It’s Not Sew Easy to Make Porcelain Perform Like this
Her painted vessels are functional, but so expressively detailed they look like they’ve been cozied up in a protective layer of felt or wool….
Painter’s Dream Re-emerged After Brushes With Death
“I remember waking up in ICU in an Atlanta hospital and being truly amazed I was still alive.” It was 1998. For years, Wendy…
It Takes Two to Tango, But only a Single Epiphany to Dip out of Functional Ceramics
When he took an Argentine tango class, Eric Knoche says he felt as though he was seeing the true nature of the world for…
Decades of Study and Thousands of Miles in, Blower is Still Hot for Glass
John Almaguer’s artistic epiphany wasn’t reverent or momentous. It just made him giddy — “like a kid in a candy shop,” he says. “No…
Her Watercolors Flow Like the River that Shaped her Childhood
Kathryn B. Phillips disagrees when people tell her watercolor is the most difficult medium. She politely redirects, choosing a softer word. It’s not difficult…
From the First Day, his Jewelry Career was Set in Stone
Most makers chase various muses en route to a career. Not Roberto Vengoechea. “I was born to do this,” says the jewelry designer. “I…
The Woman Who Wouldn’t Retire Found Herself Reinventing the Basket
After years of operating Eat No Evil, a natural-foods restaurant in New Orleans, Patti Quinn Hill retired in 1987 and moved to Western North…
The Idea of Limited Editions Opened an Unlimited Career
Bill Hall wasn’t attracted to printmaking because of its long history or many iterations. Instead, he liked its reassuring accessibility. “I was too intimidated…
She Draws a Knife on the Notion of Age Limitations
Marion J. Kaminkow, 96, tries to deflect any recognition of her wide-ranging artistic endeavors — including painting, mosaic making, enameling, and needlepoint. But examples…
The Couple That Clays Together … Gets to Quit Their Day Jobs
Whoever warned that spouses shouldn’t work together was brooding about cubicles, not clay wheels. Ann and Sandy Batton create harmoniously in a studio next…