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Journal of Modern Craft 2.3

By Editor | Published: December 6, 2009

Third issue of 2009
Editorial Introduction
Articles
A Ghost in the Machine Age: The Westerwald Stoneware Industry and German Design Reform, 1900–1914 by Freyja Hartzell
A Catalan Werkstätte? Arts and Crafts Schools between Modernisme and Noucentisme by Jordi Falgàs
Early Expressions of Anthroposophical Design in America: The Infuence of Rudolf Steiner and Fritz Westhoff on Wharton Esherick by Roberta [...]

Posted in Notices, Table of Contents | Also tagged Germany, Ireland, puppetry, South Africa, Spain, theory, USA | 1 Comment

Journal of Modern Craft 1.3

By admin | Published: December 28, 2008

The final issue for 2008
Editorial introduction
Articles
Cleverest of the Clever: Coconut Craftsmen in Lamu, Kenya by Kristina Dziedzic Wright
Disavowing Craft at the Bauhaus: Hiding the Hand to Suggest Machine Manufacture by George H. Marcus
Russel Wright and Japan: Bridging Japonisme and Good Design through Craft by Yuko Kikuchi
British Interventions in the Traditional Crafts of Ceylon [...]

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