Issue No. 212
May/June 2008
Degree Show Focus 2008, FREE with this issue
Inside this issue
A Sari for London, Nilesh Mistry
Upfront: Our regular round-up from the world of crafts
Tanya Harrod on the William Morris Gallery; Silver and Jewellery Weeks previewed; Craftspace’s Teenage Cancer Unit project; the revamped Midland Hotel; contemporary saris; and the Glasgow School of Art Ceramic Design department closes
George Papadopoulos in studio Portrait by Elisabeth Scheder-Bieschin
Features
Madonna in the Pinks
Glass artist George Papadopoulos’s new take on the Madonna signals a turning point in his career, believes Pamela Buxton
The World According to Garb
In an extract from her new book, Kate Fletcher argues consumers need to reclaim their clothes from the big – and usually bland – retailers
Woolly Thinking
Textile craft and complex algebra aren’t obvious bedfellows. However, the Hyperbolic Crochet Reef finds them in perfect harmony. By Teleri Lloyd-Jones
Automaking for the People
Lionel Theodore Dean is an industrial designer. Justin Marshall is a craftsman. And they’ve been brought together for a new show at the Hub by their love of technology, says Sarah Brownlee
Reviews
Mel Byars on the Cooper-Hewitt’s Rococo retrospective; Corinne Julius on Craft at T5; Charles Darwent on a Martian landing; Lucy Siegle on Kate Fletcher; and Grant Gibson on China Design Now
And finally
Liz Hoggard meets collector, dealer and publisher Richard Dennis, while glass artist Amanda Notarianni takes inspiration from Moore, Gormley, Kapoor and Art Nouveau
