Charles Edmund Rossbach

Writer, educator, and artisan Charles Edmund Rossbach (1914-2002), or otherwise known as Ed Rossbach, rose to prominence in the American craft community in the second half of the twentieth-century due to his continued experimentation with weaving techniques to create both fabrics and baskets. Rossbach earned a B.A. from the University of Washington in design and painting (1940) and a master’s degree from Columbia University in art education (1941). During World War II, he served in the Army Signal Corps, and as part of the GI Bill was able to attend Cranbrook Academy of Art. While he was an educator, he stated that he wanted to be “a student doing creative work of my own,” and was able to gain... more.