Download or read book Willow Basketry of the Amana Colonies written by Joanna E. Schanz and published by Penfield Books. This book was released on 1986 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Amana Colonies 1932 1945 written by Peter Hoehnle and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Amana Colonies were founded by members of the Community of True Inspiration, a Pietist sect that originated in southwest Germany in 1714. Beginning in 1842, members of the sect migrated to New York and founded the Eben-Ezer Society, in which land, shops, and homes were owned communally. Members worked at assigned jobs, attended 11 church services each week, and received food, clothing, and shelter. Beginning in 1855, the community relocated to a 26,000-acre tract in eastern Iowa, where they founded the seven Amana villages, each with its own church, school, general store, craft shop, and barns. A disastrous fire, economic downturns, and a growing dissatisfaction with communal life led the members to vote to reorganize as a separate business and church organization in 1932. Images of America: Amana Colonies: 1932-1945 examines a time when the Amana people worked to preserve aspects of their traditional religious and cultural life while, simultaneously, learning to embrace American life and the waves of people who visited these unique villages in growing numbers.
Download or read book Willow Basketry written by Bernard Verdet and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook provides aspiring & experienced basketmakers with access to a wealth of traditional forms & techniques for willow basketry. You ll find info. on the shop, the tools, the cultivation & harvesting of the willow plant, the processing of rods, weave patterns, basket design, & construction techniques. The informative, detailed, step-by-step illustrations guide you through the process of learning. Offers instructions for making 8 Old World basketry projects. You ll learn how to plan a project & work the materials to create your own variations on round, oval, & squarework forms. Extensive glossary & bibliography. List of willow & basketry sources in the U.S., Canada, & Europe
Download or read book Willow Basketry for the Very Beginner written by Joanna E. Schanz and published by . This book was released on 1996-06 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Willow basketry does not need to be difficult. This book teaches simple willow techniques while helping users create useful baskets. Directions include line drawings. Eighteen simple, useful willow basketry "recipes" come with photos of each basket. This book is spiced with humor and personal learning experiences.
Download or read book The Carriage Journal written by Thomas Ryder and published by Carriage Assoc. of America. This book was released on 1986-12-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The View from the Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 O Snow Rollers in New England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 A Weekend of Driving at Newport . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 The Development of Automatic Tops for Carriages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Shepherd F. Knapp . . .. .. . . . . 119 Willow Basket Bodies for Carriages and Sleighs . . 121 Beechwood Farm 125 Polish Carriage Collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 World Four-in-Hand Carriage Driving Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Carriage Association of America Annual Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Conservation Versus Restoration 139 The Names of Carriage Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Wei Is Fargo and the Concord Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Roaming Around California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Questions & Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 The Carriage Trade . . 152 Book Reviews 153 There's Nothing New Under the Sun
Download or read book A Measure of the Earth written by Nicholas R. Bell and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Measure of the Earth provides an unparalleled window into an overlooked corner of recent American history: the traditional basketry revival of the past fifty years. Steve Cole and Martha Ware amassed a remarkable collection using the most stringent guidelines: baskets made from undyed domestic materials that have been harvested by the maker. An essay by Nicholas Bell details the long-standing use of traditional fibers such as black ash and white oak, willow and sweetgrass, and the perseverance of a select few to claim these elements--the land itself--for the enrichment of daily life. As they trek through woods, fields, farm, and shore in the quest for the right ingredients for a basket, these men and women cultivate an enviable knowledge of the land. Each basket crafted from this knowledge provides not only evidence of this connection to place, but also a measure of the earth. Drawing on conversations with the basketmakers from across the country and reproducing many of their documentary photographs, Bell offers an intimate glimpse of their lifeways, motivations, and hopes. Lavish illustrations of every basket convey the humble, tactile beauty of these functional vessels.
Download or read book Craft in America written by Jo Lauria and published by Potter Style. This book was released on 2007 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated with 200 stunning photographs and encompassing objects from furniture and ceramics to jewelry and metal, this definitive work from Jo Lauria and Steve Fenton showcases some of the greatest pieces of American crafts of the last two centuries. Potter Craft
Download or read book Kolonie Deutsch written by Philip E. Webber and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founded as a communal society in 1855 by German Pietists, the seven villages of Iowa’s Amana Colonies make up a community whose crafts, architecture, and institutions reflect—and to an extent perpetuate—the German heritage of earlier residents. In this intriguing blend of sociolinguistic research and stories from Colonists both past and present, Philip Webber examines the rich cultural and linguistic traditions of the Amanas. Although the Colonies are open to the outside world, particularly after the Great Change of 1932, many distinctive vestiges of earlier lifeways survive, including the local variety of German known by its speakers as Kolonie-Deutsch. Drawing upon interviews with more than fifty Amana-German speakers in 1989 and 1990, Webber explores the nuances of this home-grown German, signaling the development of local microdialects, the changing pattern in the use of German in the Colonies, and the reciprocal influence of English and German on residents’ speech. By letting his sources tell their own stories of earlier days, in which the common message seems to be wir haben fun gehabt or “we had fun working together,” he illuminates the history and unique qualities of each Colony through the prism of language study. Webber’s introduction to this paperback edition provides an up-to-date itinerary for visitors to the Colonies, information about recent publications on Amana history and culture, and an overview of expanded research opportunities for language study and historical inquiry. The result is an informative and engaging study that will be appreciated by linguists, anthropologists, and historians as well as by general readers interested in these historic villages.
Download or read book Amana Style written by Marjorie K. Albers and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Contemporary Wicker Basketry written by Flo Hoppe and published by Lark Books (NC). This book was released on 1996 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Contemporary wicker baskets first presents you with the basics--tools and materials, weaving techniques, bases, borders, handles, and lids--with easy-to-follow instructions, detailed illustrations, and helpful how-to photographs. Then use what you learn to make any or all the 30 magnificent wicker baskets in the project section."--p. [4] of cover.
Download or read book Crafts of America written by Constance Stapleton and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crafts of America is a celebration of the historical, regional, and national traditions explained through the words and work of today's best artisians. (back cover.).
Download or read book The Basketmaker s Art written by Rob Pulleyn and published by Lark Books (NC). This book was released on 1991 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Amana People and Their Furniture written by Marjorie K. Albers and published by Iowa State Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, complete with its photos of rare pieces and contemporary creations, provides an historical look at The Amana Society, the role of furniture, and the development of furniture making as an Amana industry. It also portrays Amana architecture, religious practices, and daily life in the Amana Society. -- Amazon.com.
Download or read book The Baskets of Rural America written by Gloria Roth Teleki and published by Plume Books. This book was released on 1975 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Income Opportunities in Special Forest Products written by Margaret G. Thomas and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1993 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes special forest products that represent opportunities for rural entrepreneurs to supplement their incomes. Includes: aromatics, berries & wild fruits, cones & seeds, forest botanicals, honey, mushrooms, nuts, syrup, & weaving & dying materials. Each chapter describes market & competition considerations, distribution & packaging, equipment needs, & resource conservation considerations, & also presents a profile of a rural business marketing the products. Products suitable for small or part-time operators are described. 50 photos.
Download or read book Willow Basketry written by Jonathan Ridgeon and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-01-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a series of easy to follow step by step projects, this book will teach you the fundamental skills and techniques as used in many every-day baskets. Clear instructions and more than 280 photos and diagrams will guide you through every aspect. Projects include 'your first basket', a simple bowl; a log basket; a garden trug; a potato basket; and a foraging basket.This book is designed for the beginner. Everything you need to know is covered, including guidance on sourcing the willow either from a specialist grower, or the countryside."Basketry is a rewarding craft. Being able to take some humble sticks and weave them together into a beautiful and functional item is extremely satisfying. Even after weaving hundreds of baskets, I still get a 'buzz' when finishing a new creation. The satisfaction doesn't stop there either, using your hand-made baskets for jobs such as picking berries or gathering produce from your garden, is a joyful thing." Jonathan RidgeonNote: The full range of projects are those pictured on the cover.
Download or read book Contented among Strangers written by Linda Schelbitzki Pickle and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2023-11-20 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: German-Americans make up one of the largest ethnic groups in the United States, yet their very success at assimilating has also made them one of the least visible. Contented among Strangers examines the central role German-speaking women in rural areas of the Midwest played in preserving their ethnic and cultural identity. Even while living far from their original homelands, these women applied traditional European patterns of rural family life and values to their new homes in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. As a result they were more content with their modest lives than were their Anglo-American counterparts. Through personal recollections--including interesting diary material translated by the author, church and community documents, and migration and census data--Pickle reveals the diversity and richness of the women's experiences.
