Bell, Nicholas with Ulysses Dietz and Andrew Wagner — History in the Making: 2011 Renwick Craft Invitational

Washington, DC, Renwick Gallery, 2011. Softcover. Grey wraps with image of silver vessel. Black lettering on pale blue spine. French flaps. 104 pp. with 59 color figures and additional images. Features the work of four artists whose work explores the deep roots of contemporary American craft and decorative arts. Ubaldo Vitali is a fourth-generation silversmith and conservator of antique silver; Cliff Lee is a neurosurgeon who creates elegant porcelain vessels using medieval Chinese glazes; Judith Schaechter uses traditional stained glass practice to create her works from gothic to punk; and Mattias Pliessnig combines traditional boat-building technology with 3-D design to create innovative seating out of steam-bent oad strips that may have up to 7,000 points of contact without the use of hardware. Beautifully-illustrated and unique works. Essays and bios on each artist and with a checklist of the exhibition. NF .