|aPublished on the occasion of an exhibition with the same name held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 25, 2015-January 10, 2016.
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|aArtists include: A5 (Romina Fuentes, Adam Grinovich, Annika Pettersson), Faig Ahmed, Anton Alvarez, Heike Brachlow, Doug Bucci, Chien-Wei Chang, Christina Schou Christensen, Sonya Clark, Nathan Craven, Pierre Fouché, Susie Ganch, Geva Goldner (Iftah Geva, Gal Goldner), Del Harrow, Etsuko Ichikawa, Svenja John, Jonathan Keep, Chung-Im Kim, Astrid Krogh, Stanley Lechtzin and Daniella Kerner, Jaehyo Lee, Beth Lipman, Anders Ljungberg, Maria Nepomuceno, Christy Oates, Henrique Oliveira, Andy Paiko, Greg Payce, Charlotte Potter, Rowland Ricketts and Norbert Herber, Brie Ruais, Grethe Sørensen, Ian Stell, C. Matthew Szösz, Alison Elizabeth Taylor, Norwood Viviano, Joseph Walsh, Silvia Weidenbach.
|aThe object in flux -- The re-tooled object -- The performative object -- The immersive object.
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|a"Contemporary art and craft presents a profusion of paradoxes. It bridges ancient traditions and state-of-the-art technologies, cutting-edge concepts and enduring tenets about skilled making and beauty, and in so doing blurs the lines between art, craft, architecture and design. This pioneering publication brings together work by nearly 40 international artists, whose varied approaches are not only pushing but redefining the boundaries of what we call craft today. Author Emily Zilber investigates the role of new tools and materials, the connection between craft and performance, and the power of craft's interactions with space. Along the way, readers encounter a diverse group of works across a wide range of materials and practices, including 3-D printed ceramics, a dancelike performance with molten glass and a piano deconstructed to form jewelry that can surround or adorn the body. Enhanced with approachable text and abundant illustrations, Crafted invites readers to explore these stunning and surprising objects in flux."--Distributor's description.