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Craft in America
Jewelry artist Art Smith
Art Smith (1917–1982) was a highly acclaimed jewelry artist whose extraordinary avant-garde creations pushed the limits of modernism from 1946 to the early 70s. Much of his work was a completely different scale from his contemporaries. He has been called a star of the modernist jewelry movement. Segment from the JEWELRY episode
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See the work of metalsmiths who create powerful art from jewelry to monumental sculpture.
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Many craft artists go beyond skill to personal and political expression in "Messages."
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What inspires a career in craft? How does one learn a craft and make a living at it?
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Early craft techniques used by these artists are passed on in a continuum of creativity.
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Community focuses on the connection artists have to their communities through craft.
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Memory looks to the dynamic of cultural history and personal heritage in creating objects.