Features

Which Way Is Up?
Show Exhibitors and Buyers Consider Their Moves in 2003
by Mary E. Petzak and Bernadette Finnerty

Payroll Tax Withholding and Your Craft Business:
Part I of a Two-Part Series

by J. Tol Broome Jr.

Profile in Success: Alice Simpson — Her Handmade Books Are Collector’s Items
by James Weaver

This Month Online

Book artist Susan Hensel is inspired by many things — but in her work it is clear that all roads lead back to literature. Hensel describes her work as a celebration of books, and her books take many forms — from ordinary to lavish books; unbound books; hand-sewn books made from handmade paper; even boxes which contain pages to be read. HERE.

Columns

Show Business
Booth Display from the Ground Up
by Bruce Baker

Crafts Photography
Overcoming Challenges of Shiny Objects
by Steve Meltzer

Business Wise
Is a Showroom in Your Future?
by Mary Strope

Crafts Finance
Running for Cover When Disaster Strikes
by Geoff Williams


On the Cover: “Housewarming” is a three-piece set consisting of a Coptic bound photo album and triangular guest journal, housed in a sculptural clamshell box, by JoAnne Schiavone, of Schiavone Studios, in Dallastown, Pa. (www.joanneschiavone.com). The covers are designed with paste papers, handmade paper, fabric, gold leaf, and wood. Size: 14x8x2 inches.
Photo by Jerry Anthony Photography, Columbus, Ohio, www.jerryanthonyphoto.com.


Departments

Craft Scene
Editor’s Journal
Smithsonian Craft Show Features Country’s Master Artists
• Tiffany Window Revealed After Decades in the Dark
• Craft Industry Loses Trade Show Leader Bert Tonkin

Insight: Book Art and Paper Art
• Artists Share Their Insights About Making a Living Selling Book Art and Paper Art — Plus Resources
Insight Gained: Ten Years Later with Handmade Paper Artist Mark Vranesh

Craft Showcase

Regional Profile: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma & Texas
• Crafts and Artists Treasured in Mid-South States
• Hot Springs: A Hot Time in a Small-town Art Scene
• Regional Galleries
• Regional Shows

Classified Ads

Listings

Market Central

Public Opinion
How Important Is a Favored Spot at a Show?

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