Season Five continues the exploration, preservation and celebration of craft with Forge airing in Fall 2013, Holiday airing in December 2013, and Industry airing in Spring 2014.*
Through their own words, craft artists reveal what makes their work – and the lives they lead – unique. Learn more about the artists featured in the episodes below.
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Is talent inherited? What is it like to live in a household where objects are made by hand? This episode explores the creative environments and personal dynamics of four families of craft artists.
How do borders and personal crossroads affect an artist? How do science and craft interact? How do other cultures influence American style and technique? This episode explores the intersections of craft, culture, and technology.
Craft traditions didn’t just appear, fully-formed and mature. Artists tie their work to early techniques and pass these practices on in a continuum of creativity.
This hour focuses on the groups that give strength to craft artists and their work, as schools, religions, societies, or just friends bring together people to create.
The first in the CRAFT IN AMERICA series, Memory observes how past is prologue, and looks to the dynamic of cultural history and personal heritage in creating objects.
The second episode considers the physical landscape, as well as the political and social influences on artists, and how they translate into the objects they make.
This hour focuses on the groups that give strength to craft artists and their work, as schools, religions, societies, or just friends bring together people to create.
