The first issue of 2011 is now out, with writerly reflections on the nature of utopianism in craft.
Articles
Sustainable Socialism: William Morris on Waste by Elizabeth C. Miller
The Craft of Industrial Patternmaking by Sarah Fayen Scarlett
Speculative Artisanry: The Expanding Scale of Craft within Architecture by Joshua G. Stein
Statement of Practice
Interview with A.S. Byatt including Tanya Harrod and Glenn Adamson (PDF)
Commentary by Glenn Adamson
“The Artisan,” from The Mirror of Production by Jean Baudrillard
Exhibition Reviews
The Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps, 1942–1946 reviewed by Bibiana Obler
Japanese Sashiko Textiles reviewed by Moira Vincentelli
Book Reviews
Made in Newark: Cultivating Industrial Arts and Civic Identity in the Progressive Era reviewed by Ellen Paul Denker
KnitKnit: Profiles and Projects from Knitting’s New Wave reviewed by Sue Green
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Thank you for the interview with J.S. Byatt. Empowering, inspiring and important.
Sorry, A.S. Byatt.