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For many, studio craft is an imaginative and personal expression that encourages creativity through the exploration of time-tested materials and techniques. The finest objects evoke emotion and exhibit the process of making. #CaliforniaCrafts This tweet was posted on February 18, 2020.

Studio craft combines the characteristics of traditional, handmade craft with the refined qualities of fine art. Made by professional artist-craftspeople, studio craft includes utilitarian items & more experimental pieces that focus on aesthetics over function. #CaliforniaCrafts This tweet was posted on February 18, 2020.

This is your last week to see "California Studio Craft: Featuring Works from the Forrest L. Merrill Collection" on display, post-security, in Terminal 2. https://t.co/aZ7as8n1EE #CaliforniaCrafts This tweet was posted on February 18, 2020.

See "California Studio Craft: Featuring Works from the Forrest L. Merrill Collection" on display, post-security, in Terminal 2. https://t.co/aZ7as8n1EE #CaliforniaCrafts #ValentinesDay This tweet was posted on February 14, 2020.

Married in 1972, Stocksdale and Sekimachi refined their craft together for over three decades, sharing a love of form and innovation in craft. #CaliforniaCrafts #ValentinesDay This tweet was posted on February 14, 2020.

Stocksdale had a masterful talent for revealing dramatic patterns hidden below the surface of rare wood. Sekimachi transformed thread, paper, and organic materials into delightfully expressive textiles, vessels, and sculpture. #CaliforniaCrafts #ValentinesDay This tweet was posted on February 14, 2020.

Did you know that “California Studio Craft: Featuring Works from the Forrest L. Merrill Collection” features work by the husband and wife team of woodworker Bob Stocksdale (1913–2003) and textile artist Kay Sekimachi (b. 1926)? #CaliforniaCrafts #ValentinesDay This tweet was posted on February 14, 2020.

In 1947, #CCarlJennings constructed his own studio and shop, the “El Diablo” forge, in Lafayette, CA. Jennings took on architectural commission work and concentrated on creative and sculptural forms, such as this lamp, which dates to the mid-1960s. #CaliforniaCrafts This tweet was posted on January 31, 2020.

#CCarlJennings (1910–2003) forged modern, sculptural forms and decorative items using ancient metalworking techniques. A third-generation blacksmith, Jennings worked with John Foster on architectural ironwork for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition. #CaliforniaCrafts This tweet was posted on January 31, 2020.

See "California Studio Craft: Featuring Works from the Forrest L. Merrill Collection" on display, post-security, in Terminal 2. https://t.co/aZ7as85qN6 #CaliforniaCrafts This tweet was posted on December 26, 2019.

Glen Lukens (1887–1967), who founded the ceramics department at the University of Southern California in 1933, was known for the “California Color” range of glazes that he formulated from minerals found in the state’s desert regions. #CaliforniaCrafts This tweet was posted on December 26, 2019.

#PeterVoulkos blurred the lines between fine art and craft with innovative, deconstructed forms and striking, expressionist clay sculpture. Subsequently, generations of Voulkos’ students have made their own impact on studio ceramics and clay sculpture. #CaliforniaCrafts This tweet was posted on December 06, 2019.