Art Star 2012
I went to see the annual Art Star Craft Bazaar on May 13, 2012 just to see what’s doing in the alt-craft scene these days. I missed the last two, so differences between this show and previous ones were easy to spot. It was a beautiful day on the Philadelphia waterfront. Some 140 exhibitors were present, including two former students of mine: silk-screen queen Candy DePew and glassblower Christopher Lydon. Most of the exhibitors were in the 20s or early 30s, and the demographi