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JRACRAFT AWARD PRESENTED AT AMERICAN CRAFT MADE

5/23/2022

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JRACRAFT PRESENTS AN AWARD AND HONORABLE MENTION FOR INNOVATION AT THE AMERICAN CRAFT COUNCIL AMERICAN CRAFT MADE IN BALTIMORE, MD. 
Every year JRACraft awards an artist for their innovative use of materials presenting at the ACC's American Craft Made fair at the Baltimore Convention Center. This year, two artists were presented with awards and prize money for their innovative work in craft. 

jonah jacobs, award winner

Jonah calls himself a "material alchemist," which is a perfect description. In his hands paper towel rolls, cotton swabs, styrofoam, bits of textiles, and other substances not ordinarily found in wall art, such as oatmeal and quinoa, are deftly transformed into lavish organic shapes that evoke galaxies, tree roots, oceanscapes or other worlds unknown.
The jurors admired Jonah's fearless and innovative use of non-traditional materials to create beautiful work in a sustainable way. ​https://www.jonahjacobs.com

yarina dai, honorable mention

Yarina Dai is a student artist from the Rochester Institute of Technology who is known for her ethereal and spiritual wearable sculpture. "The pieces the jurors admired most could not be more grounded, literally. Dirt and living plants burst out of small sculptural containers that are worn on the body," said award chair, Rebecca Ravenal. Sharing an intimate space with these fragile seedlings emphasizes the wearer's complicated relationship to the natural world and is an innovative way to remind us of our responsibility to the earth. 
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https://www.yarinadai.com 

Additional prize money for our honorable mention was provided by JRACraft member Pati Young​
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JRACraft Innovation award winner, Jonah Jacobs 
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JRACraft Innovation award's honorable mention, Yarina Dai 
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