CRAFTHAUS was featured on National Public Radio on May 11, 2012.

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Brigitte Martin, crafthaus Editor, was a guest on Radio Times together with Elisabeth Agro, Curator at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Philadelphia Yarn Bomber Jessie Hemmons. The theme of the show was to talk about Craft as an integral part of the world of art.

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Let's talk about CRAFT!

What does it mean to make a book?

To make books is to contend with beauty. To me, even the cheapest photocopied zine is endearing, but there's always going to be a struggle: if the book is beautiful, does that mean it is not a serious work of art? If the book is well crafted, does that mean I am a craftsperson? The book arts straddle the art-craft divide, and book artists fall where they may. I sometimes think that if books made by artists were consistently larger, uglier, and fell apart at the touch of a white cotton glove we'd get more respect. But I can't resist trying to make beautiful books, and so I go on contributing to the book artist's image problem.

Audrey Niffenegger

Excerpt from "The Book as Art" Artists' Books from the National Museum of Women in the Arts by Krystyna Wasserman, Princeton Architectural Press.

Celine Barbier Browning, Chicago, IL

Neil Clark, Greenville, NC

Alice Simpson, South Pasadena, CA

Linda Kaye-Moses, Dalton, MA

Sondra Sherman, San Diego, CA

Shadi Vossough, Keswick, UK

Alex Adams, Philadelphia, PA and Coral Gables, FL

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