Metalsmith Aric Verrastro's hometown pride...

Richard Peterson’s ceramics tell stories about contemporary American life – ones we don’t always hear.

Woodworker Reed Hansuld's handsome furnishings...

Sam Mitchell's seriously squiggly jewelry...

Shenequa A. Brooks' synthetic hair sculptures.

Jeweler Katie Poterala's sublimated surfaces.

Whitney Artell's lush, layered weavings.

Aya Oki's playful, plump glass...

Cody Hoyt's striking, striated ceramics.

Anthropomorphized furniture with long, gesturing limbs and other lifelike features.

Jeweler Lauren Vanessa Tickle's currency conversions.

Robby Cuthbert's suspenseful, sculptural furniture.

As glass sculptor Jason Chakravarty's work has grown more spare, it seems more freighted with meaning.

A self-proclaimed "science nerd" creates furniture with geometric forms.

For John Souter, leaving each of his ceramic pieces open for interpretation is the whole point.
 

Katya Usvitsky turns pantyhose into bubbly sculptures that evoke eggs and cells.
 

James McNabb's micro-scale skyscraper assemblages are getting macro-scale attention.