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The big picture: Crafthaus
By Regina Connell. It’s a funny thing, but it seems to me that the prevailing vibe of the craft community is generosity. Respect, even. OK so it’s not all “kumbaya”, and there’s the usual frustration...
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The Big Picture: TrendSurfing the NY Int’l Gift Show
By Linda Ricci. The Über Gift Show, also known as the New York International Gift Show, rolled into the Javits Center in late January (one of two annual shows–the other is in August), and we wanted to...
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Fresh Talent: John Liston
By Regina Connell. I wasn’t the only one completely blown away by John Liston‘s work at the American Craft Council Show in San Francisco. Throughout the show, his booth was mobbed, and as I wandered...
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Noticed: Rough Linen
By Kathryn Clark. A few years ago, I came across an image of a table setting and fell hard. After I did a bit of research, I learned that these stunning linen tablecloths were sewn just a few miles...
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Flax Project: Christien Meindertsma’s Newest Work
By Meghan Urback. Earlier this spring, I was fortunate enough to meet Dutch designer Christien Meindertsma in San Francisco. Her work is a huge inspiration to me, and I was thrilled to speak with her...
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Noticed: 100 Acts of Sewing by Sonya Philip
By Kathryn Clark. Make your own clothes? Come on, it’s not that hard. Sonya Philip took a dress pattern class last January and had an epiphany: she could combine the making of her own clothing with a...
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Virtues of Craft: The Diligent Artisan
By Kyle Studstill. Diligence is perhaps one of the most powerful tools in an artisan’s toolbox, but it can be too easily confused with the notion of simply following rules. I make scarves, and as part...
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Bursting the Maker Bubble: Part 3
By Regina Connell. Last round, we talked about what’s really changed since this latest maker fetish began. There was the rise of the conscious consumer; a new focus on identity and making known the...
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The Intersection of Craft and Stewardship
By Anna Hoeschen. It’s September in Minnesota as I’m writing this, and we’re all hoping summer will make like Midwesterners at a party and show off its knack for drawn-out goodbyes. However, that’s...
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Composure: Permanence
By Kyle Studstill. Composure If we are to do our best work in the face of constant chaos and change, perhaps we must first hone our inner virtues as guidance. Composure produces an ongoing series of...
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