Crafts issue 292: Ways of seeing
In our January/February issue, explore the world through the eyes of the maker, preview Collect art fair and discover craft escapes in remote locations
Cover image: detail of Héloise from Simone Pheulpin’s Croissance series
In this issue, Crafts meets makers who are defying expectations of their materials, challenging us to look at objects and places with fresh eyes. In Paris, we visit our cover star Simone Pheulpin, whose ambiguous textile forms recall geological strata and the rings of a tree, and in Sunderland and Sheffield, we explore the visual trickery of glass artist Anthony Amoako-Attah and metalsmith Francisca Onumah, who take inspiration from woven textiles.
Meanwhile, ahead of Collect art fair’s return to London in February, Crafts discovers how makers will be leading visitors on a journey around the world within the halls of Somerset House, with artworks made in response to their local environments.
Elsewhere, the magazine offers travel inspiration of the literal kind, looking at hotels around the world that are shaped by human hands, and craft retreats with a difference – from lacemaking in the wilds of Iceland to roketsu dyeing in Japan and spoon-carving on a Welsh farm. Meanwhile, we explore the makers keeping crafts alive in war-torn areas, and breathing new life into the colourful world of neon.
