CRAFT WEBSITES (IN PROGRESS)
33 TOTAL SITES
(PART 1 = 2 SITES, PART 2 = 8 SITES, PART 3 = 12 SITES, PART 4 = 5 SITES, PART 5 = 3 SITES, OTHER = 3 SITES)
Estimated Time: 2 hours
PART 1: CERAMICS
Wheel Throwing: The Potter’s Wheel: Ceramics for Beginners:
THROWING A BOWL WITH EMILY REASON
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9-hAJ8IrmU
Raku Firing: A Special Process
http://www.5min.com/Video/Raku‐Firing‐Process‐32283907
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PART 2: GLASS
Glass Blowing: Ben Tullman Demo Reel
(WATCH 3 MINUTE END PORTION OF THIS 7 MINUTE VIDEO)
Begin 4:00 –End 7:22
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcRcr‐9Ho80
Glass Engraving: Eastern Europe, Jiří Harcuba, Czech Republic
Glass Cutting: Eastern Europe, David Simanek, Bohemian crystal‐making, Czech Republic
(WATCH 2 MINUTE NEWS REPORT from Asia News/Czech Republic Reporter)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVQQeOV6d6c&feature=related
The Corning Museum of Glass
Browse the site per your interests (link #1)
http://www.cmog.org/default.aspx
The Corning Museum of Glass: 60 Favorites
Visit the 60 Favorites Tour for an overview of the collection (link #2)
http://collection.cmog.org/sixty/
Dale Chihuly Web Site: Glass Series
Notice the variations of form
http://www.chihuly.com/glass‐series.aspx
Dale Chihuly Web Site: Interview and Studio Demonstration
(WATCH THE 4 MINUTE VIDEO)
The OR Project, Christopher Klemmt and others
Experimental use of glass balancing function and aesthetic
http://www.orproject.com/indexFlash.html
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PART 3: FIBERS
WEAVING: Backstrap loom, Mayan people, Guatemala (in Spanish)
(WATCH PORTIONS OF THIS 9 MINUTE VIDEO based on your interests)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAQT78zSGYg
WEAVING: Commercial, Lowell, Massachusetts, Mid 1800’s
(Example of early American industry)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B15MXVf9xS8&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
WEAVING: CHILKAT People, Canada, Anna Ehlers
http://home.gci.net/~annaehlers /chilkatweaver/gallery.html
WEAVING: KENTE Cloth, Ghana, West Africa, symbols
Patterns with symbol meanings explained
http://www.kentecloth.net/kente‐cloth‐designs‐and‐meanings/
WEAVING: KENTE Cloth, Ghana, West Africa, technique & value
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toWybhX5ZV8
WEAVING: KENTE Cloth, Ghana, West Africa, technique, Paul Ndiho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toWybhX5ZV8
PRINTING: ADINKRA Cloth, West Africa, symbols
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8ksngjv9c4&feature=related
PRINTING: MUD Cloth, Burkina Faso, Africa (French w/English subtitles)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IK‐QBg2zUc
LOOPING: RUGS & CARPETS: PERSIAN, TURKISH AND MORE
Variety of looping methods and regional patterns
EMBROIDERY: HMONG STORYCLOTHS, Laos, Southeast Asia
Visual documents of events and customs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKTZitFAPVs
ENVIRONMENTAL FIBERS: RICE FIELDS, Inakadate, north of Tokyo, Japan
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6719123n
CRAFT IN AMERICA, PBS Video Series: Wood, Basketry, Furniture, Blacksmithing
(WATCH portions of 13 MINUTE CONCLUSION at 41:55
Or mouse-over bottom of video frame and choose last segment)
http://video.pbs.org/video/1275393258#
CRAFT IN APPALACHIA: The Foxfire Books and The Foxfire Magazine
Appalachian culture and craft instructions collected by residents
http://www.foxfire.org/thefoxfirebooks.aspx
http://www.foxfire.org/magazine.html
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PART 4: METALS
SWORD: Katana, The Traditional Making of a Japanese Samurai Sword
(WATCH 4 MINUTE - 2ND HALF - Choose what interests you)
Start at 5:25 or so to the end
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQqtf86qOc
SALT CELLAR (SHAKER), Benvenuto Cellini, Italian for French King
This feature article raises questions about material and cultural value
http://www.slate.com/id/2083452/
ADORNMENT: Nose Ornaments, Peru, 1st century BCE - 3rd century CE (Common Era)
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1979.206.1172
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1979.206.1225
BLACKSMITHING: Traditional, Cyril Colnik, Triebein, Austria to Milwaukee, Wisconsin
http://www.abana.org/resources/galleries/masters/Colnik/index.shtml
http://www.villaterracemuseum.org/collections.html
BLACKSMITHING: Contemporary, Dan Naumann, BigHorn Forge, Kewauskum, Wisconsin
PART 5: WOOD
WOOD: Craft in America web site
http://www.craftinamerica.org/materials/
FURNITURE: Contemporary, Gursan Ergil, Turkey
http://gursanergil.com/tr_kategori.aspx?id=2&sayfa=1
WOOD CARVING: Norway: Folk Figures
http://uwdc.library.wisc.edu/collections/Arts/FolkFigures
BONE CARVING: Sami People (toward Arctic Circle)
Scroll down near the end for wood and bone examples
At the Vesterheim Museum in Iowa
http://www.galenfrysinger.com/iowa_vesterheim__museum.htm
OTHER CRAFTS
EGGS: Wax Resist: Ukraine, Slovakia, Croatia
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/museum/exhibits/eggs/index.asp
SHOES: MOCCASINS: 24 TRIBAL GROUPS: 168 ENTRIES
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/museum/collections/online/pictsrch.cfm?ParentID=735332#
THE WISCONSIN DECORATIVE ARTS DATABASE
Search based on your interests: Ceramics, Furniture, Glass, Metalwork, Textiles
http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm4/index_wda.php?CISOROOT=/wda
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SUMMARY
CERAMICS, GLASS, FIBERS, METALS & WOOD
Physical material influences the sensibility of the craft
Each material demands a different set of methods
Methods can become highly refined sets of skills
The artisan often chooses crafts reflecting their own nature
Cultural information can be put into a craft
Cultural traditions can be maintained or given new life
Remember that you, your family and friends can use your head and hands to create something new.
Ask some relatives about skills and stories they might pass on to you, then, sometime in your life,
Create a unique hybrid by using a traditional method and combining it with your own new ideas !