CONTENTS
vii List of Illustrations xi Acknowledgments
i Introduction: The Ordinary Made Extra/Ordinary Maria Elena Buszek
REDEFINING CRAFT: NEW THEORY
23 Making and Naming: The Lexicon of Studio Craft M. Anna Fariello
43 Validity Is in the Eye of the Beholder: Mapping Craft Communities of Practice Dennis Stevens
59 Super-Objects: Craft as an Aesthetic Position Louise Mazanti
83 Fabrication and Encounter: When Content Is a Verb Paula Owen
CRAFT SHOW: IN THE REALM OF "FINE ARTS"
99 How the Ordinary Becomes Extraordinary: The Modern Eye and the Quilt as Art Form Karin E. Peterson
115 Wallpaper, the Decorative, and Contemporary Installation Art Elissa Auther
135 Handwork and Hybrids: Recasting the Craft of Letterpress Printing Betty Bright
153 Elastic/Expanding: Contemporary Conceptual Ceramics Jo Dahn
CRAFTIVISM
175 Craftivist History Betsy Greer
184 Rebellious Doilies and Subversive Stitches: Writing a Craftivist History Kirsty Robertson
204 Craft Hard Die Free: Radical Curatorial Strategies for Craftivism Anthea Black and Nicole Burisch
222 Loving Attention: An Outburst of Craft in Contemporary Art Janis Jefferies
NEW FUNCTIONS, NEW FRONTIERS
243 Put Your Thing Down, Flip It, and Reverse It:
Reimagining Craft Identities Using Tactics of Queer Theory Lacey Jane Roberts
260 Men Who Make: The "Flow" of the Amateur Designer/Maker Andrew Jackson
276 Crochet and the Cosmos: An Interview with Margaret Wertheim Maria Elena Buszek
291 Contributors
295 Index