Crane Day is of French and American Indian
ancestry, raised on the Osage Reservation near Pawhuska,
Oklahoma. His initial interest in craftsmanship and design
had its origins in the brilliant pageantry and costumes
of Indian ceremonial festivities and the equally striking
color and ceremony of the late 19th century Catholicism
in the mission church where Crane spent his grade school
years as an altar boy. This gifted interest was refined
and educated at the University of Notre Dame where Crane
studied anthropology and primitive art and at Michigan State
where he received a Master of Arts degree in interior design.
Awarded for his design achievements internationally,
Crane’s wide ranging knowledge and skillful mastery
of the fiber arts has won him a reputation and respect among
his contemporaries and recognition in Who’s Who in
The spirit and color of the Medieval
and Renaissance liturgical world flows through all the art.
A lifelong knowledge of American Indian culture and a vivid
fantasy of the chivalrous life at court come together in
Crane’s special artistic style.
Learn more in this magazine article.