Jean W. McLaughlin, Editor

The year 2004 marks the 75th anniversary of Penland School of Crafts, a national center for craft education located in the North Carolina mountains. This book commemorating this anniversary is a visual delight, with 137 images of pieces created by Penland instructors and shown at an anniversary exhibition. But the volume goes beyond the Penland School, with a series of original essays that offer a fresh and inclusive vision of the power of grafting.

Written primarily by those outside the field, these articles look at crafting from the perspective of the anthropologist, and critic. Their thoughts prove provocative, highly personal, and unforgettable.