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The Craft of Creation
We’re big fans of Lonnie Lee’s Oakland-based Vessel Gallery. Why? Other than Lonnie’s sparkling personality and the gallery’s serious coolness as a space, it’s her unerring taste, obviously. She has a...
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The Big Picture: Bullseye Glass
By Heather Palmer. Portland. Santa Fe. And now, Emeryville (California). Not the most likely of combinations, but then Bullseye Glass has always done things its own way. And this maverick is making...
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Noticed: Kaii Tu
Vas Kinris of San Francisco’s Zinc Details has an eye for smart, sleek, functional but charming design and exceptional talent, and when he curated Zinc Details’ SF Local Design Market, we knew we’d see...
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Profile: Vetro Vero
By Regina Connell. There’s only one word for glass from Vetro Vero: intense. Exquisitely crafted, yes. But essentially, it’s intense: passionate, strong, focused. Whether it’s one of their more carafes...
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Profile: emiko oye
emiko in her studio There are few people as seriously FUN as emiko oye. She’s one of those spirits who, when you meet her, projects such vivacity, energy, generosity, and intelligence that you can’t...
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Noticed: Elk-Small world, big ideas.
By Regina Connell. There is something about the Aussies, isn’t there? The self-deprecating humor. The food (though let’s not talk about Vegemite, you can’t count me as one of those rabid fans). The...
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Noticed: Nate Cotterman
By Regina Connell. We’re huge fans of the craft of glassmaking for that unlikely blend of meditative process and excitement. But we’re often underwhelmed by the designs we typically see. The glass...
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Noticed: J. HILL’s Standard
It’s no secret: the traditional handcrafts of the world have had a hard time of it. While individual makers and artisans have struggled, so have the larger enterprises that produced the work. In some...
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Geography Matters: The Art and Craft of Tillie Burden
By Regina Connell. KostaBoda. Orrefors. Iittala. Holmegard. What do these names have in common? They’re all reknown glass makers with a gloriously modernist orientation. And they’re all based in...
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Noticed: Through the Looking Glass
By Regina Connell. Through the looking glass with Heather Palmer We live in the age of vanity, oh baby, do we ever. And the apex of our vanity? Selfies: those private moments concocted to be shared...
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