More than 200 patterns inspired by the great early cultures of the American Southwest. Make pegboards, clocks, jewelry boxes, lampshades, shelves, and other wood projects extra-special by applying these marvelous designs.
275 fun, fast, easy-to-make and original down-home projects from the acknowledged masters of the scroll saw, the Spielmans! Projects include country-style cutouts of sheep, horses, cows, and many more. You'll find patterns for functional purposes, such as the duck papertowel holder, along with patterns intended purely for decorative use, like a tulip welcome sign.
Offers advice on cutting and displaying silhouettes, and shares patterns featuring birds, animals, holidays, country scenes, mythology, boats, sports, transportation, warriors, and winter scenes.
A treasury of classic wood patterns and techniques for creative woodworking embellishment. Woodcarving artist Lora Irish gives carvers, woodburners and painters a wide variety of designs they can transfer directly to projects or use to develop ideas of their own. Themes include natural patterns such as grapes, oak leaves and acorns, animals like lions and eagles, and intricate floral and fantasy designs. 180 drawings.
When Spanish conquistadores marched north from Mexico's interior, they encountered one harsh reality that eclipsed all others: the importance of water in an arid land. Covering a time when legal precedents were being set for many water rights laws, this study contributes much to an understanding of the modern Southwest, especially disputes involving Indian water rights. The paperback edition includes a new afterword by the author which discusses the results of recent research.
Two dozen leading archaeologists isolate a number of themes that were central to the process of increasing complexity in prehistoric Southwestern society, including increased food production, a greater degree of sedentism, and a dramatically increasing population.
In Imagining Indians in the Southwest, Leah Dilworth examines the creation and enduring potency of the early twentieth-century myth of the primitive Indian. She shows how visions of Indians - created not only by tourism but also by anthropologists, collectors of Indian crafts, and modernist writers - have reflected white anxieties about such issues as the value of labor in an industrialized society, racial assimilation, and the perceived loss of cultural authenticity. Dilworth explores diverse expressions of mainstream society's primitivist impulse - from the Fred Harvey Company's guided tours of Indian pueblos supposedly untouched by modern life to enthnographic descriptions of the Hopi Snake dance as alien and exotic. She shows how magazines touted the preindustrial simplicity of Indian artisanal occupations and how Mary Austin's 1923 book, The American Rhythm, urged poets to emulate the cadences of Native American song and dance. Contending that Native Americans of the Southwest still are seen primarily as living relics, Dilworth describes the ways in which they have resisted cultural colonialism. She concludes with a consideration of two contemporary artists who, by infusing their works with history and complexity, are recasting the practices and politics of primitivism.
Use a variety of new, unusual, and artistic designs and patterns to make big yard art or wall decorations, or small jewelry items, boxes, or furniture decorations. Patterns are organized into categories such as Flowers, Birds, Sea and Water Life, and Animals. Humorous and hobby-related designs are included, as well as Southwest Designs and Designs for Metal.