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Craft in America
INDUSTRY episode
Season 5
Episode 3
Industry: Handmade in the Creative Economy. Featuring Gee’s Bend quilters Lucy Mingo & Mary Ann Pettway, quilter Joe Cunningham, boat builder Graham McKay & Lowell’s Boat Shop, artist Bethanne Knudson & Libby O'Bryan & The Oriole Mill, jewelry artist Shane Yamane, Etsy.
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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.