Reviews, Books, Periodicals,Web e-zines & Catalogs

2007 Star Tribune: Travel Section: St. Croix River Valley; Happy Holiday Trails, Nov. 25, 2007
2007 Minnesota Public Radio: Grand carving on a small scale Interview with Janel Jacobson, by Marianne Combs
2007 Fine Woodworking magazine: Readers Gallery October 2007, No. 193. pg 84 Fine Woodworking.com
2007 10,000 arts: Minnesota’s Creative Quarterly, a supplement to the Rake and MN artists.org, Winter 2007. p. 22::
2007  ZOOM IN a+E Issue 11: Carver Janel Jacobson  http://www.mnartists.org/ejournal/accessENGAGEIssue11.htm
2006 Fuld's Netsuke and Ojime Index: http://internetsuke.edgeworkstech.com/fuld/default.asp
2004 Craft Arts International, Celebrating Nature, Kevin Wallace, Issue 62, 2004, pp 106::
2004 International Netsuke Society Journal, Robert O. Kinsey, Twenty-First Century Netsuke, Vol 24, No. 3 (Fall 2004) pp. 35
2004 Sculptural Pursuit. Janel Jacobson, Artful Business: Carving Time From Wood Sculptures to Take Care of Business Vol. 3 No. 1, (Winter 2004) pp. 31-33::
2003 Sculptural Pursuit. Diana Dietvorst, Janel Jacobson: Celebrates Nature’s Smaller Treasures Vol. 2 No. 4, (Fall 2003) pp. 25-29::
2003 Wood Art Today! Dona Z. Meilach, 2003: p. 232::
2003 Ornament: Smithsonian Craft Show 2003, Pat Worrell, Vol. 26, No. 2 (Winter 2002/03) , pp. 22-27::
2002 Ceramics Monthly: “Ripples”, Marguerite Wildenhain and her Pond Farm Students, Billie Sessions, Vol. 50,No. 10, Dec. 2002: p. 48::
2002 Woodworkers Journal: “Shop Talk” Lee Gilchrist, Vol. 26, No. 5, October 2002: p.18::
2002 Woodworkers Journal eZine: “Today’s Woodworker” http://www.woodworkersjournal.com/ezine/todaysww.cfm
2001 Contemporary Netsuke: “The Kinsey collection” , Chiba City Museum Of Art Catalog, Chiba, Japan: 2001: p 42::
2001 Gallery, Women In Woodworking "Janel Jacobson: It's a Small World After All" an online article. Use the following url:
http://www.womeninwoodworking.com/gallerytour4/tour1.htm
2001 American Craft: “Five Women in Craft”, Sarah Tanguy, Vol. 60, No. 6 (December 2000/January 2001): pp 70-71::
2001 American Style: “East Meets West”, Lee Lawrence, (Spring 2001): pp 72-75::
2001 Minnesota Monthly: Fair-Weather Nomads, Katy Reed, May 2001, pp. 40-43, 149-150::
2000 Smithsonian: The Torch, The Renwick Invitational: Five Women In Craft, No. 00-3 March 2000: p.1 & p.8::
2000 East Central Arts Quarterly: Vol. 21, No. 2 (August 2000): p. 1:: Joanne Frank.
2000 American Craft: “Contemporary Netsuke”, Joyce Lovelace, Vol. 60, No. 3 (June/July 2000): pp. 46-49, 68-69::
1998 American Craft: “Gallery.” Vol. 58, No. 4 (August/September 1998): p. 82::
1998 East Central Arts Quarterly: Vol. 19, No. 1 (June 1998): p. 1,4:: Mary Minnick-Daniels.
1998 Arts Board News: Vol. 12.4/13.1 (Summer Fall 1998) p:5::
1998 Star Tribune: “Fine Arts, Hot off the Press: Artists with local links”, (Sunday, Feb. 15, 1998):p. F4:: Mary Abbe.
1998 Star Tribune: “Entertainment: Visual Arts, “Japanese Carving Show:Nothing But Netsuke" (Sunday, 7/ 7,1998): p. F3::Mary Abbe.
1997 Wood Shop News: Craft Fair Circuit, Daniel Mac Alpine, February 1997, p. 22::
1996 The Best Of Pottery: Jonathan Fairbanks & Angela Fina, 1996: p 73, Janel Jacobson “Autumn Aria” carved
porcelain photograph, Rockport Publishers, Quarry Books
1995 Minneapolis/Saint Paul: “Living Art”, 23, No. 6 (June 1995): p. 46-48::
1991 American Craft: “Gallery.” Vol. 50, No. 6 (December 1990/January 1991): p. 76::
1998 The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN, Netsuke: The Japanese Art Of Miniature Carving, Catalog.
1997 Ornament: “Janel Jacobson. Stirring The Dawn”, Carolyn L.E. Benesh, Vol. 20, No. 3 (Spring 1997)
Twentieth Anniversary Issue, pp. 42-47, cover photo and feature story::
1997 Contemporary Netsuke, “Miniature Sculpture from Japan and Beyond”, Robert & Miriam Kinsey, 1997:p.29::
Bowers Museum Exhibit Catalog, Santa Ana, California::
1997 Contemporary Netsuke, “Miniature Sculpture from Japan and Beyond” CD, The Shin’en Kan Foundation, 1997:: 1996
Ceramics Monthly: “Up Front.” 44, No. 2 (February 1996): p. 12::
1993 Ceramics Monthly: “Up Front.” 41, No. 9 (November 1993): p. 20::
1992 Ceramics Monthly: “Up Front.” 40, No. 1 (January 1992): p. 22::
1991 Ceramics Monthly: “Calendar. Solo Exhibitions.” 39, No. 3 (March 1991): p. 60::
1991 Ceramics Monthly: “Up Front.” 39, No. 3 (March 1991): p. 16::
1990 Ceramics Monthly: “Philadelphia Craft Show: Ceramics Monthly Portfolio.” 38,No. 5(May 1990):p. 39::
1990 Ceramics Monthly: “News and Retrospect.” 38, No. 1 (January 1990): p. 70:: Hunt, William.
1989 Ceramics Monthly: “Monarch National: A Ceramics Monthly Portfolio.” 37, No. 9 (Nov. 1989):p. 45::

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