Sponsored by Charmaine and Maurice Kaplan and supported by a grant from J. Dallas and Mary H. Clark
Mingei International documentary publication
Presented as part of the national observance of 1993 as The Year of American Crafts. Twenty-one living, West Coast American Designer/Craftsmen whose work and teaching span a half century and sparked the resurgence of contemporary crafts in the United States. Blown glass by Dale Chihuly; baskets by Lillian Elliott, and Ed Rossbach; jewelry by Arline Fisch, and Svetozar Radakovich; furniture by Frank Gehry, and Sam Maloof; textiles by Eve Gulick, and Katherine Westphal; paper forms by Kay Sekimachi; enamels by June Schwarcz, and JoAnn Tanzer; turned wood forms by Bob Stocksdale; and ceramics by Laura Andreson, Rupert Deese, Otto and Vivika Heino, Martha Longenecker, Harrison McIntosh, Beatrice Wood, and Otto Natzler (including collaborative work with the late Gertrud Natzler).