Issue No. 213
Jul/Aug 2008
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Inside this issue
Binding by Angela James
Upfront:
Our regular round-up from the world of crafts
Tanya Harrod on Etsy; Peta Levi remembered; Craft at the Bexley Wing; Stourbridge’s International Festival of Glass; Corinne Julius on craft, design and art; The Bombay Sapphire Prize; The Crafts Council’s Deviants exhibition; Margaret Mellis.
'The Story of Peter Pan: The Pirate Ship¹', second-hand book by Su Blackwell
Features:
By the Book
Originally trained in textiles, Su Blackwell now brings fairytales to life using second-hand books and a scalpel, says Pamela Buxton
Building for the Future
Veronica Simpson gets on her bike and discovers the different methods architects are using to display craftMaterial World
The soon-to-open Ruthin Craft Centre is a quietly daring piece of architecture by one of the country’s sharpest practices, believes Grant Gibson
Bloc Party
As a new exhibition opens in King’s Lynn, Lesley Jackson charts the unlikely rise of Czechoslovakian glass-making under the communist regime.
Reviews
Emmanuel Cooper on Gustav Klimt; Jerwood Contemporary Makers; Skin + Bones; Hugh Pearman on Craft, Space and Interior Design; Treasures of the English Church; Unpopular Culture; and Ecology, Mythology, Technology
And finally
Teleri Lloyd-Jones meets collector and dealer Paul Reeves, while architect Tony Fretton discusses his inspirations with Zoe Blackler
