Martha on Jun 20 2008 | Filed under: Conferences
Elise asked me to lead a small team of volunteers to research and write about gatherings that influenced the development of polymer as an art medium. This is the second of these posts and we hope to follow up with more. Special thanks to Steven Ford who provided this information about the Arrowmont Conference. Name [...]
Rachel Carren on Jun 13 2008 | Filed under: Critical Commentary
In Jed Perl’s article, “The Artisanal Urge” American Craft (June/July 2008), he defends the “human desire to make something with one’s own hands” against the current stylistic trend of a more detached approach to creating art. Perl, an author of several books on art and the art critic for The New Republic, argues that the [...]
Elise Winters on Jun 06 2008 | Filed under: Artist's Commentary, Exhibitons and Shows
INSOMNIA BOWL, Undreamt Dreams 12¾” x 11¾” x 3¼” For the MIPCES catalog, Margaret Regan wrote: “I like images that float, and my work is characterized by a high degree of drift and space. There’s a dream state where you recognize an object, but not it’s surroundings. I love the interaction of control with happenstance, [...]