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Although contemporary American crafts are widely exhibited and
appreciated, very little information is available about the artists
themselves, their training, careers, inspirations, and feelings
about their work, and place in society. As part of a large oral
history and survey project of the Research Center for Arts and
Culture of Columbia University, ten personal narrative interviews
with craftspeople were edited and collected for The Craftsperson
Speaks. The selected artists represent a variety of disciplines and
media, including ceramics, glass, jewelry, metalwork, and fiber,
and also exhibit a balance of age, ethnicity, regionalism, and
stage of career development. Each interview is prefaced by brief
life and career data and followed by information on exhibit sources
and professional affiliations and honors and a photographic
illustration of a representative piece of work. The volume's
introduction, written by the project coordinator, Mary Greeley,
offers an overview of the history of the craftsperson in the United
States, and a final bibliography provides sources for further
reference. This combination of information and insights will be of
interest and value to artists, teachers, students, art
professionals, and the general public. Greenwood Press is pleased
to publish it in time to help inaugurate 1993 and the Year of the
American Craft.
It is always based on what I see, what is touching me.' For more
than fifty years, Klaus Moje devoted his life to the art of glass.
He called it the 'most seductive' medium, and in his hands it had
the power to delight and amaze collectors around the world. His
lifetime's work changed the practice and appreciation of
contemporary glass. Moje's philosophy of 'working into the hopeful'
and his passion for the colour and geometry he saw in the natural
world shone through his kilnformed glass works, a technique he
pioneered. Moje was both artist and educator. After an
apprenticeship in his father's small glass-cutting and
glass-grinding business and a masters degree at the Glasfachschule
Hadamar, Moje established his Hamburg studio. In 1982, he moved to
Australia to set up the Glass Workshop at the Canberra School of
Art, one of the most successful glass education programs in the
world. Following 10 years teaching, Moje returned to full-time
studio work. His life and art inspired many who chose to work with
this medium. In Glass: The Life and Art of Klaus Moje, art
historian Nola Anderson celebrates the creativity and artistic
spirit of this remarkable artist.
Mere clothing is transformed into desirable fashion by the way it
is represented in imagery. Fashion's Double examines how meanings
are projected onto garments through their representation, whether
in painting, photography, cinema or online fashion film, conveying
identity and status, eliciting fascination and desire. With
in-depth case studies including the work of Nick Knight and Helmut
Newton, film examples such as The Hunger Games, music video Girl
Panic by Duran Duran, and much more, this book analyses the
interrelationship between clothing, identity, embodiment,
representation and self-representation. Written for students and
scholars alike, Fashion's Double will appeal to anyone studying
fashion, cultural studies, art theory and history, photography,
sociology, and film.
This fully colour illustrated work covers the most artistically
progressive period for British table cutlery between 1870 and 1940,
and maps its evolution through a series of artistic periods,
including Art Deco and the Arts & Crafts revival, to the
present day. For the humble spoon, the Arts & Craft period
brought in new and exotic styles developed from the changing taste
that sprang from the Great Exhibition of 1851. The artistic styles
were largely based around natural form and many makers turned
against the mass production of the industrial age. The golden age
for Liberty & Company provided a platform for designers such as
Archibald Knox, Oliver Baker, Bernard Cuzner and the Silver Studio
with their bold, and often-colourful, designs for spoons. The rise
of women who rivalled their male counterparts in design and craft,
particularly in the fields of jewellery and small silverware, was
particularly significant at this time.
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