Level II Art of the Week Contemporary Crafters

Objective: In order to connect with contemporary crafters, students are required to create a dynamic two page spread that includes artist research, The second page of the 2 page spread should include the student's reflection on the artist and their attempts to include the artist's style or technique into their own processes. 

First Quarter Theme: Fiber

Kay Sekimachi

Untitled hand-woven gauze weave of natural linen and jute by Kay Sekimachi; exhibited at "Fabrics International," held at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts in New York City from November 17, 1961 through January 15, 1962. 
'This week marks the opening of "Kay Sekimachi: Student, Teacher, Artist" at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. The exhibition, lovingly assembled with the collaboration of the 89-year-old artist herself, celebrates the varied processes and lifelong influence Sekimachi had in the field of fiber art. With more than 30 works on view, the show exemplifies the artist's renowned double weave technique (used to produce three-dimensional sculptural forms) and showcases her early explorations with monofilament, linen, ply-split twining, and card-weaving."

Elena Roseburg

Elena Rosenberg's crocheted textile jewelry, inspired by seaweed from coastal New England. Photo: Elena Rosenberg

​Cleo Francisco

Cornflower Blue (a window hanging) by Cleo Francisco from “Stitching,” on view at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts from September 23 through November 6, 1967

Jessica Calderwood

Jessica Calderwood, Reluctant Sexpot, 2014, wool felt, slip-cast vitreous china, paint, enamel, copper, fiberglass, 4 x 2.5 x 2.5 ft.

 Second Quarter Theme: Wood

Santa Cruz Woodworkers

Ron Cook and Molly Malone, mountain dulcimer. Photo: Paul Schraub Studio

Wendy Maruyama

Wendy Maruyama, Orkanyawoi, 2014, wood, string, ink, 100 x 50 x 30 in. Photo: Scott Cartwright

Tom Loeser

Swim (2008) by Tom Loeser; white oak, spruce. Part of Flotilla, a series of seven open sculptural shapes, exploring the flow of water with the concept of the boat form.

Eric Grimes

Eric Grimes, Buckthorn Tattoo Pair

Third Quarter Theme: Glass

Michael Janis

Michael Janis, Casting Long Shadows, 2015, glass powder, fused glass, steel, 35 x 22 x 4 in.

Jeremy Newman and Allison Ciancibelli

Jeremy Newman and Allison Ciancibelli, The Earth and the Moon, blown and sculpted glass

Glass Sculpture LT6 by Marvin Lipofsky, two off-hand blown interlocking forms with cut and polished apertures, 10 x 15 x 13 in. ​

Jonathan Cohn

Jonathon Cohn- Glass Installation

Fourth Quarter Theme: Metal

Calvin Albert

Firenze by Calvin Albert from “Creative Casting,” on view at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts from September 20 through November 10, 1963.

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Bernard Bernstein

An untitled and undated Hanukkah lamp by Bernard Bernstein. Image: Society of North American Goldsmiths Slide Archive

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Peter Oakley and Elizabeth Brim

Elizabeth Brim, Mama's Hat, 2006, forged and fabricated steel, 14 in. dia. Collection of Lisanne Jacobson Smith, © 2006 Elizabeth Brim

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Amy Tavern

Amy Tavern has built her career on learning continuously, taking risks, and allowing ideas to evolve organically. This mindset opened the door to her interest in installation. For In Between (2014), installed in the freight elevator at Velvet da Vinci gallery, she explored the complexity of change. Photo: Leslie Williamson