GEORGE OHR ARTS CRAFTS STUDIO POTTERY MARY MCFADDEN DRESS FASHION COUTURE DESIGN

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GEORGE OHR ARTS CRAFTS STUDIO POTTERY MARY MCFADDEN DRESS FASHION COUTURE DESIGN:
$28.00

HERE’S THE SCARCE ORIGINAL VINTAGE OCTOBER 1978 (VOLUME 38, NO. 7) MAGAZINE “CRAFT HORIZONS”!

Please Note: This issue of “Craft Horizons” contains an important 6-page article about the Arts & Crafts studio pottery of George Ohr – showing several photos of Ohr, his studio, and numerous examples of his prophetic ceramic art!

There’s also a 4-page article about the modern dress designs of New York fashion designer Mary McFadden – showing McFadden and several of her designs!

Published by the American Crafts Council of New York, this scarce original vintage 71-page October 1978 (Vol. 38, No. 7) “Craft Horizons” contains the following articles;

1) Letters;

2) Health Issues;

3) Money Matters;

4) Exhibitions;

5) Embroidery Through the Ages: The Rich Heritage of Thread in the West on Exhibit at Cooper-Hewitt Museum;

6) Style: The Art of Clothing;

7) Style: The World View of Mary McFadden;

8) Style: The Nontraditional Wearables;

9) Writing, Thinking, and Being, Part II: A Round-Table Discussion on the New Needs and Problems of Art and Craft Writing and Publishing Today;

10) Craft World;

11) Death Valley Mining: The Source of a Potter’s Glaze Materials – The Borax Mines at This National Monument;

12) George Ohr: Prophet in Clay – Profile of the American Artist-Potter Who Worked in Biloxi Over 75 Years Ago;

13) Workshops;

14) Calendar;

15) Where to Show;

16) General Advertising.

Some of the designers, architects, manufacturers, and/or artists whose works are shown and/or discussed in this out-of-print volume include but are not limited to:

George Ohr, Mary McFadden, Peter Voulkos, Robert Turner, Donald Mavros, Henry Halem, Mariska Karasz, Ben Compton, Marian Clayden, Mario Rivoli, Norma Minkowitz, Raoul Spiegel, Julie Schafler, Joan Steiner, Sharron Hedges, Susanna Lewis, Amy Rothberg, Linda Mendelson, Jo Ellen Trilling, Marci Zelmanoff, Nicholas Vergette, Jeff Kirk, Joan Glueckman, Gerry Williams, Juta Savage, Judy Cornell, Arline Fisch, Thomas Potter, Paul Soldner, Lenore Tawney, Ban Kajitani, Rudy Autio, Vicki Smith, Vera Kaminski, Helen Shirk, Jean Williams-Cacicedo, Steve Madsen, among many others!

GOOD AND CLEAN MAGAZINE with some rubbing, small bumping, an original mailing label on the front cover, some small markings and scuffs on the cover, and a couple of minor creases – overall and regardless of the minor faults mentioned, this is still a decent, tight, and complete scarce original vintage 1978 “Craft Horizons” magazine with a clean interior!

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