.
State of Craft Unearthing the Craftscape

Unearthing the Craftscape

A new generation of scholars and curators are exploring how craft objects are shaped by the forces of history, culture, and society. Call it the “craftscape.”
Person hanging colorful crocheted mandala art on a blue wall

Funk and the Spirit

Acclaimed fiber artist Xenobia Bailey’s practice is rooted in African American design aesthetics.