Issue No. 211
March/April 2008
Upfront: Our regular round-up from the world of crafts
Tanya Harrod talks hard cash; Liberty’s new sewing school; Barrett Marsden’s big birthday; why 2008 will be China’s year; Henry Moore’s fabrics; Strangeface and Woking’s Lightbox. Meanwhile this issue’s talent spotlight falls on Tomoaki Suzuki.
Inside this issue
Features
The Kilning Fields
Neil Brownsword started his working life at Wedgwood. Today, explains Grant Gibson, his ceramics recall an industry that’s slowly dying (Download Neil Brownsword’s interview).Neil Brownsword's interview(Neil Brownsword PDF)
The Appliance of Science
Lesley Jackson traces the history of the Festival Pattern Group, a post-war collective that explored the boundaries between craft and science.
When Craft Gets Sloppy
A new generation of young craftsmen are getting it wrong – on purpose. Glenn Adamson celebrates the joy of ‘sloppy craft’
Painted with Pixels
Angharad Lewis meets artist Simon Schofield, whose wallhangings manage to be technologically advanced, hugely detailed, and more than a little romantic.Reviews
Aidan Walker re-considers blacksmith-turned-industrial-designer Jean Prouve; Lacroix in Paris; Silver in Scotland; Cloth and Culture Now; Marc Newson; and Makeba Lewis.
And finally
Hugh Pearman remembers this month’s collector Sir Colin St John Wilson while, in our inspiration slot, Lesley Craze tells us about the importance of touch and her admiration for Nora Fok.
