by Jody Clowes, Sharon Kerry-Harlan | Aug 19, 2019 | Magazine Article
Whether she’s working in textile, collage, or photography, Sharon Kerry-Harlan makes art that buzzes with life and energy. The Wauwatosa-based artist is best known for her unconventional pieced quilts that set bold, graphic shapes and patterns against a background of...
by Adam Ryan Morris | Apr 26, 2018 | Magazine Article
I never learned to make things by hand. But I’m fascinated by those who do. When I discovered that some of the world’s most recognizable sports and product mascot costumes—Tony the Tiger, Yogi Bear, Bucky Badger, the Famous Racing Sausages—are designed and handcrafted...
by Barbara Sanford | Feb 17, 2017 | Magazine Article
Amid parts and pieces of miniature circus wagons and a menagerie of partially completed zebras and giraffes, Bill Mattison sits hunched over his brightly lit workbench in his basement workshop wearing a pair of jeweler’s magnifying glasses. Using an ultra-fine...
by Sara Raab | Sep 22, 2016 | Videos
Oneida artist Karen Ann Hoffman of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, is sharing her deep knowledge of Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) raised beadwork with a group of apprentices and friends. This short video focuses on Hoffman’s work with Rodrick Elm (also of Stevens Point), who...
by Krista Eastman | Feb 15, 2016 | Magazine Article
Marianne Fairbanks is bringing decades of experience with dyes, fibers, and design to the development of a technology she’s been dreaming of for years: solar textile. “I found myself on a campus full of brilliant people of all disciplines so I just Googled ‘solar...
