Inside the November/December 2009 Issue

Volume 36  Number 3

ON THE COVER: Janet Echelman, Her secret is patience, 2009; painted galvanized steel, changing sets of recyclable high-tenacity polyester braided twine netting, and color lighting; 145' x 353' x 289'. Civic Space Park, downtown Phoenix, Arizona. Echelman’s large-scale public installations are the subject of the feature on page 34. Photo: Craig Smith.

ABOVE: Clare Plug, Polar Dreams 2, 2009; found Antarctic marker flags, cotton mattress ticking, cotton cloth; discharged, machinepieced, appliquéd, quilted; 45" x 68". Image courtesy of Hawke’s Bay Museum and Art Gallery, Napier, New Zealand. Photo: David Frost.

Features

BIG AS ALL OUTDOORS
by Kathleen Vanesian
Janet Echelman expands the sky with colossal fiber sculptures that respond to natural elements and reshape urban environments.

2009 STUDENT SHOWCASE
Our fifth annual student showcase features work being produced in colleges and universities both in the United States and internationally..

LACE IN TRANSLATION
by Jacqueline Ruyak
A rarely seen lace collection in Philadelphia has inspired a handful of acclaimed artists and designers to create exciting new large-scale work.

BAUHAUS TEXILES: A LEGACY OF FEMALE HANDS
by Cynthia Elyce Rubin
Nearly a century after its inception, the Bauhaus school’s Weaving Workshop continues to influence contemporary textile appreciation, production, and design.

IMAGINATION ACTIVIST
by Susan Taber Avila
Joyful, fantastic, mesmerizing: all words that leap to mind when attempting to describe the wearable—and audible—creations of Nick Cave.