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xi, 529 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm |
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| Note |
"A project of the Center for Craft, Creativity and Design, Hendersonville, N.C." |
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Includes article about Marjorie Schick, including one of her works. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
A comprehensive survey of modern craft in the United States, Makers follows the development of studio craft--objects in fiber, clay, glass, wood, and metal--from its roots in nineteenth-century reform movements to the rich diversity of expression at the end of the twentieth century. |
| Contents |
The roots of studio craft : The Industrial Revolution ; Craft and work ; The origin of Arts and Crafts ; The Aesthetic Movement ; English Arts and Crafts ; World's fairs ; The Cincinnati wood-carving movement ; Art in textiles ; China painting and art pottery ; Louise McLaughlin, studio potter ; Stained glass and art glass -- 1900-1909: Handwork and industrialization : Setting the scene ; Reform and the crafts ; Elbert Hubbard and the Roycrofters ; Gustav Stickley ; Wood: reform and commerce together ; Pottery for all purposes ; Studio potters ; Jewelry: beginnings ; Metalsmithing ; Textiles: revivals, inventions, and borrowings ; Objectifying glass ; Arts and Crafts societies ; Arts and Crafts communities ; Craft education -- 1910-1919: Upheavals : Setbacks ; Revivals ; The Armory Show ; Ceramics interrupted ; Wood: the end of the Craftsman style ; Jewelry and metals: regional differences ; Textiles ; Craft institutions ; Occupational therapy -- 1920-1929: Boom time in a consumerist society : New styles and habits ; Craft institutions ; Southwest Indian arts ; Wood: reactionaries and progressives ; Jewelry and metals: traditionalists and modernists ; Textiles in transition ; Ceramics: tiles and figurines ; Crafts in the Southern Highlands -- 1930-1939: Industrial design versus handcraft : Changes in life and craft ; Craft institutions ; Education ; MOMA and craft ; Ceramics in school ; Modern textiles ; Wood: the modern movement ; Metals: silver tarnishes ; Glass goes several ways -- 1940-1949: New opportunities : Losing and gaining ; Education ; Craft institutions ; Jewelry and enameling: artists rewrite the script ; Wood: the era of the designer-craftsman ; Ceramics flourishes ; Glass ; Textile arguments -- 1950-1959: The second revival of crafts : Paradigm shifts ; Craft embraces academia ; MOMA and good design ; Ceramics: import-export ; Textiles: ready for change ; Jewelry, metals, and enameling: toward an American voice ; Wood: influences and inventions ; A little glass -- 1960-1969: Youth culture, counterculture, multiculture : Ringing changes ; Textiles go large ; Jewelry and metals: looking elsewhere ; A new world of glass ; Wood: furniture as design, expression, and concept ; Ceramics: sorting out options ; Craft institutions -- 1970-1979: Organizations and professionals : An explosion of crafts ; Ceramics down and up ; Jewelry, metals, and enameling: pluralism takes over ; Textiles in depth ; Glass goes mainstream ; Wood: actions and reactions ; Craft institutions -- 1980-1989: Money and images : Business and Baroque ; Wood: classicism and postmodern play ; Clay variations ; Glass ; Textiles and the new basketry ; Jewelry, metals, and enameling: declarations of independence ; Craft institutions -- 1990-1999: Mastery as meaning : Got it made ; Craft institutions ; Glass ascendant ; Jewelry, metals, and enameling: a spectrum of possibilities ; Textiles to fiber ; Wood: all options open ; Ceramics: individuals and themes. |
| Subject |
Decorative arts -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Decorative arts -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Art, American -- 19th century.
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Art, American -- 20th century.
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Art, American. (OCoLC)fst00815895
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Decorative arts. (OCoLC)fst00889315
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1999
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Metcalf, Bruce, 1949-
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Schick, Marjorie, 1941-
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Center for Craft, Creativity & Design.
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| Added Title |
History of American studio craft |
| ISBN |
9780807834138 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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0807834130 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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