Starting out as a maker and looking for advice? Do you find yourself mid-career and needing a nudge? Get answers from Brigitte Martin, founder and editor of Crafthaus, award-winning author and craft community advocate. Discuss your work, your goals, and your future path. What is important to you? Let's discuss how to…

The Aesthetic Allure of Books Without Pages

by Claire Voon

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The Beyond Jewellery symposium coincides with flockOmania2, an exhibition and live performance event which crosses boundaries between jewellery and dance. Located within the field of contemporary art jewellery, this symposium explores the relationships between sculptural objects, the body and performance. In doing so,…

Crafted Technology is a research design project integrating the work of Tamara Efrat of the Bezalel Industrial Design Department, and Moran Mizrahi and Dr. Amit Zoran of the School of Computer Science of the Hebrew University.

The project looks at cooperation possibilities between traditional…

Damsel Moonstone Vase

Silver, silver gilt and enamel with 22 carat gold cloisonné, and moonstones set in 22 carat gold. Height 150mm (5.9 inches)…

Italian jewelry designer Delfina Delettrez found a unique way to present and market her jewelry line by teaming up with animation artist PES for her 'Frozen Garden' collection.



Delfina found her inspiration for the collection walking in a…

I distinctly remember, as a teenager, seeing a Berna and Hilla Becher exhibition in Germany. I absolutely and instantly fell in love with photography and have remained a big fan of the media since. Having grown up in a heavily industrialized area of Germany, I had seen many industrial sites like the ones the Bechers photograph almost daily. They are…

In the first major American exhibition tour, Theo Jansen’s wholly distinctive kinetic creations blur the lines of art, engineering, science and performance. Celebrating the thrill of the Strandbeest’s locomotion as well as the processes that have driven their evolutionary development, the sculptures are…

Richard Peterson, Home of the Free

Earthenware, wheelthrown with pressmold top, sgraffito, underglaze, fired to cone 4, 4.5 x 2.25 x 2 inches. --- Image credit: Charlie Cummings, Charlie Cummings…

I could not be happier today: My first article written for and published by American Craft Magazine just came out today!

"Undercurrents of Intimacy". Feb/March 2016 issue. Pg. 38/39.

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I donated to SNAG's annual appeal last year, and my choice of perk was a brooch by the fabulously talented and hilariously funny…

1/9 | New York, September 1976. “Don Fincke. He was a bona fide Bowery alcoholic. He said he used to be a high-ranking guy at Eastman Kodak but he left his wife and family because he couldn’t stop drinking.” (Chris Earnshaw and Joseph Mills)…

I came across this image from the Met this morning and was intrigued by the craft skills that had to be employed here. I suspect that this is the work of at least two or three people (wood, metal and fiber artists) but of course, I could be wrong. I don't know much about devotional objects, let alone much of anything about the period this…

Crafthaus will soon open an online shop featuring juried-in craft artwork and related items!

We are in the process of selecting our first round of artists to be featured in Spring 2016 and encourage…

For the past few years, I have been fortunate to be able to spend a few weeks in Texas every December. I am glad to escape the Snomageddon that typically befalls us in the northern regions of the US that time of year, but also because Texas is just plain FUN. I love the area around Austin particularly, good food and great music, horse-back riding,…

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Raised on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming among the Shoshone and Northern Arapaho, Teri Greeves was taught to bead by friends and…

Downton Abbey is one of the most popular shows on television, and its authentic costumes and jewelry are part of its charm.

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Lady Gaga wearing specialty gloves for the TV drama American Horror Show. The nails flip at will because of a very clever mechanism (I am probably not supposed to reveal how it's done, so I won't. Sorry!)…