Janet Koplos, a longtime writer and editor for Art in America magazine in New York, recently served as guest editor of American Craft magazine. She is author of Contemporary Japanese Sculpture and other books.||Bruce Metcalf is a studio jeweler and writer based in Philadelphia. He has taught at Kent State University and the University of the Arts and has exhibited his jewelry, sculpture, and drawings internationally
A comprehensive, absorbing account. . . . In accessible and
unpretentious prose, the authors personalize and locate each maker,
noting relevant biography, education, training, and connections. .
. . Written with grace, erudition, and wit, peopled by a cast of
hundreds of women and men . . . and copiously illustrated, Makers
is a definitive work. . . . Essential."--Choice
A reference for artists, educators, and scholars interested in the
field. . . . Koplos and Metcalf consolidate, review, and analyze
the literature already available on craft, while adding primary
research of their own."--Ceramics Monthly
A welcome addition to the literature on the Arts and Crafts
Movement in America. . . . A definitive text covering two centuries
that will also become a standard reference in the field."--Art
Libraries Society of North America
A wide-ranging and thoughtful survey--lucid, accessible and often
compelling. . . .The most comprehensive compendium of information
on studio craft and craftspeople to date." --Burlington
Magazine
A wonderful book. . . . Interesting and useful. . . . The inclusion
of some biographical detail and the consideration of each artist's
career choices and influences . . . make the text highly readable.
. . . Anyone with an interest in making art or craft will love this
book."--Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot
Every part of this book is important. . . .It's been a long time
coming."--Surface Design
For a field that has been without a definitive text for over a
century and a half, [Makers] represents a high water mark. . . . An
inspired reference that grounds craft movements in various contexts
of craft education, production, display, sales and collecting. . .
. Goes far toward paving the way for the study of studio craft to
gain the credibility it has long deserved."--American Craft
If you can't crisscross the country touring new museum wings and
exhibitions, immerse yourself in Makers. . . . Don't miss the last
two chapters--that's where the authors really dig in with detailed
biographies, and where you'll find the anchors of the craft
community we know today."--AmericanStyle
Janet Koplos and Bruce Metcalf have provided us with . . . [a]
canon, and in so doing have taken on a very difficult task, for
which we may be grateful."--Glass Quarterly
This is not a mystery novel and yet I have the impulse to write
'It's a page turner if there ever was one!'....[Makers] is an
exciting narrative work of nonfiction....An important contribution
to American world craft and textile history."--Velvet Highway
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