Description
A stunning survey of a wide-ranging and highly personal collection which includes major works in glass and clay by international artists
Craft Across Continents presents over 50 objects from this fascinating collection: the first half of the book focuses on works by Japanese makers, the second on works by American and European practitioners. Marking the mid-way point of the volume is a special section, printed on uncoated paper, which features an interview with the collectors, pictures of them and their home showing parts of the collection in situ, and large-scale images of glass, ceramics, bamboo and other objects.
The wide-ranging and highly personal collection includes masterworks of 21st-century Japanese wood-fired ceramics and works in porcelain by Satoshi Kino and Machiko Ogawa. Moreover, an additional 20-plus objects were gifted to the Mint in 2021 including further Japanese ceramics, a fine collection of Japanese bamboo sculptures by several generations of makers—a unique feature of the Collection—and an indigo resist-dyed wall hanging by Rowland Ricketts. An artist and farmer based in Bloomington, Indiana, Ricketts uses natural dyes and historical Japanese processes to create contemporary textiles. From Europe and the United States, there are major glass sculptures, a seminal installation by Danish maker Tobias Møhl, a mobile by Polish-trained artist Anna Skibska, and fine examples of cast blown and lamp-worked glass. One of the most spectacular large glazed ceramic vessels in the collection is by the British maker, Gareth Mason.
Author biographies
Annie Carlano is senior curator of Craft, Design and Fashion at The Mint Museum
Joe Earle is an author, curator and senior consultant, Japanese Works of Art, Bonhams, London
Rebecca E. Elliot is assistant curator of Craft, Design & Fashion at The Mint Museum
Contributions by Sharif Bey, Nancy Callan, Jen Sudul Edwards, PhD and Todd A. Herman, PhD
Table of Contents
- President’s Statement by Todd A. Herman, PhD
- Sponsor’s Statement
- Founding a Circle by Jen Sudul Edwards, PhD
- Catalogue Entries
Japan by Joe Earle - Collectors and Connectors by Sharif Bey
- In Their Own Words: An Interview with Lorne Lassiter and Gary Ferraro by Annie Carlano
- A Couple of Rare Gems by Nancy Callan
- Select Sources
- The West by Annie Carlano and Rebecca E. Elliot
- Authors and Image Credits
- Acknowledgments by Annie Carlano
