Craftsmanship Quarterly: Latest Stories

In an era of chronic drought, could desert crops become the new sustainable dinner?

By CHRISTOPHER D. COOK

Unlike most Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, many Native American tribes located in the Southwest have retained their ancestral homelands…

BY ROSEMARY DIAZ and DANIEL GIBSON

New England’s fabled (and much valued) lobstering industry is struggling with all kinds of challenges: an aging workforce, lobster catches…

By BEN SPEGGEN

Although she closed her Santa Fe gallery and retail space, Singular Couture, in 2020, artist and collector Sarah Nolan still…

Photography by KITTY LEAKEN Written by ROSEMARY DIAZ

Blacksmithing, an art as old as the evolution of humanity, is once again seeing an upsurge in popularity, as craft…

Photography by Raymond Boc Written by Janine Latus

Photography by Erla Zwingle Written by Erla Zwingle

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Michael Montenegro is driven to put the products of his imagination into tangible, active forms. After he builds them—often in…

Written by LORI ROTENBERK Narrated by Göran Norquist

Pandemic, political strife, poverty, war. In times of extreme upheaval—global or personal—can the act of art-making ease suffering and strengthen…

Written by MELINDA MISURACA Narrated by LINDSAY SCHERBARTH

Meet Jack Mauch, the newest member of our growing family of “Craftsmanship’s Young Turks.” At age 32, Mauch is already…

Written by Natalie Jones Narrated by Natalie Jones

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