i found this interesting article about the American Craft scene in a 1966 copy of LIFE magazine that i feel could have been written today…
The whole movement runs startlingly counter to the drift of our times. Working with the simplest of tools (no electronics), using the oldest materials (no plastics), tending all the work himself from design through execution, the American craftsman today is busier and more highly regarded than he has been in almost a century. A revival of pottery, weaving, woodworking and metalworking is taking place everywhere throughout the U.S.
right? especially considering how popular hand woven tapestries and specialist ceramics are again. the photos were taken by Nina Leen.
