Contemporary crafts

carved marble pillow, Sebastian Martorana

Today’s rising stars of contemporary craft are both breaking the rules and building upon tradition—honing experimental processes, embracing technological innovations, and sparking cross-cultural dialogues

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North Carolina’s Leslie Pearson is a multimedia artist who utilizes fibre-based materials, processes and technique to create sculptures, installations, encaustic paintings and handmade books, exploring themes of memory and identity. She uses narrative therapy approaches like journaling, letter writing and story telling as a starting point to express lived and imagine experiences. Inspired by the natural world, Leslie uses pods, seeds, nests, eggs, shells and other organic materials in her…

Shows at Lisson Gallery, New York, and the Cranbrook Art Museum in Michigan celebrate the fabric artist's seven-decade career.

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft (HCCC) is a nonprofit arts organization founded to advance education about the process, product and history of craft. HCCC’s major emphasis is on objects of art made primarily from craft materials: clay, fiber, glass, metal, wood or found/recycled materials.

Jessica Grady is a contemporary embroidery artist that recycles items pairing traditional embroidery with unusual materials.