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Craft Traditions of the World: Locally Made, Globally Inspiring Book
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Foyles
This is the first comprehensive survey of crafts worldwide. The techniques used in a particular craft, from backstrap weaving and papercutting to metal casting and wood carving, as well as their history, are explained and illustrated, highlighting an incredible and dazzling diversity of styles. The book is organized geographically with six sections spanning the world, with each section subdivided into nearly 90 crafts altogether. Complete with over 500 illustrations, a glossary, bibliography, information on museums and an index, this survey is an essential document for anyone concerned with art, craft and decorative objects.
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Blackwell
Berber flatweaves, North African amulet pendants, Tibetan tiger rugs, Japanese origami, Maori fish hooks, South American carved gourds, Amazonian pottery, Hungarian painted eggs, Venetian glass beads, Pacific totem poles, Shaker boxes...
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Pickabook
Bryan Sentance, Polly Sentance
- 0500514666
- 9780500514665
- Bryan Sentance, Polly Sentance
- 7 September 2009
- Thames & Hudson
- Hardcover (Book)
- 240
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