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Formal and folk art canes
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CANES CAN BE divided into two broad categories of folk art and formal canes, depending on their method of manufacture and their purpose. Folk art canes were created by nonprofessional artists; independent craftsmen working alone for their own pleasure. This broad definition encompasses both scrimshaw and glass canes, along with canes made with more common materials. The independent craftsmen of days gone by were never restricted by the edicts of polite society, and so their humor, ridicule, a...
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Big-spending collectors warm to folk art fever
Chicago Sun-Times
; For collectors in the antiques world, folk art is the ultimate high, the pricey status symbol that makes a bold statement. After all, who can overlook a couple of weather vanes or massive whirligigs dominating a living room? It's hard not to give these often childish appearing objects due respect
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Folk art as communal culture and art proper
Art Education
; Attitudes about folk art have undergone a remarkable transformation, from characterizations as simplistic, primitive, and obscure a century ago, to descriptions as refined, com plex, and important. Interest in folk art reflects a growing concern not only for the nature and value of folk art but
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Folk art beauty in the eye of the collector
Chicago Sun-Times
; Folk art is called "naive" and often rightly so. Since it became a fashionable collectible in the 1970s, a wide range of categories such as sculpture, painting and pottery-old and new-became classified as "folk art." You can spend a little or a lot. However, there are several things to consider
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Nave Museum's display 'reaches out to the beholder': Folk Art exhibit runs Friday through Jan. 14.
Victoria Advocate (Victoria, TX)
; ... this story at www.VictoriaAdvocate.com. Copyright (c) 2006, Victoria Advocate, Texas Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News. For reprints, email tmsreprints@permissionsgroup.com, call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write ...
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Recapturing America's heritage: retailer's guide to folk art.
Gifts & Decorative Accessories
; Recapturing America's Heritage Retailer's Guide to Folk Art In the midst of a society surfeit of electronic gadgetry and computer-age products; at a time when many Americans have lost their ancestral production skills, consumers are opting for merchandise that reflects a sense of craftsmanship,
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The things we do...A new journal about Ukrainian folk art
Ukrainian Weekly, The
; Tracz, Orysia Paszczak Ukrainian Weekly, The 03-10-2002 The National Union of Folk Art Masters of Ukraine unites the best folk artists, who through their creative work have preserved and are continuing to develop the artistic traditions of the Ukrainian people. So what more do you want to know
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PFALTZGRAFF HOLDS A FESTIVAL TO FETE 20 YEARS OF FOLK ART.
HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network
; ... around the country, many of whom are members of the Folk Art News (FAN) club, gathered for the festival, which began with a luncheon ... real eye-opener, said Sandy Anderson, editor of the Folk Art News quarterly newsletter. I had no idea it was so involved to make ...
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The Lure of American Folk Art
Antiques & Collecting Magazine
; NOT THAT LONG AGO, folk art admirers and serious collectors were an exclusive group who recognized the artistic and creative merits of the objects and fine art made by trained, untrained and minimally trained artisans. But in recent years, attitudes toward folk art have taken a turn, including the
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Unwary buyers of folk art can get sophisticated fakes
Chicago Sun-Times
; When it comes to some of the folk art offerings at auctions and shows, I am struck by acute deja vu. I am reminded of the tale of the emperor's new clothes. To refresh your memory, the emperor was sold a bill of goods in the form of an invisible robe. When he paraded it before his subjects, they
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At PCA&D, recognizing folk art
Sunday News Lancaster, PA
; People come from miles around to purchase authentic Amish quilts here. But a look back into history reveals that the Amish did not start quilting until the 1800s when they borrowed the art from the English. "Germans are weavers, not quilters," said Peter S. Seibert, executive director of The
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