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cover: Paul Heroux, Box, logo calligraphy: Jan Owen University of Southern Maine, Lewiston-Auburn College Lewiston-Auburn Maine, Southern of University Maine Crafts Association Members Exhibition Members Association Crafts Maine January 17 - January Atrium Art March 15, 2014 15, March Gallery I’m a hands-on person too. In my early 20s I taught myself Artists in the exhibition to type. Mastering the keyboard gave me a sense of great Susan Atwater Karen Gola accomplishment. Since then, I have typed many poems, Paul Baines Sarah Koelbl Maine Crafts Association Members Exhibition articles and books, each time my fingers reaching for the Marian Baker Charles Grosjean Atrium Art Gallery, USM’s Lewiston-Auburn College letters. Judith Barker Susanne Grosjean I type the words you read here with a special spring in my Libby Barrett Wayne Hall fingers because I’m celebrating the spirit of craft artists in Chris Becksvoort Cathy Schroeder Hammond Maine who use their hands to make objects that delight and Holly Berry Paul Heroux engage us, and help us connect with the world. Their Maggie Bokor Andrea Howe fulfillment is our fulfillment as we don the painted silk scarf, Richard Boyd Sherrill Hunnibell lift the glazed bowl to our lips or dance to a handmade drum. Alan Bradstreet Lissa Hunter Stephani Briggs Gerald Jacobs The late William Coperthwaite (1930-2013) once stated, “I Roxanna Brophy Peggy Johnson want to live in a society where people are intoxicated with the 3 Tim Christensen Michael Kagan joy of making things.” The 58 artists in The Inspired Hand VI Audra Christie Betty Kelley are helping to create that society, one cherished object at a time. Maggie Bokor, Rain Floating Pearl Pendant, sterling silver, fresh water pearl Jeff Clapp Diane Langley I have to hand it to them. Katharine Cobey Susan Mills –Carl Little Nire Cook Jason Morrissey Allison Cooke Brown Robert Muise Sam Shaw, Acrobats Finale, Carl Little, juror for The Inspired Hand VI, is a longtime Lisa Cooley Cindy Papken contributor to Ornament magazine. The Maine Crafts Isabella Corwin Jeanne Seronde Perkins Association presented him with the first individual award for Cheryl Daigle Willy Reddick contributions to the field of craft in Maine in May 2009. Patricia Daunis Joy Scott Marian Baker, Twin Cups, porcelain Notes: Cara Romano Theresa Secord Peter Korn interview: craftcouncil.org/post/why-we-make- Janelle Delicata Stephanie Sersich things-qa-peter-korn Erda Leather Sam Shaw Hand in Hand Stuart Kestenbaum, “From the Director,” Haystack Gateway, Kaitlyn Duggan Antony Takacs Sarah Koelbl, Selkie Song, Lynn Duryea In an interview with the American Craft Council about his new book Why We Make Things and fall 2013. Jacques Vesery sea , silver wire Barbara Fernald Why It Matters, Peter Korn states, “What matters about making is that it is a form of being William Coperthwaite, A Handmade Life: In Search of Simplicity, Barbara Walch Jemma Gascoine creatively engaged in the world that seems to really be a key to finding meaning and fulfillment in 2004. Fred Woell 1 one’s life.” Hands are, in a manner of speaking, the agents of that sought-after meaning and fulfillment. They turn the , guide the chisel, hammer the silver. Hands are inspired to shape and style by the creative visions the artists have in their heads. Somehow the intellect and the extremities go, well, hand in hand. It must be said that in this remarkable collaboration, the hands do most of the hard work. While they may be at the beck and call of the mind, they hold the tools and test the heat; they clutch and cobble and grip and glue. They callous and sometimes get cut; they take a stitch for the team. In this time of constant updated technology, it is with extra wonder and respect that we look upon people using their hands to create something. No nostalgia here: it’s just plain awe we feel when a piece of brown ash is split and transformed into a glorious basket. Not that hands-free is bad; we need to keep our eyes on the road. And technology can enhance the creative process as Haystack Mountain School of Crafts director Stuart Kestenbaum recently noted. Describing the partnership his school and MIT established at the “Digital Dialogues: Technology and the Hand” conference in Deer Isle in 2002, he envisions technology representing 2 “a continuum in our lives as makers.” Barbara Walch, Tea Set, handbuilt stoneware Jeanne Seronde Perkins, Silk Scarf, hand-painted Jacquard silk colors