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Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Decorative arts & crafts > Folk art
The role of objects and images in everyday life are illuminated
incisively in Material Vernaculars, which combines historical,
ethnographic, and object-based methods across a diverse range of
material and visual cultural forms. The contributors to this volume
offer revealing insights into the significance of such practices as
scrapbooking, folk art produced by the elderly, the wedding coat in
Osage ceremonial exchanges, temporary huts built during the Jewish
festival of Sukkot, and Kiowa women's traditional roles in raiding
and warfare. While emphasizing local vernacular culture, the
contributors point to the ways that culture is put to social ends
within larger social networks and within the stream of history.
While attending to the material world, these case studies explicate
the manner in which the tangible and intangible, the material and
the meaningful, are constantly entwined and co-constituted.
'i Paint' presents a select group of paintings, drawings and verse
from Connecticut artist Ronald J. Sloan's 5 decade career. These
images represent the power of creation and the commitment to free
expression through the medium of paint and brush and whatever tool
deemed necessary to convey pure raw emotion.
Zorg Zookwash was just murdered Find out how he met his demise in
this international art book. White Lady Art Gallery in Dublin,
Ireland, curated an art show called Green Eggs and Ham: A Dr. Seuss
Exhibition. They asked artists to submit work that was inspired by
Dr. Seuss. Autumn Steam submitted an interactive installation
called The Unfortunate Zookwash. She handbound a 160 page book full
of paper ephemera, maps, discarded blueprints and vellum paper.
Then she wrote and illustrated the original story. When the book
was displayed at White Lady Art, they asked artists and attendants
to please write an alternate ending in the book. There were over 10
contributions added to the book in Ireland. The Unfortunate
Zookwash made it's second and final appearance at Folk Yard:
Fashion on February 15, 2013, in Portland, Oregon. Autumn Steam
asked artists and attendants to also contribute an ending. This
book is a direct copy of the original art book. You can learn more
about the book on our website www.zookwash.com
Growing old doesn't have to be seen as an eventual failure but
rather as an important developmental stage of creativity. Offering
an absorbing and fresh perspective on aging and crafts, Jon Kay
explores how elders choose to tap into their creative and personal
potential through making life-story objects. Carving, painting, and
rug hooking not only help seniors to cope with the ailments of
aging and loneliness but also to achieve greater satisfaction with
their lives. Whether revived from childhood memories or inspired by
their capacity to connect to others, meaningful memory projects
serve as a lens for focusing on, remaking, and sharing the
long-ago. These activities often help elders productively fill the
hours after they have raised their children, retired from their
jobs, and/or lost a loved one. These individuals forge new
identities for themselves that do not erase their earlier lives but
build on them and new lives that include sharing scenes and stories
from their memories.
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