Announcement from the Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh:

In mid-February we announced our call for entries for the 2013…

Five Poisons

Outer Stripes are embroidered with applique black seed beads. Interior depicts the tiger with the five poisons. 42" x 22"

Jon Eric Riis is an internationally…

Furniture makers (and other makers for that matter): Your opinion, please. Is this the future of furniture making? Let's keep an open mind towards the possibilities.…

COLLECT is one of the leading art fairs taking place at the Saatchi Gallery. Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, COLLECT will bring together the world's finest…

{Frédérique Morrell / Aaron Levin}

Frédérique Morrel is the marriage (in both the proper and the figurative sense) between two artists who met while jumping on neighboring beds…

Submission Deadline: Friday, June 14, 2013, 6:00 pm EDT

The OCC is pleased to announce that the 2013 Craft Awards Program is offering twenty Awards and Scholarships by application, ranging in value from $500 to $7,500.…

Virtual Insanity - Virtual Expression is an exhibition, taking place at The Goldsmiths' Centre looking at the role of modern technologies in jewellery. Using new technology RCA students of Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork & Jewellery present their experimentations under Silvia Weidenbach's guidance. All work for this exhibition was created by employing haptic arm and 3D printing. I saw Weidenbach's…

Apologies for the hiatus in blogging my visit to San Francisco; I had to spend some time in Yorkshire discussing a project which I hope to present here in the very near future.

My second day in San Francisco was spent at the American Craft Council/California College of the Arts symposium called "Craft Forward-ing", an event aimed at students and new graduates with a view to giving them an introduction to the world of business and suggesting ways of actually making money out of…

I'm coming!!!

Craft Forward-ing is a satellite program of the Craft Forward Symposium of 2011 and part of the American Craft Council’s Making Meaning in the Marketplace symposia.…

Craft is as old as the human species. Metal, wood, fibers, and clay have been manipulated by mankind since before written records. But we are lucky enough to live in a time when craft is changing. Thanks to modern materials, and modern interpretations of these materials, craft is opening up to new mediums.

Specifically, I am talking about the craft of Special FX. This craft, though rarely acknowledged as a craft, has developed recently utilizing building materials and modern…

Here's a good idea about building audiences, applicable to craft as well. Your thoughts? Have you seen something like this done anywhere already? In other words: is there an app for that?



NEA Chief of Staff Jamie Bennett, interviewed by Barry Hessenius on WESTAF Blog, 1/30/13:



I think we have to take a hard look at the investments being made to build audiences.  In my previous job, I spent a good portion of my days working on citywide cultural events calendars. Never once…

Why Innovation in the Arts Matters

Traditional arts groups that neglect to think about how they fit into the broader social context and respond accordingly will fail. This might not happen today or the next day, but the writing is on the wall. While the arts are inherently creative, the need to be innovative is particularly important right now given how our communities have changed and how people want to engage with the…

Glass Art Society 43rd Annual Conference

2013 Boston, Massachusetts

To my first solo exhibition in the United States!

The Bridge 12 exhibition opens this week at the Society for Contemporary Craft (SCC)…

I will be presenting my wearable fiber art work at the following fine craft juried shows in late 2012 and early 2013:

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