The carver's art : crafting meaning from wood / Simon J. Bronner.
Material type: TextPublication details: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©1996.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 210 pages) : illustrations, mapContent type:- text
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- Wood-carvers -- Indiana -- Interviews
- Wood-carving -- Indiana -- Psychological aspects
- Folk art -- Indiana -- Psychological aspects
- Chains -- Folklore
- Sculpteurs sur bois -- Indiana -- Entretiens
- Sculpture sur bois (Arts décoratifs) -- Indiana -- Aspect psychologique
- Art populaire -- Indiana -- Aspect psychologique
- Chaînes -- Folklore
- CRAFTS & HOBBIES -- Carving
- Chains
- Folk art -- Psychological aspects
- Wood-carvers
- Wood-carving -- Psychological aspects
- Indiana
- Holzschnitzer
- Biografie
- Holzschnitzerei
- Erlebnisbericht
- Indiana
- Houtsnijkunst
- Sculpture sur bois -- États-Unis -- Indiana
- Chains Folklore
- Folk art Indiana Psychological aspects
- Wood-carvers Indiana Interviews
- Wood-carving Indiana Psychological aspects
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- NK9712 .B749 1996
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- 73.85
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A new and updated ed. of: Chain carvers : Lexington, Kentucky, 1985.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-203) and index.
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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
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
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