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 BiographyFeatures
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 EnglandReviews
Exhibitions and books reviewed
