There’s a rich heritage of craft in this country that reflects our spirit, history, and creative spark. Generation after generation, craft has been reinvented by talented artists who examine, interpret, and execute their ideas. Some materials of choice have been around for millennia. Others are being used in objects for the first time.

In a real sense, discovery is a shared experience between creator and observer. Click on any or all of the artists below to find out more about them, and how they view what they do. While you’re at it, bookmark this page and come back regularly. We’ll be updating our listings to give you an insider’s view of what’s new in the always-changing world of Craft in America.

The most tactile of crafts, it’s amazing what can be done when an artist adds a little water to clay. Practical or sculptural, discover the results when artists get messy.
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With our abundant forests, American woodworkers have long had a love affair with wood’s many species. Take stock of their work. It’s stately, organic, and everything in between.
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From fine jewelry to soaring, ornamental gates, American craft artists have been using metals and imagination to create objects of beauty that inspire and amaze.
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The ancients called it “God’s own brilliance.” Functional or decorative, as small as a flameworked bead, or as large as a blown glass chandelier, glass has a unique power to thrill the eye.
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You’ll be amazed how many ways you can weave, knit, stitch, and felt. Check out how today’s fiber artists have increased their vocabulary in this, our oldest craft material.
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Ever since monks spent years on illustrated manuscripts, artists have made more of the printed word in advancing their cultural, political, or scientific messages.
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