STUDIO: LATEST ISSUE

 Spring/Summer 2010 issue:

COVER STORY

Hypothetical Pasts, Reconstructed Futures
Ione Thorkelsson, winner of the 2010 Saidye Bronfman Award, creates imaginative, technically brilliant glass pieces informed by evolutionary and existential themes. Helen Delacretez explores her dynamic and innovative career.

REGULARS

Contributors

Editors' Note and Letters

Slice
Craft and design blogs; new twist on collectible ceramic figurines; researching craft online; Quilt Canada 2010; Unity and Diversity redux; congratulations and council activity from across the country.

Portfolio
Twelve makers, curators and supporters of craft reflect on the meaning of words in their work.

Did you know?
In this new feature, Michael Prokopow exposes a little-known moment in Canada's textile past.

Review
Jonathan Sabine reviews two compelling ehibitions in one: Gord Peteran: Furniture Meets its Maker and Gord Peteran: Recent Works, shown at the University of Toronto Art Centre during September 8 - December 5.

FRESH

Unity and Diversity: A Review of Cheongju
In the wake of this important Canadian exhibition, Mary-Beth Laviolette celebrates the accomplishments and reflects on the challenges of this eclectic and wide-ranging show.

Migrations
Relocation, memory and narrative: Don Beaubier explores compelling themes in Newfoundland and Labrador textiles.

Writing about Craft
What is the role of contemporary curating for craft? Alan Elder interviews gallery directors and curators to investigate the question.

Political Textiles
Max Allen surveys the role of political banners and textiles through history, around the world.

Linguistics of Clothing
Vanessa Malicki-Sanchez challenges outmoded ways of thinking about clothing: the use of 'Orientalism' and 'modern primitive' in fashion.

Making and Writing
Taking up the pen: Gord Thompson examines the connections between making and writing, with a focus on the work and words of Stephen Hogbin.

Playing with Paper, Playing with Words
Saskatchewan book artist Cathryn Miller reflects on concept and design in her unique, inventive book works.

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