Luminaries: An occasional feature on people with extraordinarily distinguished careers
Wolf Trap Theater Curtain, mohair and nylon, 1971. Hand-woven in Swaziland, this outdoor fabric is resistant to soil and weather. In 1971, it was the largest Swazi export.
Why is he called America’s most influential textile designer?
m a n of the cloth by Alex Joseph
in the kitchen of his park avenue apartment, jack lenor larsen points to a the glaze ran a little in the firing, that it feels good in the hand. that is perceptible craft. we might not be aware of it, but there is pleasure in such.”
Richard Goodbody. Courtesy of Cowtan & Tout, Inc.
green and brown ceramic cup. he says, “sensing that this was once mud, that