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Electrified: The Art of the Contemporary Electric Guitar
With more highly skilled luthiers at work than ever before, ours is a golden age of the electric guitar. Presenting superbly crafted electric guitars as fine art, this beautifully photographed book gives 125 master luthiers from 15 countries the spotlight--artisans who have custom-built instruments for the likes of Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Billy F. Gibbons, Steve Miller, George Benson, Kirk Hammett, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. From the invention of the electric guitar in the 1930s to its development in the 1960s to present-day innovations, Electrified is a lovingly detailed look at these beautifully produced instruments . . . and the talented people who make them.
272 pages, Sterling Signature, 2011. ISBN-10: 1402747748 |
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| Bird Decoys of North America: Nature, History, and Art
The ultimate book on historic bird decoys and carvers of the United States and Canada. The definitive study of the birds, the hunters, and the decoy makers of all the major gunning regions of nineteenth and early twentieth century North America.
Hardcover, 304 pages, with stunning color photographs of more than 300 classic decoys, plus dozens of Audubon bird prints and historic photographs and illustrations. Click here for more information! |
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Amish Abstractions: Quilts from the Collection of Faith and Stephen Brown
Published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Amish Abstractions: Quilts from the Collection of Faith and Stephen Brown explores the origins, techniques, and context of these visual masterpieces. More than seventy-five quilts originating in communities throughout Pennsylvania and the Midwest from the 1880s to the 1940s are presented with contributions by three quilt experts: Joe Cunningham, a well-known quilt artist, author, and lecturer; Robert Shaw, an independent curator of numerous quilt exhibitions; and Janneken Smucker, a specialist in quilts from the Amish and Mennonite traditions and the author of Amish Quilts: Crafting an American Icon.
Includes Collector's Note by Faith and Stephen Brown. 128 pages with more than 90 color images. Size: 9 x 10.5 inches. Smyth-sewn casebound book, with jacket. |
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Hand Made, Hand Played: The Art & Craft of Contemporary Guitars
We are living in a golden age of guitarmaking, and this gorgeous new book offers a definitive look at the work of the most skilled artisans at work today. From reproductions of Renaissance and Baroque-era instruments to the wildest looking and most technically advanced electric guitars on the planet, this book covers it all. More than 300 color photos of guitars of every kind imaginable—classical guitars, flattops, archtops, harp guitars, Hawaiian lap guitars, Dobros and metal bodied resonators, acoustic and electric basses, hollow and solid bodied electrics, and more. A must have for every guitarist you know and for anyone interested in contemporary instrument building and craftsmanship.
Softcover with folding flaps. 11 x 8.5 x 1.3 inches, 416 pages, more than 300 color images! Lark Books, 2008. ISBN-13: 978-1579907877 |
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Hawaiian Quilt Masterpieces
"First brought to the islands by missionaries
and traders in the late 19th century, quilting in Hawaii adapted
to the physical and cultural environment of the islands to become
a distinctive art form. The earliest quilt in this collection
of Hawaiian masterworks dates from 1874 and the most recent from
1995. Following the format of his earlier Quilts: A Living Tradition,
Shaw includes a detailed color photograph, a historical introduction,
and a critique for each of the 48 quilts. Essential for textile
history collections."
-Library Journal
Hardcover, 12 x 9 in., 120 pp., 50 full-page
color photos. 1st edition: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, 1997. ISBN: 0-88363-396-5. Reprinted in 2009 by Universe. |
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Art Quilts: A Celebration—400 Stunning Contemporary Designs
This genre-spanning anthology features 10 years worth of the most innovative
pieces chosen for the Quilt National biennial exhibition--the
top showcase for modern quilt artists. Acclaimed author Robert
Shaw, a widely recognized expert on American folk art, introduces
the volume and provides both a beautifully illustrated history
of the art quilt movement and a special section on building,
displaying, and caring for collections of quality pieces. The
techniques and materials featured in these 400 spectacular quilts
are as varied as the people who created them, and through spectacular
color photographs and artists' discussions, readers will discover
how the boundaries of traditional quilt-making have expanded
in the last decade. 8 1/2 X 11. all in color.
Softcover with folding flaps, 512 pp- 8 1/2 x 11,
400 color photos, Lark Books, 2005. ISBN: 1-57990-711-3 |
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The
McCleery Auction
"While the final word regarding the James
McCleery auction/collection may never be in, the definitive words
on the subject have recently been published. Shaw and Gard have
not only paid tribute to one of world's greatest collectors,
they have also paralleled his ideals with their effort."
Antiques & the Arts Weekly
"... like having a wonderful scrapbook,
all beautifully assembled by the editors, of the most memorable
and important event in the history of decoy collecting."
-Decoy Magazine
Hardcover with dust jacket, 10.25 x 10.25 in., 214 pp.,
over 100 color photos. Lake Emma Press, 2001. ISBN: 0-9705508-1-2.
Email Ron Gard for copies. |
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American
Baskets : A Cultural History of a Traditional Domestic Art
"Deftly weaving together cultural, religious, and
personal histories and geographic and environmental influences
on the craft, Shaw traces the development of the many distinct
native traditions Simple, full-color photographs of some of the
finest specimens in American collections are accompanied by intelligent,
thorough captions."
-Amazon.com
Hardcover with dust jacket, 216 pp., 11.3 x 8.9 x 0.8 inches, more than 150
color photos. Clarkson Potter, 2000. ISBN: 0609603337 |
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The Art
Quilt
"With the appearance of this gorgeous
and ambitious book, it seems unlikely that quilts could ever
again be dismissively assumed to be staid, quaint, bound by tradition,
or strictly utilitarian. The Art Quilt is an art-lover's
treasure, a quiltmaker's bible, and a collector's reminder of
all the wonderful quilts yet to covet."
-Threads Magazine
Hardcover with dust jacket, 14 x 11 in., 312 pp., more than
300 color photos. Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, 1997. ISBN: 0-88363-952-1 |
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Great
Guitars
"Robert Shaw is a crafts and music curator,
and an accomplished guitarist, which explains this book, a must-read
-- and drool-over -- for anyone who loves guitars. In a lengthy,
fascinating introduction, Shaw offers a tour of the instrument's
development, technology and construction, and the ways musicians
have used it. Dozens of photographs of famous guitarists with
their favorite instruments, and -- here's where guitar-lovers
get hooked -- nearly 50 stunning, full-color photos of historical
instruments and contemporary work by the world's foremost luthiers."
-The Literary Review (November 1998)
Hardcover with dust jacket, 12 x 9 in., 128 pp., 50 full-page
color photos. Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, 1997. ISBN: 0-88363-397-3 |
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Quilts: A Living Tradition
"This volume stands out amid a plethora
of books on the history of the quilt, not only for the richness
of its carefully chosen illustrations but also for the wealth
of information it conveys. Highly recommended."
-Library Journal
Hardcover with dust jacket, 14 x 11 in. 312 pp., over 300 color photos. Hugh
Lauter Levin Associates, 1994. ISBN: 0-88363-395-7. |
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America's Traditional
Crafts
"Probably the information source on major U.S. crafts."
-Booklist
Hardcover with dust jacket, 14 x 11 in., over 300 color
photos, Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, 1992. ISBN: 0-88363-693-X.
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Call
to the Sky: The Decoy Collection of James M. McCleery, M.D.
Catalog of 1992 Houston Museum of Natural
Science exhibition of the greatest decoy collection of all time.
Dr. McCleery's collection was sold at Sotheby's in New York in
2000, where it brought more than $11,000,000.
Hardcover with dust jacket,7.5 x 10.25 in., 120 pp., 60
full page color photos. Gulf Publishing Company, 1992. ISBN:
0-88415-057. |
