American Craft – August 01, 2019

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From the Editor

Behind the Curtain

Zoom

10

Radar

International puppet company

Paradox Teatro bridges cultures

using music, movement, and

technology.

By Sarah Archer

12

Product Placement

New Mexico luthier Anne Cole

builds violins that are custom in

both look and sound.

By Robert O’Connell

24

Reviews

Explore 90 years of bicycle

design and learn about hand-

made masks from Mexico. Plus:

A must-listen-to podcast on

makers from traditional medi-

ums and emerging ones, too.

80

One Piece

Yinka Shonibare’s Planets in My

Head (Trumpet Girl).

Short Read

48

The Art of Artifice

How a prop goes from idea

to on-stage object – fast.

By Eric Hart

18

Shows to See

This summer, shows explore

everything from contemporary

baskets to glass on the moon.

20

Spotlight

All the world’s a teeny-tiny

stage at the McNay Art

Museum in San Antonio,

home to an impressive theater

arts collection.

By Barbara Haugen

22

Goods

Make the most of your summer

with handmade gear for maxi-

mum relaxation.

On the cover

He’s best known for

his work on Pee-wee’s

Playhouse, but Wayne

White’s pieces have

graced several art

galleries, too [page 26].

Photo: Ben Townsend

Above

Ceramics luminary

Cynthia Bringle’s

work is on view at the

Portland Art Museum

in Maine this summer

[page 18].

Departments

Vol. 79, No. 4

August/ September 2019