Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
Craft and the Creative Process

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Toshiko Takaezu

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Albers, Anni

Interview excerpt from the Oral History Collection of the Archives of American Art

Interviewer: Sevim Fesci, 1968

Arneson, Robert

Bob and Roy at the candy store

Arneson, Robert

 Robert Arneson to Barbara Fendrick

Autio, Rudy

Interview excerpt from the Oral History Collection of the Archives of American Art

Interviewer: LaMar Harrington, 1983

Bailey, Clayton

 Group of thirteen people, including Harvey Littleton, at Toledo workshop

Bailey, Clayton

Once upon a time a man named Peter...

Bailey, Clayton

 my father is in jack and jill

Bailey, Clayton

the first annual whitewater ceramic invitational

Brown, Bill

 Bill Brown at Cranbrook Art Academy

Brown, Bill

 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Liberty, Maine

Brown, Bill

 Bill Brown's autograph book

Busbee, Juliana

 Juliana Busbee to Harvey Littleton

Castle, Wendell

Interview excerpt from the Oral History Collection of the Archives of American Art

Interviewer: Robert F. Brown, 1981

Castle, Wendell

 Lee Nordness to Wendell Castle

Chihuly, Dale

 Dale Chihuly to Francis Merrit, his wife Priscilla and others at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

Chihuly, Dale

 Dale Chihuly and Jamie Carpenter at Pilchuck

Da Conceicao, Maria

 Maria De Conceicao with Photographer Joyce Tenneson

De Forest, Roy

bob and roy at the candy store

Dreisbach, Fritz

 Fritz Dreisbach's comments on Penland's Resident Program

Ehrman, Marli

 Marli Ehrman

Eisch, Erwin

 Erwin Eisch to Harvey Littleton

Florian, Robert C.

 Group of thirteen people, including Harvey Littleton, at Toledo workshop

Harper, William

 William Harper's comments on two week session at Penland

Heino, Vivika

Interview excerpt from the Oral History Collection of the Archives of American Art

Interviewer: Elaine Levin, 1981

Higgins, Michael

 Michael Higgins to Chicago Art Institute

Higgins, Michael

 Roy Ginstrom and Michael Higgins to the Editor of Time magazine

Higgins, Michael

contemporary exhibition at wisconsin union gallery

Higgins, Michael

American Craftsmen exhibition

LaCoste, Janet Shook

Design for

Leach, Bernard

 Bernard Leach to Warren MacKenzie

Lipofsky, Marvin

 Marvin Lipovsky to Patti Warashina

Littleton, Harvey K.

 Harvey Littleton trimming the lip of a vase with the glassworker's shears

Littleton, Harvey K.

Harvey throwing pots at a Craft fair in Wisconsin

Littleton, Harvey K.

Works by Designer-Craftsmen of the Mississippi Basin

Littleton, Harvey K.

 Glass Workshop Report

Littleton, Harvey K.

 Artists Experiment With Glassblowing from Wisconsin State Journal

Littleton, Harvey K.

 Harvey Littleton and Erwin Eisch, photographer Herbert Wolf

Littleton, Harvey K.

 Group of thirteen people, including Harvey Littleton, at Toledo workshop

Lucero, Michael

 Michael Lucero to Patti Warashina

Lucero, Michael

 Michael Lucero to Patti Warashina

Matsukata, Miyé

 Miyé Matsukata

Matsukata, Miyé

Stockcard for Himalaya Jewelry

Merritt, Francis Sumner

 Francis Merritt to Kenneth Quick

Nakashima, George

 Trademark on tracing paper

Nakashima, George

 An address to 1953 New York Herald Tribune Forum

Paley, Albert

 Albert Paley at work on End Table

Prip, John

Interview excerpt from the Oral History Collection of the Archives of American Art

Interviewer: Robert F. Brown, 1980

Pulos, Arthur J.

 Jewelry notebook

Pulos, Arthur J.

 Notebook

Pulos, Arthur J.

 Handwritten address for the Festival of Contemporary Art

Renk, Merry

Interview excerpt from the Oral History Collection of the Archives of American Art

Interviewer: Arline M. Fisch, 2001

Richards, M. C.

 M.C. Richards to Francis Sumner Merritt

Schaeffer, Rudolph

 Illustrated notes on color

Schaeffer, Rudolph

 Illustrated notes on color

Scherr, Mary Ann

 Mary Ann Scherr at work

Soldner, Paul

 Frans Wildenhain, Tashiko Takaezu, and Paul Soldner

Stone, Arthur

 Teapot

Stone, Arthur

 Templates of cream and sugar set

Strengell, Marianne

 Textile sample

Strengell, Marianne

 Ossabaw Island dead tree

Strengell, Marianne

Strengell, Marianne

 Marianne Strengell in her studio in Cranbrook Art Academy

Takaezu, Toshiko

 Toshiko Takaezu throwing

Takaezu, Toshiko

 Frans Wildenhain, Tashiko Takaezu, and Paul Soldner

Wildenhain, Frans

 Frans Wildenhain in his studio

Wildenhain, Frans

 Diary entries regarding Marjorie McIlroy's husband, Frans Wildenhain

Wildenhain, Frans

 Frans Wildenhain, Tashiko Takaezu, and Paul Soldner

Wildenhain, Marguerite

Wildenhain, Marguerite

Wildenhain, Marguerite

 Marguerite Wildenhain to Hal Fromhold

Wildenhain, Marguerite

 International Conference of Craftsmen in Pottery and Textiles held at Dartington Hall

Withers, Margret Craver

 Margret Withers with her tools in her Boston workshop

Withers, Margret Craver

 Conference of London Goldsmiths

Withers, Margret Craver

 Exhibition installation of OBJECTS: USA

Withers, Margret Craver

 Margret Withers

Wittmann, Otto

 Otto Wittmann to participants in the first Glass workshop held at The Toledo Museum of Art

Wood, Beatrice

 Glaze formulas book no. 37, 1973-1980

Wood, Beatrice

 Photograph of Beatrice Wood

Wood, Beatrice

Interview excerpt from the Oral History Collection of the Archives of American Art

Interviewer: Paul J. Karlstrom, 1992

Wyman, William

 William Wyman to Massachusetts College of Art

Wyman, William

 A commissioned urn

Wyman, William

 William Wyman during a Raku firing

Zeisler, Claire

Interview excerpt from the Oral History Collection of the Archives of American Art

Interviewer: Dennis Barrie, 1981

Zeisler, Claire

 Polaroid and wrappers from materials used in sculpture

Zeisler, Claire

 Sculpture

Zeisler, Claire

 Zeisler's notes on the construction of Coil III - A Celebration

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