The carver's art : crafting meaning from wood /
Bronner, Simon J.
The carver's art : crafting meaning from wood / Simon J. Bronner. - Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©1996. - 1 online resource (xiii, 210 pages) : illustrations, map
A new and updated ed. of: Chain carvers : Lexington, Kentucky, 1985.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-203) and index.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Author's Note to Paperback Edition; Preface; Illustration Credits; Prologue; CHAPTER ONE: Part of You Is in a Carving; CHAPTER TWO: Bet You Don't Know How I Made This; CHAPTER THREE: How Do You Figure It, That Darn Stuff?; Epilogue; Ten Years Later; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W
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Chains carved from a single block of wood, cages whittled with wooden balls rattling inside -- all ""made with just a pocketknife""--Are among our most enduring folk designs. Who makes them and why? what is their history? what do they mean for their makers, for their viewers, for our society? Simon J. Bronner portrays four wood carvers in southern Indiana, men who had been transplanted from the rural landscapes of their youth to industrial towns. After retiring, they took up a skill they remembered from childhood. Bronner discusses how creativity helped these men adjust to change and how vie
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2014.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
9780813147864 (electronic bk.) 0813147867 (electronic bk.) (paper ; alk. paper) (paper ; alk. paper)
Wood-carvers--Indiana--Interviews.
Wood-carving--Psychological aspects.--Indiana
Folk art--Psychological aspects.--Indiana
Chains--Folklore.
Sculpteurs sur bois--Indiana--Entretiens.
Sculpture sur bois (Arts décoratifs)--Aspect psychologique.--Indiana
Art populaire--Aspect psychologique.--Indiana
Chaînes--Folklore.
CRAFTS & HOBBIES--Carving.
Chains.
Folk art--Psychological aspects.
Wood-carvers.
Wood-carving--Psychological aspects.
Holzschnitzer
Biografie
Holzschnitzerei
Erlebnisbericht
Houtsnijkunst.
Sculpture sur bois--États-Unis--Indiana.
Indiana.
Indiana
Chains Folklore Folk art Indiana Psychological aspects Wood-carvers Indiana Interviews Wood-carving Indiana Psychological aspects
Electronic books.
Folklore.
Interviews.
NK9712 / .B749 1996
736/.4/09772
The carver's art : crafting meaning from wood / Simon J. Bronner. - Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©1996. - 1 online resource (xiii, 210 pages) : illustrations, map
A new and updated ed. of: Chain carvers : Lexington, Kentucky, 1985.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-203) and index.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Author's Note to Paperback Edition; Preface; Illustration Credits; Prologue; CHAPTER ONE: Part of You Is in a Carving; CHAPTER TWO: Bet You Don't Know How I Made This; CHAPTER THREE: How Do You Figure It, That Darn Stuff?; Epilogue; Ten Years Later; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W
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Chains carved from a single block of wood, cages whittled with wooden balls rattling inside -- all ""made with just a pocketknife""--Are among our most enduring folk designs. Who makes them and why? what is their history? what do they mean for their makers, for their viewers, for our society? Simon J. Bronner portrays four wood carvers in southern Indiana, men who had been transplanted from the rural landscapes of their youth to industrial towns. After retiring, they took up a skill they remembered from childhood. Bronner discusses how creativity helped these men adjust to change and how vie
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2014.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
9780813147864 (electronic bk.) 0813147867 (electronic bk.) (paper ; alk. paper) (paper ; alk. paper)
Wood-carvers--Indiana--Interviews.
Wood-carving--Psychological aspects.--Indiana
Folk art--Psychological aspects.--Indiana
Chains--Folklore.
Sculpteurs sur bois--Indiana--Entretiens.
Sculpture sur bois (Arts décoratifs)--Aspect psychologique.--Indiana
Art populaire--Aspect psychologique.--Indiana
Chaînes--Folklore.
CRAFTS & HOBBIES--Carving.
Chains.
Folk art--Psychological aspects.
Wood-carvers.
Wood-carving--Psychological aspects.
Holzschnitzer
Biografie
Holzschnitzerei
Erlebnisbericht
Houtsnijkunst.
Sculpture sur bois--États-Unis--Indiana.
Indiana.
Indiana
Chains Folklore Folk art Indiana Psychological aspects Wood-carvers Indiana Interviews Wood-carving Indiana Psychological aspects
Electronic books.
Folklore.
Interviews.
NK9712 / .B749 1996
736/.4/09772