In this beautifully designed and illustrated volume, leading craft scholars, curators and artists come together to assess the post-War history and contemporary flourishing of craft in America. Their critical gaze encompasses craft practice by artists, professional makers, and amateurs; crafting as it takes place in the studio and in the domestic space, and as it is exhibited in museums and galleries; craft that uses materials and crafting in the digital arena, and critical issues confronting craft such as industry, education and digitization.
Table of ContentsÂ
1. (Dis) Organizing PrinciplesÂ
1. (Dis) Organizing PrinciplesÂ
Nicholas R. Bell:Â IntroductionÂ
Glenn Adamson:Â Goodbye CraftÂ
2. Aesthetic TransgressionsÂ
Elissa Auther:Â He is Survived by His Longtime Companion: Feeling in the Work of Josh FaughtÂ
Maria Buszek, Elaine Reichek, Sonya Clark, Michael Strand:Â Media, Process, History: Craft beyond CraftingÂ
Jenni Sorkin:Â Craft-Like: The Illusion of AuthenticityÂ
3. The Politics of DisplayÂ
Elizabeth McGoey:Â America at Home: Crafts and Craftsmanship in the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair Shelter ExhibitsÂ
Ulysses Dietz:Â Taste, Money, Museums and the Subversion of CraftÂ
Julie Muniz and Jennifer Scanlan:Â Institutionalized: Craft in the MuseumÂ
4. Enduring ConflictsÂ
Maria Shevzov:Â Making an Impression: The Material Culture Scholarship and Craft of Historical ReenactorsÂ
Bibiana Obler:Â Craft as a Response to WarÂ
5. Education and TechnologyÂ
Garth Johnson:Â A Hackerspace of One's Own: Curriculum and the Maker MovementÂ
Neil Gershenfeld, Stuart Kestenbaum, Phyllis Klein:Â Digital Fabrication: Implications for Craft and CommunityÂ
6. Negotiating IndustryÂ
Ezra Shales:Â The Politics of 'Ordinary Manufacture' in the Post-Industrial StateÂ
Sandra Alfoldy:Â Craft Goes to Disney!Â
Gabriel Craig:Â DIY DetroitÂ
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