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    1. June 01, 2012

      Sheila Hicks’ Fiber Optics

      In our cross-disciplinary, rule-breaking time, does anyone care about distinctions between “art” and “craft” anymore? 

      From the evidence of Paris-based textile artist Sheila Hicks, whose fiber sculptures are poised right on that threshold, the answer is, well, interesting. 

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