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The Stampers' Sampler Magazine June / July 2008 New Dimensions in Cardmaking Using Embossing Pastes and Brass Stencils by Lynell Harlow CRAFT HORIZONS - APRIL 1975 ASIA COLLECTIBLE AMERICAN CRAFT Magazine Back Issue
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JUNE JULY 2008 Cardmaking Craft Horizons
Craft of stamping magazine June July 2008 chock full of inspiration and ideas for this addictive art Clear descriptions, step-by-step photos and an extensive gallery of card designs (with information on how to make them), make this book an essential addition to any card designer's bookshelf. American Craft connects the disparate worlds of art, industry, fashion, architecture and design, giving an entirely new voice to the craft community. This issue looks at New Guinea, Australian Aborigines, Pakistan, Ceylon, India among other cultures in Asia
American Craft Magazine Feb / March 2006 Akio Takamori De Young Museum Chiuly Native Patterns and Instructions for Carving Authentic Birds H.D. Green Local Color A Sense of Place in Folk Art by William Ferris Nine Mississippi Folk Artists
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Ceramics, glass, furniture H.D. Green Local color
Furniture design of Wendy Maruyama and James Schriber, ceramics of Akio Takamori  among other great displays of American Craft, 2006 photographs and instructions for carving 15 different species Local Color highlights the work and words of nine distinguished Mississippi folk artists. Through interviews with them and photographs of their work, the reader experiences the diversity and depth of this rich folk art tradition
African Tribal Bust Bookend Dark Wood Carved - Man and Woman Pair Wildflower Bud Vase Miniature 3 inch height Ceramic Arts in Virginia Volume 12 No 1 Fall 1971 Folk Art Colonial Americana
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Carved bookend set ceramic flower pot Arts in Virginia
Approximately 8 inch height, 4 inch width at widest point, approximately 1 1/2 lbs in weight, suitable for mid weight bookends or decorative conversation piece. Santa Fe Estate find, date unknown. Perfect for a small sprig, bud, displayed on your desk. Heavy weight, solid organic feel. Nice find, approximately 3 inch height. This issue from Fall 1971 is dedicated to Folk Lore, Paintings, Crafts, Instruments and design
The Lotus Exhibition Aristocratic Adornments of India 3rd Century B.C. to 20th Century Early American Wall Stencils in Color by Alice Bancroft PFjelstul Crafts of Israel by Ruth Dayan with Wilburt Feinberg 1974
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Lotus Exhibition Alice Fjelstul Ruth Dayan
Exhibition of fine Jewelry from 3rd century India to the 20th Century, necklaces, earrings, bracelets, bangles, pendants, crown. Full color images, 53 pages, 1998 first edition RARE Full page patterns, step by step directions, color scheme recommendations and ideas and a brief history of this colorful folk art. More then 300 illustrations, many in full color, explore a wide range of handicrafts, from early Roman and Byzantine antiquities in the Israel Museum to original contemporary creations.
Adirondack Artists and Craftspeople by Linda Lumsden Collectors guide 1986 Reference Ojo de Dios Eye of God How to Craft Protective Folk Art Charm by Charlet Albaum In the Kingdom of Mescal - An Indigenous Legend Guatemala 1977 Illustrated SPANISH Edition
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Linda Lumsden Charlet Albaum Georg Schafer
Tucked among the Adirondack Mountains' peaks and valleys are the studios of dozens of artists and craftspeople. Inspired by the region's rugged beauty, they make everything from old fashioned quilts to avant-garde jewelry. Step by step directions for weaving 19 lovely charms, fundamentals for crafting, history and origins A magic drink given to him by a medicine man sends him on a wonderful journey to a place where "the tongue forms no more words," into the depths of himself and to the heights of sheer wonder at the brilliance of the absolute. The legend behind mexcal.
Treasures from Japan Sculpture and Decorative arts Honolulu Academy of Arts 1957 American Rooms in Miniature by Mr. James Ward Thorne 17th Century Interior Design Hopes and Aspirations Decorative Painting of Korea Art Exhibition Catalog
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February 1957 art exhibition catalog
Art Exhibition catalog of exhibition held at Honolulu Academy of Arts, 209 pieces with images In many instances the rooms are reproductions or reconstructions of famous examples, some intimately connected with the lives of famous Americans -- Washington, George Mason, Andrew Jackson Catalog represents 16 works of Korean Art with English description that were part of an exhibit at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco between February 14 and May 10, 1998
Madubani Painting Ethnic Indian Folk Art Print Krishna and Sacred Cow circa 1960s Madubani Painting Ethnic Indian Folk Art Print Wedding Celebration circa 1960s Madubani Painting Ethnic Indian Folk Art Print Wedding Celebration circa 1960s
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Madhubani Madhubani Madhubani
Madubani paintings originated in a village of the same name located in the interiors of Bihar, India.  Certificate of Provenance included. Madubani paintings originated in a village of the same name located in the interiors of Bihar, India, Certificate of Provenance included. Madubani paintings originated in a village of the same name located in the interiors of Bihar, India. Certificate of Provenance included.
Madubani Painting Ethnic Indian Folk Art Print Krishna with Consorts Dancing circa 1960s Sotheby's Important Americana New York Auction Catalog Furniture, Dishes, Silver, Paintings 1986 Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya Mary Miller Fine Art Museum of San Francisco
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Madhubani auction catalog Mary Miller
Madubani paintings originated in a village of the same name located in the interiors of Bihar, India, Certificate of Provenance included. Numerous examples of American furniture, Dinner Service sets, plates, Silver, Paintings, needlework, toys, carvings, tinwork are up for auction. The works of artists and scribes -- ceramic censers, stucco heads, jade masks, terracotta figurines, stone boxes, and great carved limestone lintels - bring alive the form, texture, and color of their vanished world.
Fragmentos Omec Anthropology Photography Museum of Mexico Limited Edition Pueblo Indian Textiles Kate Peck Kent HCDJ 1st Edition American Folklife
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Museum Exhibition book American Folk Culture
Limited print run of 3000 copies from the Museum of Anthropology of Xalapa in Mexico, Hard cover with DJ, used lightly in vg condition. A look at the textiles of the Pueblos of New Mexico by Kate Peck Kent American Folk Life Louisiana Rio Grande Selected articles basketry and more
Tin Craft Hispanic Metal work How to How to Know American Folk Art California Artists At the Crossroads Modern Folk Arts
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How to Metal work How to know Ethnic art Indigenous
detailed instructions for projects with patterns for you to trace, cut out, and solder into delicate sprays of daises, exotic lilies, birds to hold up festive swags, and sparkling holiday angles. Each section is discussed and generously illustrated, in addition to a center section of full color plates A broad selection of modern folk art in California including Native Americans, Asians and other ethnicities
The Art of the Shakers Norman Rockwell Americana Painting Illustrator Shaker Furniture Craftsmanship Design
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crafts, arts and architecture Norman Rockwell Americana Painting Illustrator Shaker Furniture Craftsmanship Design
crafts, arts and architecture A wonderful resource for the chapter on Norman Rockwell's creative and technical procedure where he is interviewed on what he does and how he does it. photographed in rooms of actual Shaker dwellings and workshops in new Lebanon, New York and Hancock Massachuesetts.
The Demon and the Angel by Edward Hirsch GRANTA 57 India Golden Jubilee SHAKER Life, Work and Art by June Sprigg and David Larkin
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Edward Hirsch India June Sprigg
What is the source of an artist's inspiration? In this groundbreaking book, poet and critic Edward Hirsch explores the concept of duende the mysterious, highly potent power of creativity that results in a work of art. If you are unfamilary with Granta, it is a fabulous collection of images, fiction and non fiction, myth and lore, poetry and culture centered around a theme. The theme of this book is INDIA More than 200 full color photographs taken especially for this book by Michael Freeman richly illustrate their architecture, furniture, crafts, and inventions.
Catalogue of Rubbings of Brasses and Incised Slabs Make Your Own Dollhouses and Dollhouse Minatures How to Book Memphis Design Style Furniture Patterns Ceramics Book
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Medieval Costumary how to build modern art
These brass rubbings have been regarded as one of the chief contemporary sources of evidence for the details of armour and costume, and the variations of palaeography and heraldry. A wonderful how-to book for the crafts person. From house design to creating furniture and special elements - great resource and idea book! Memphis design, modern outrageous art movement a fantastic survey of this art style
Afro-Arabic Artifact Exhibition Museum of New Mexico 1966 Indonesian Face Mask Big Lip Sharp Nose White Face Carved Wooden King Wise Man Trident circa 1950s
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Exhibition book Wooden Statue
32 pages with essay and photographic images of items on display from African / Arabic cultures Collected years ago by a local traveler we are happy to make this available for your collection Height approximately 11 inches, width approximately 2 1/4. Carved from single piece of wood.
Tibet/Nepal Wooden Mask The Art of Exile Paintings by Tibetan Children in India Tibet Exhibition Craft of Handweaving Iona Plath 123 Designs 2 6 8 Harness Weaves
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Bodhisattva Children of Tibet Iona Plath
The Bodhisattva of great power. Large color photographs of the children and a wide selection of their paintings presented in this 135 page book Full weaving instructions and an actual size photograph of the fabric are given with every pattern
Miniature Fiber Arts A National Exhibition Hummel the Complete Collector's Guide Illustrated Reference Primitive Art Franz Boas Design Patterns Native Symbolism Styles Tribal
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Tribal arts
First juried exhibition of fiber works / fiber arts from throughout the United States. Emphasis was placed on new and creative uses of fibers in arts. For avid collectors, the heart of this book will be the collection itself, shown completely in color and fully documented. There is special information about how the figurines are made, the markings used, known variations. Over 323 photographs, drawings and diagrams, symbolism, style and design.
Images of Power Balinese Paintings Made for Gregory Bateson Margaret Mead Hard Cover Unopened Latter Days of the Law: Images of Chinese Buddhism, 850-1850 The Exhibition of Archaeological Finds of the People's Republic Of China
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Mead Bateson chinese buddhism 1975 exhibit
Arts of Bali and Southeast Asia, Balinese religion and kingship, and issues of meaning in bicultural situations. examines Chinese Buddhist pictorial art made after the religious persecution of the Huichang era 841-846 includes chart with classification of bronze vessels,  includes excavations of the sites of the Lantian man, Yangshao cultural site, Kansu Yangshao, stone sculptures of the Northern dynasties from Shansi and Hopei provinces, cultural relics of the Chin Dynasty, Chu tombs at  Chiangling...
Louise Nevelson Wood Sculptures exhibition Walker Art Center, 1973 Robert Smithson Sculpture Robert Hobbs, Lawrence Alloway John Coplans Lucy Lippard The Way of the Masks Claude Levi-Strauss
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wood sculptures Sculpture claude levi-strauss
More than 60 works are illustrated ranging from small-scale containers, to a sequence of monumental black walls that she has continued to produce since the mid-1950s. He was fascinated by science fiction, ecological and geological processes; by the non-space of movie houses, suburbia, abandoned industrial areas, and strip mined lands;and, most important, by the concept of entropy The noted French structural anthropologist, Claude Levi-Strauss, explains the masks' features with reference to kinship ties, incest prohibitions and myths.
American Denim Folk Art fabric art Vintage 70's Designs 1st printing Looking North Native Arts from the University of Alaska Museum Viola Rawson Doll Book Patterns 1974 Bottle Bottom
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70s fabric art Looking North Viola Rawson
Here is a great book from the 1970s dedicated to the classic folk art on denim. Not only are embroidered designs shown but also some collage, air brush and other fantastic designs. Looking North presents 138 of the Museum's most treasured works from the archaeology, ethnology, and fine arts collections. Easy to create, elegant dolls.
Objects of Medieval Art by Erwin O. Christensen National Gallery of Art (2) Lady Clare Hot Mats British Prints Trivets Retablos Archangel Raphael by Javier Ramos signed by Artist
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National Gallery of Art Handbook British Trivet Javier Ramos artist
With descriptive essay on the art of the period by Erwin O. Christensen, 32 pages with notes. Approximately 7 x 9 inches in size. These mats are finished with hard wearing lacquer and heat resistant to 100°C  (212°F). The edges of the mats are hand gilded. A retablo is a traditional devotional painting of a saint, on a flat surface, and used in family chapels, home alters and for the blessing the saint brings. This is the Archangel Raphel, healer.
The Mask Of Death by Eduardo Matos Moctezuma The American Wing At the Metropolitan Museum of Art 17th to the 20th Century Persian Painting Five Royal Safavid Manuscripts of the 16th Century by Stuart Cary Welch
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mesoamerican death artifacts Metropolitan Museum of Art Safavid Manuscripts
An exploration of death through the artifacts of mesoamerica and mexica, Eduardo Moctezuma takes us into the cultural beliefs and practices relating to death and dying. Art from the American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Furniture, paintings, prints, pewter, along with informative discussions of history and style. The sixteenth century saw a flowering of classical painting in Persia. Arts flourished under the aegis of the Shahs, and the pages reproduced in this volume represent the most unusual and dazzling miniatures in these Safavid manuscripts. Each plate is approximately 8 1/2 by 11 inches. Would be ideal for framing if so desired.
Folk Art of the Americas August Panyella editor The Long Collection of Ecuadoran Rugs by Boaz Long and Cristobal de Gangotena SAR 1946 Primitivism in 20th Century Art : Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern 2 Volume Slipcased Set
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