Material Matters
A Light Touch
Reclaims of the Day
Marilyn Annin sculpts garments with ghostly, regal bearing.
Mining the Beauty of Coal
Jim Zivic carves sleek sculptural furniture from a mundane substance-coal.
Domestic Subversion
Elizabeth Lopeman explores Laura Splan's use of surprising materials such as facial peel
and her references to both textiles and body elements.
Paper Narratives
Scott Rothstein explores the emotional landscape evoked by Kyoko Okubo’s narrative washi sculptures.
Basket of Light
Ed Carpenter's glass and steel Vessel entwined with vegetation embodies the optimism of the institution that commissioned it. Suzanne Beal sheds light on the project.
An Architecture Grounded in Craft
It took the late architect Terry Brown 10 years to tap into his Midwestern roots and create a style focused on materials and the handmade. Jayne Merkel writes of Brown’s Mushroom House in Cincinnati.
New Jewels: Taking Materials to the Extremes
Shonquis Moreno dives into the cutting-edge world of international studio jewelry and finds the material explorations happening there to be "extremely" refreshing.