Welcome back everyone, it's good to get started again after a deserved Winter break. I'm sure you're eager to get going again and want to find out what happened on the site recently. We got a group of interesting new members and loads of images, calls and blog posts to go through. Here's the weekly digest. Enjoy and Happy New Year!

Brigitte Martin

Crafthaus Editor

e: crafthauseditor@live.com

‘Workt by Hand’ - Hidden Labor and Historical Quilts (Washington Post)

The term “Workt by hand” is common in quilting parlance and refers to the distinctive skill and personal connection a craftsperson brings to each object. Through patterns and styles — including “barn raising,” “log cabin,” “double wedding band” and “crazy quilts” — the 35 works from the 18th to 20th centuries act as a stand-in for larger questions of art vs. craft, authorship and anonymity, and the relative weight of women's labor and influence during specific cultural moments.

Please welcome our new crafthaus members:

  Elisabete Ludviks, Hamilton, Canada

Lynda Abare, New River, AZ

  Mary Kaye Denkewalter, Anchorge, AK

Monique Momo Moore-Racine, Oakland CA & & Port-au-Prince, HAITI

Nathan Stewart, London, UK

Olivia Shih, Oakland, CA

  Patricia Carlson, Fairbanks, AK

Randy DeGraw, Maleny, Queensland, Australia

Remedios Vincent, Madrid, Spain

Renee Blackwell, Southeast Queensland, Australia

Sherri Jaudes, Marthasville, MO

Stella Valencia Iragorri, San Jose, Costa Rica

3rd Annual NCECA conference scholarship awarded exclusively to a crafthaus member! 

Deadline to apply: Feb. 7, 2014. NO SUBMISSION FEE.
Jurors: Cindy Bracker, NCECA Communications Director and Sam Chung, NCECA Director-at-Large

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4th Annual SNAG conference scholarship awarded exclusively to a crafthaus member! 

Deadline to apply: Jan 10, 2014. NO SUBMISSION FEE.
Juror: Brigitte Martin, Crafthaus Editor

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2014 LEAP Award Winner and Finalists Announced

Call for Artists: "Play That Funky Music", Deadline March 15, 2014

You hear a piece of music and it sends you back in time. Suddenly, you remember situations, sights and certain people as if it happened yesterday. What is the relationship between music and craft? Are there craft pieces that relate to favorite songs? How about a vase made while listening to opera? A table inspired by hard rock? Footwear to go with Lady Gaga? What are the lyrics that draw you in and inspire you to create?

"Play That Funky Music" is a crafthaus online exhibition looking to display craft work in all media relating to music in all its forms. More information...

Artisanal capitalism - The art and craft of business

Etsy is starting to show how the maker movement can make money

Source: The Economist

WILLIAM MORRIS, the father of the Arts and Crafts movement that briefly flowered in the late 19th century, would have approved of Etsy. The Brooklyn company is home to a thriving online marketplace for around 1m jewelers, candle makers, bag designers, woodcutters and other artists and craftspeople from around the world. Among current bestsellers are combat boots from Italy ($367), a snow-goose necklace from Raleigh, North Carolina ($29), and a minimalist stainless-steel toilet-roll holder from Portland, Oregon ($36). Continue reading ...

NCECA International Residency Partner Program – Applications Due February 5!

This year, NCECA will be joining forces with The Banff Centre in Banff, Canada and the European Ceramic Workcentre in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.

Call for Artist in Residence at the Red Lodge Clay Center

The Long-Term Residency (September 1 - July 31) is ideal for committed individuals in transition from post baccalaureate studies to graduate school, as well as those pursuing the development of professional artistic careers.

Call: Haystack Summer Residency

Open Studio Residency
May 25-June 6

2013 - A Review

- by Dauvit Alexander

I was looking at some of my photographs on Flickr yesterday and realized that this last year has been incredibly busy. To go completely "Old Media" on you all - though I suppose blogging has become a bit old-media itself - here is my review of my own highlights of 2013...

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Call: WORDSMITH: A Meeting of Jewelry and Literature

As always, find more calls, blogs, images and video on crafthaus when you sign in!