{"id":136,"date":"2010-07-29T09:31:54","date_gmt":"2010-07-29T13:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/?p=136"},"modified":"2026-06-12T00:07:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T04:07:20","slug":"makers-a-history-of-american-studio-craft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/?p=136","title":{"rendered":"Makers: A History of American Studio Craft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0807834130\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/61Qbv6vs7dL._SL1024_-e1719287681970.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"215\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-833\" \/><\/a><strong>Janet Koplos and Bruce Metcalf (2010)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is the first comprehensive survey of modern craft in the United States. The book follows the development of studio craft&#8211;objects in fiber, clay, glass, wood, and metal&#8211;from its roots in 19th-century reform movements to the rich diversity of expression at the end of the 20th century. Keeping as their main focus the objects and the makers, Koplos and Metcalf offer a detailed analysis of seminal works and discussions of education, institutional support, and the philosophical underpinnings of craft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Janet Koplos and Bruce Metcalf (2010) Here is the first comprehensive survey of modern craft in the United States. The book follows the development of studio craft&#8211;objects in fiber, clay, glass, wood, and metal&#8211;from its roots in 19th-century reform movements &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/?p=136\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,24,14,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-biography","category-design","category-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=136"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1153,"href":"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136\/revisions\/1153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mazamedia.com\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}