Thick volume in looseleaf format containing “information on the training and performance of over 70 craftsmen living in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska, who have expressed interest in working with architects, landscape architects, interior designers, city planners, and in filling commissions for private clients,” A comprehensive, alphabetized directory of Pacific Northwest artist/craftsmen—among them Rudy Autio, Harold Balasz, Betty Feves, Evert Sodergren, and Robert Sperry— working in metal, wood, clay, stone, plastic, fiber, cement, plaster, enamel, mosaic, and masonite, with an emphasis on public commissions and architectural elements. Intended to connect architects, builders, and interior designers with artists, designers and skilled craftspeople. Each entry/resume includes a page of background information (name, address, media, type of work produced, training, commissions, etc) along with at least one page—and often more— illustrating work(s), often in situ. Published in 1961 by the American Craftsmen’s Council, with the assistance of same. 4to (8.5” x 11”), printed cardboard covers, clamp binding, unpaginated loose pages, b/w illustrations. The binder format was intended to be expanded with supplements without compromising the alphabetical order. Of the 72 artist/craftsmen listed in the index, all but Donald Normark are present in the directory, while two unlisted craftsmen—Russell Svaren and the sculptor George Tsutakawa—have been added. The present document, featuring a host of lesser-known figures contributing to regional architectural projects, provides a unique window into its subject matter, serving as an indispensable primary reference source for researching, documenting, and contextualizing Pacific Northwest artist/craftsmen at a significant moment of modernist craft efflorescence. Highly scarce. Provenance: From the estate of George K. Conkey, with his name written in ink on the cover. Conkey (1921-65) was a sculptor/craftsman and an art professor at Montana State College. He is included in the directory. Light bumping and rubbing to wrappers. Mild damp staining to front wrapper, not affecting interior. Some creasing and soiling to rear wrapper.
Thick volume in looseleaf format containing “information on the training and performance of over 70 craftsmen living in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska, who have expressed interest in working with architects, landscape architects, interior designers, city planners, and in filling commissions for private clients,” A comprehensive, alphabetized directory of Pacific Northwest artist/craftsmen—among them Rudy Autio, Harold Balasz, Betty Feves, Evert Sodergren, and Robert Sperry— working in metal, wood, clay, stone, plastic, fiber, cement, plaster, enamel, mosaic, and masonite, with an emphasis on public commissions and architectural elements. Intended to connect architects, builders, and interior designers with artists, designers and skilled craftspeople. Each entry/resume includes a page of background information (name, address, media, type of work produced, training, commissions, etc) along with at least one page—and often more— illustrating work(s), often in situ. Published in 1961 by the American Craftsmen’s Council, with the assistance of same. 4to (8.5” x 11”), printed cardboard covers, clamp binding, unpaginated loose pages, b/w illustrations. The binder format was intended to be expanded with supplements without compromising the alphabetical order. Of the 72 artist/craftsmen listed in the index, all but Donald Normark are present in the directory, while two unlisted craftsmen—Russell Svaren and the sculptor George Tsutakawa—have been added. The present document, featuring a host of lesser-known figures contributing to regional architectural projects, provides a unique window into its subject matter, serving as an indispensable primary reference source for researching, documenting, and contextualizing Pacific Northwest artist/craftsmen at a significant moment of modernist craft efflorescence. Highly scarce. Provenance: From the estate of George K. Conkey, with his name written in ink on the cover. Conkey (1921-65) was a sculptor/craftsman and an art professor at Montana State College. He is included in the directory. Light bumping and rubbing to wrappers. Mild damp staining to front wrapper, not affecting interior. Some creasing and soiling to rear wrapper.
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