Craft In America - Exhibition


Please download Flash player here to view this movie. Craft in America brings artists and objects to your computer and to museums across the country. Explore hundreds of handmade objects in the Virtual Exhibition or visit craftinamerica.org to find out more about upcoming museum exhibits, like the Golden State of Craft: California 1960-1985 opening Sept 25, 2011.




David "Dave the Potter" Drake Food storage Jar "Made for John Monday" 1857 Alkaline-glazed stoneware McKissick Museum of the University of South	Sequoia Miller "Bowl Covered Jar Teapot" 2006 Hand built stoneware Photo by Doug Hill	Wayne Higby Seclusion Lake 1982 earthenware raku Photo by Steve Meyers	Julia Galloway Pitcher 2006 Stoneware Photo by Doug Hill

Paul J. Stankard Swarming Honey Bee Orb 2005 Lamp worked glass Schaible Photography	Kerry Feldman Stirrup Vessel 2006	Caleb Siemon Banded Low Bowl, Cranberry/Apricot 2006 Blown glass Photo by Doug Hill	Dante Marioni Vessel Display #15 2004 Blown glass Photo by Roger Schreiber

Christian Burchard Baskets 2000 Madrone burl Photo by Rob Jaffe	Wendell Castle Dead Eye 2006 Walnut Photo by Lazer Inc.	Shaker Community Pails for Kitchen Use Canterbury NH Shaker Museum and Library Old Chatham and New Lebanon NY	Jere Osgood Summer '99 Shell Desk 1999Hardwood wenge satinwood and brass Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design

Kiff Slemmons Satchel Paige from Hands of the Heroes Project 1987 Silver, mastodon ivory, ebony" Photo by Rod Slemmons	John Prip Dimension Tea and Coffee Service 1961 silverplate, vinyl and plastic Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design	Peter Shire Bellaire Chair 2006 Aluminum, paint Photo by Doug Hill	Catherine Butler She Va 2005 Sterling silver, pearls Photo by Jordan Davis

Yakama Man's Beaded Vest c.1910-20	Billie Ruth Sudduth Fibonacci #8 2005 Various reeds and woods Photo by Paul Jeremias	Carol Eckert The Five Books 2001 cotton, wire Photo by Scott Mitchell	Tim Harding Koi Kimono 2006 reverse applique silk (cut silk) Photo by Petronella Ytsma

Over 100 artists are featured on the Craft In America Site. Visit more artists:
Sam Maloof is a woodworker in Alta Loma, California.
George Nakashima, the late world-renown woodworker, taught his daughter, Mira Nakashima-Yarnall, also a woodworker, about his trade.
Garry Knox Bennett is a furniture maker in Oakland, California.
Mary Jackson is a traditional African American sweetgrass basketmaker in Charleston, South Carolina.
Tom Joyce is a metalworker in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Pat Courtney Gold is a Wasco Indian basketmaker in Oregon.
Cranbrook Academy of Art, which has its roots in the Arts and Crafts movement, has a respected graduate program.