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Art from Many Hands: Multicultural Art Projects

Art from Many Hands: Multicultural Art Projects more books like this

by Jo Miles Schuman

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For two decades "Art From Many Hands" has been the resource of choice for teachers wanting to foster cultural awareness and teach about the world's artistic traditions. Authentic works of art coupled with background on a region's cultural practices launch studio projects that explore diverse crafts processes. Concise, step-by-step instructions ...

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Quilts of Gees Bend (CL)

Quilts of Gees Bend (CL) more books like this

by William Arnett, John Beardsley, Jane Livingston

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Since the 19th century, the women of Gee's Bend in southern Alabama have created stunning, vibrant quilts. Beautifully illustrated with 110 color illustrations, The Quilts of Gee's Bend includes a historical overview of the two hundred years of extraordinary quilt-making in this African-American community, its people, and their art-making ...

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In the Arts & Crafts Style

In the Arts & Crafts Style more books like this

by Barbara Mayer, Rob Gray (Photographer), Elaine Hirschl Ellis (Foreword by)

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"In the Arts and Crafts Style" describes the history and hallmarks of this timeless home decor motif. Tracing the history of the movement from its European origins through to its American variations, including California's Mission style, it highlights the work of influential masters such as William Morris, Gustav Stickley, Charles Voysey, Greene ...

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How to Look at Outsider Art

How to Look at Outsider Art more books like this

by Lyle Rexer

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Outsider Art has become a catchall phrase for everything that is raw, untutored, and extreme in art. Recently, it has grown from being the hobby of a few collectors to a movement of significant importance in the art world, and is on the verge of being integrated into the contemporary art mainstream. However, even many aficionados can't say ...

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Native American Crafts & Skills

Native American Crafts & Skills more books like this

by David Montgomery

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An excellent introduction to the study of Native American crafts and outdoor skills

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A handbook of ornament

A handbook of ornament more books like this

by Franz Sales Meyer

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This excellent collection of historic decorative ornament contains 3,000 examples ranging from the cultures of the Greeks and Romans through the Victorians: chairs, thrones, crowns, heraldic emblems, altars, armor, architecture, and more.

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Molas!: Patterns, Techniques & Projects for Colorful Applique

Molas!: Patterns, Techniques & Projects for Colorful Applique more books like this

by Kate Mathews

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The traditional applique panels know as "molas" are indigenous to the San Blas islands of Panama where they are made by the Kuna Indians. But with their brilliant colours and delightful folk-art designs, molas have long been prized by collectors, artists and admirers around the globe. More than 25 projects demonstrate how to apply traditional mola ...

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The Great Book of Wildfowl Decoys

The Great Book of Wildfowl Decoys more books like this

by Joe Engers (Editor)

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A huge, oversize, fully illustrated look at an American folk-art treasure, complete with hundreds of lavish full-color photographs.

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Mexican Details

Mexican Details more books like this

by Karen Witynski, Joe P Carr

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In "Mexican Details", designers Karen Witynski and Joe P. Carr travel throughout Mexico and the Southwest in celebration of the character-rich details of Mexican furniture, architectural elements, and handcrafted accents that resonate with beauty and originality. From chip carved benches and hand-hewn tortilla tables to painted trunks and carved ...

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Woody Guthrie Art Works

Woody Guthrie Art Works more books like this

by Steven Brower, Nora Guthrie, Mpulz (Illustrator)

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Contrary to popular mythology, it was with paint brushes in hand, not a guitar, that Guthrie hit the road for California. So begins Nora Guthrie's fascinating revelations about her father's vast body of artwork.

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Mingering Mike more books like this

by Dori Hadar, Jane Livingston (Afterword by), Neil Strauss (Preface by)

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One cold December morning, Dori Hadar DJ by night, criminal investigator by day was digging through crates of records at a flea market in Washington, D.C. There he stumbled into the elaborate world of Mingering Mike a soul superstar of the 1960s and '70s who released an astonishing 50 albums and at least as many singles in just 10 years. But Hadar ...

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Contemporary Folk Art more books like this

by Tom Patterson

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Featuring contemporary folk art from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, this volume honors the exceptional insight, wit and reverence of a host of underestimated painters and sculptors including S.L. Jones, Jon Serl, Rev. Howard Finster, Josephus Farmer, Albina Felski, and Alexander Maldonado. 52 color illustrations.

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How to Carve Folk Figures and a Cigar-Store Indian more books like this

by Harold L Enlow

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Instructions and illustrations for 10 folk projects including a full-fledged cigar-store Indian. 116 illustrations.

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Fairground Art more books like this

by Geoff Weedon, Richard Ward

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The imaginative, often bizarre decorations that enliven fairgrounds, amusement parks and carnivals have a never-ending appeal to the popular imagination. Stunning carved and painted carousel horses, sinister mechanical targets, terrifying rides and alluring freak show banners are among the many wildly ornamented devices that use sex, horror and ...

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Beautiful Brushstrokes: Step by Step more books like this

by Maureen McNaughton

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This title contains complete instructions for executing a range of brushtrokes from the most basic to the more challening, plus five strokework projects. Detailed photographs clarify how to build each individual stroke, from the proper loading of the brush, to placing bristles on the surface, pressing down, turning or pivoting the brush, lifting ...

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Gee's Bend: The Women and Their Quilts more books like this

by William Arnett, Alvia J Wardlaw, Jane Livingston

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Since the 19th century, the women of Gee?s Bend in southern Alabama have created stunning, vibrant quilts. Beautifully illustrated with 350 color illustrations, 30 black-and-white illustrations, and charts, Gee?s Bend to Rehoboth is being·released in conjunction with a national exhibition tour including The Museum of Fine Art, Houston, and the ...

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Outlines of Chinese Symbolism & Art Motives more books like this

by C A Williams

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This standard reference, long familiar to students of Chinese culture, emphasizes the historical, legendary, or supernatural persons, animals, and objects as symbols in art and literature. 402 illustrations.

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The Arts and Crafts Movement more books like this

by Dr. Elizabeth Cumming, Wendy Kaplan

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This volume surveys Arts and Crafts design in Britain, America, and Europe, as applied to architecture, furniture, glass, ceramics, metalworks, textiles, and books.

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Painted Ponies: American Carousel Art more books like this

by William Manns, Dru Riley (Editor), Marianne Stevens

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"Painted Ponies" is a celebration of the magic and joy that these whirling fantasies of armored chargers, galloping Indian ponies, fiery military steeds and magical menagerie figures have brought to all of us. Now recognized as vanishing treasures, the last of these classic, wooden carousels were carved in the 1920s by immigrant craftsmen. A ...

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The Flowering of American Folk Art 1776-1876 more books like this

by Jean Lipman, Alice Winchester

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The quintessential guide to folk art in America, based on the landmark Whitney Museum exhibit of 1974, illustrates more than 400 outstanding examples of American craft, covering four major categories--painted, drawn, or stitched pictures; sculpture; architectural decoration; and decorated household objects. 400 b&w and full-color illustrations.

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Country Woman Christmas more books like this

by Reiman Publications, Kathy Pohl (Editor)

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This is the only Christmas book published by the editors of Country Woman, a magazine with over 2.3 million subscribers. The book features traditional family recipes, fun crafts, quick and easy decorations, and nostalgic looks from folks who opened their hearts to share the spirit of this special holiday season. Full-color photos.

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Norwegian Rosemaling: Decorative Painting on Wood more books like this

by Margaret M Miller, Sigmund Aarseth

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Glorious interiors : needlepoint, knitting and decorative design projects for your home more books like this

by Kaffe Fassett

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This work is structured around seven themes, from mosaics to squares and flowers. On each theme, Kaffe has created a room full of practical projects and inspirational ideas. The crafts include needlepoint and knitting collage, handmade wall paper, borders, murals and tiles. There is something to suit every style of decor, from riotous colours and ...

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African Textiles and Decorative Arts more books like this

by Roy Sieber, Ph.D.

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Hex Signs: Pennsylvania Dutch Barn Symbols and Their Meaning more books like this

by Don Yoder, Thomas E Graves

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A revised and expanded edition of the classic work on hex-sign barn decorations, offering insight into their various forms, geographical spread, European origins, evolution in Pennsylvania, and current use in tourism, advertising, and regional art. The authors explore the meaning of the symbols by examining evidence from popular writers, scholars, ...

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