Craft Across Continents presents 50 objects in two-parts: the first 22 plates focus on works by Japanese makers; the second section of 21 plates on works by American and European practitioners. Marking the mid-way point of the volume is a special 8-page section, printed on a different uncoated paper stock, featuring large-scale, full-page images, including a portrait of the collectors and views of the glass, ceramics, bamboo and other objects as seen in the domestic setting of the collectors' private home. The wide-ranging and highly personal collection includes masterworks of twenty-first-century Japanese wood-fired ceramics, as well as works in porcelain by Satoshi Kino and Machiko Ogawa. Moreover, an additional 20-plus objects were gifted to the Mint in 2021 including further Japanese ceramics, a fine collection of Japanese bamboo sculptures by several generations of makers-a unique feature of the Collection-as well as an indigo resist-dyed wall hanging by Rowland Ricketts, an artist and farmer based in Bloomington, Indiana, using natural dyes and historical Japanese processes to create contemporary textiles. From Europe and the United States, there are major glass sculptures, a seminal installation by Danish maker Tobias Mohl, a mobile by Polish-trained artist Anna Skibska, and fine examples of cast blown, and lamp-worked glass. One of the most spectacular large glazed ceramic vessels in the collection is by the British maker, Gareth Mason. AUTHORS: Jen Sudul Edwards is chief curator and curator of Contemporary Art at The Mint Museum. Joe Earle is an author and curator. He was chair of the Asia, Oceania, and Africa department at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and served as vice president and director for the Japan Society Gallery at Japan Society from 2007-2011. Annie Carlano is senior curator of Craft, Design & Fashion at The Mint Museum. Rebecca Elliot is assistant curator of craft, design, and fashion at The Mint Museum. SELLING POINTS: . A wide-ranging and highly personal collection which through both its contents and its structure underscores the subtle interplay of Asian and Western craft practitioners and makers . Reveals how traditional methods of Japanese wood firing and textile dying inform and inspire contemporary makers in Europe and the USA . Accompanies a unique exhibition, which celebrates Lorne Lassiter and Gary Ferraro's unique collection of international craft acquired over decades, and which they have gifted to the Mint Museum to form a central part of its permanent craft collection . A a special 8-page central section features large-scale, full-page images of selected pieces from, and views of the collection as seen in the domestic setting of the collectors' private home 100 colour illustrations

Learning times tables is fun with this board book. It features over 130 magnetic tiles can be positioned on the pages over and over again to give plenty of practice. The questions and answers are accompanied by fun illustrations - such as animals, shoes, circus balls and flowers - to help support the learning of the tables. The mathematical questions and answers in this magnetic book provide a fun and educational way to help children learn their times tables, from 1 to 10. The book begins with the 1x table, explaining that "one times one" means "one lot of one", and "two times one" means "two lots of one". Questions and exercises are given in simple language and accompanied by lively illustrations to help the learning process. For example, "If six ponies have worn out all their old horseshoes, how many new horseshoes do they need?" The book comes with a tray that can be opened and pulled apart to create a set of over 130 magnets, each showing numbers and basic multiplication equations. The pages contain grey squares to show where the magnets can go, and the magnets can be removed and reused. When finished, a grown-up can fill in an official certificate to show that the book has been completed successfully and that the child knows all their times tables!

Drawn from the Mint Museum of Art’s renowned permanent collection of craft and design in all media—ceramic, pottery, wood, metal, glass, fibre, textiles and design—Craft in the Laboratory highlights how contemporary artists use STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) processes and principles when creating their work. Kate Malone’s knowledge of the chemistry of clay bodies and glazes is employed in her production of sculptures such as Mr. and Mrs. Tutti Atomic. Douglas Harling made Vishnu Dreams using the ancient technique of granulation, aided by his understanding of the roles of surface tension, oxygen reduction, and eutectic bonds in fusing gold granules to a surface. Zoltán Bohus carefully planned the layers of glass in Stratofera on paper before creating it, using his knowledge of geometry and the prismatic qualities of glass. The volume includes essays that discuss the technical aspects of materials and processes.

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