‘Velvet’ 2006 by  Mårten Medbo; Photograph: Mårten Medbo, 2006

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North African Haiti, maker unknown cotton appliqued to sackcloth, 1.9x1.3m, late 19th century. Private collection

Issue No. 193
March/April 2005

Upfront: our regular round-up from the world of crafts. The news in brief:
Hot plates: avant-garde Soviet porcelain; Tall stories: Jon Easterby’s coastal folly;
High fashion: a new history of the Biba store

Inside this issue

  • Regulars

    Writers and thinkers
    Malcolm Haslam examines the ideas and influence of Sir Arthur Church


    Commissions
    Works for the Sanctuary at the new Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh

    Letters
    You write to us

    Craftnotes
    Obituary of Hilary Bourne, plus gallery news, awards and commissions

    Readers’ page
    Competitions and reader offers

    As I please
    Tanya Harrod looks at crafts coverage in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

  • Features

    Pattern and painting
    The role Matisse’s textiles played in the Modernist movement

    North stars
    Leading Norwegian jewellers exhibit in the UK

    Naughty knitting
    Kelly Jenkins’ subversive stitches

    Lookout
    Glass and ceramics, by newcomers
    to the crafts scene

    Dream weaver
    The work of hand-weaver Makeba Lewis

    Veiled beauty
    Yoko Izawa’s innovative jewellery

    International arts and crafts
    We preview the major V&A exhibition

    Reaping the reward
    How business is booming for the rural
    crafts in England

  • Reviews

    Exhibitions and books reviewed

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