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

Back issue

'Huge Ladie', Chien-Wei Chang, gilding metal and padauk (wood), 1.65mx30cm, 2005; Photograph ©Stephen Brayne

Issue No. 202
Sept/Oct 2006

Upfront: our regular round-up from the world of crafts. The news in brief:
London does design: a fortnight of innovation; The Guild goes North: a migration of embroiderers; Artangel’s open invitation to makers

Inside this issue

  • Regulars

    Writers and thinkers
    Simon Ford examines the ideas and influence of art critic Charles Marriott

    Commissions
    Patrick Dougherty’s willow-work comes to the Brahan Estate in Scotland

    Stockists
    Outlets for work featured in this issue

    Readers’ page
    Competitions and reader offers, including free tickets to Origin

    As I please
    Tanya Harrod cooks up a connection between craft and food

  • Features

    Let’s start at the beginning
    Storytelling as a source of inspiration pervades the Crafts Council’s new selling show Origin

    Unburied treasures
    The Musée des art décoratifs re-opens in the Louvre

    Pear-shaped stories
    Shelly Goldsmith’s textiles explore unsettling elements in the body and the world

    Lookout
    Wood, jewellery and ceramics, by newcomers to the crafts scene

  • Reviews

    Exhibitions and books reviewed

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