A Legacy in Tramp Art
A Legacy in Tramp Art

Author: Clifford A. Wallach

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780764341069

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In over 600 color photos, this book presents historical images and introduces newly discovered artists of tramp art, complete with their known biographies. Made from society's discards, primarily wooden cigar boxes and wooden crates, tramp art is the story of the common man, unschooled in the arts, taking a simple tool to carve a legacy from the heart for all of us to enjoy and celebrate. The engaging text tells the personal stories of the creators of tramp art, including Augustus "Gus" Wynn, Levi Fisher Ames, Adolph Vandertie, John Kozimor, Robert Louis Kosmerl, Carl Briston, Ernest Huber, and Charles Mikkelsen. Also discussed are the collectors who cherished and brought tramp art into their lives. Examples of this unique art form include boxes, picture frames, miniature houses, and carousels that are marvels of meticulous detail. For anyone with a passion for folk art, this book will be a much-treasured addition to their library.

Tramp Art
Tramp Art

Author: Helaine W. Fendelman

Publisher: Stewart, Tabori, & Chang

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781556709050

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"Tramp art was most prevalent during the years of the Great Depression. All of the wood used in its construction is scrap and discard; a craft of itinerant carvers, most of it was made from the wooden cigar boxes of the era. Most fascinating is the fact that there are no written instructions for the construction or crafting of a piece of tramp art and it doesn't appear that there ever were.

Tramp Art
Tramp Art

Author: Clifford Wallach

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780764331763

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Discover the romance of tramp art, folk art made made from discarded wooden cigar boxes, layer upon layer, one notch at a time, by untrained artists using simple tools and recycled materials. Tramp art crafters representing over 40 nationalities carved tramp art in America. It was also practiced throughout the world wherever cigars were smoked. These artists transformed the discarded boxes into pieces of utility and wonder. Never before has the subject been studied in such depth. Over 600 color photographs document 100s of items, ranging from picture frames and mirrors, to boxes, bureaus, and fantasy pieces. The designs and colors reflect a naive sensibility and aesthetic that is at once charming and beautiful. Here is a rich assemblage of the history of the art form and a thorough the study of the artists' lives and work. Misguided romantic mythologies long associated with tramp art are dispelled to leave an accurate picture of these noble notchers. A foreword by award-winning author and art historian Barbara Goldsmith sets the stage, and the pages that follow both celebrate the art and deepen our understanding of its roots and practitioners. This book will be treasured by folk art lovers everywhere.

No Idle Hands
No Idle Hands

Author: Laura Addison

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780890136225

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This book pays homage to the counterculture movement through the words and photographs of a select gathering of people who lived it.

Tramp Art Papercrafts
Tramp Art Papercrafts

Author: Suzanne McNeill

Publisher: Design Originals

Published: 2013-03-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781574214369

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Revised version of the book Tramp art originally published in 2000 by Design Originals.

Tramp
Tramp

Author: Tomas Espedal

Publisher:

Published: 2022-02-19

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 9781803090306

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A lyrical travelogue charting Tomas Espedal's journeys to and ruminations around the world, from his native Norway to Istanbul and beyond. "Why travel?" asks Tomas Espedal in Tramp, "Why not just stay at home, in your room, in your house, in the place you like better than any other, your own place. The familiar house, the requisite rooms in which we have gathered the things we need, a good bed, a desk, a whole pile of books. The windows giving on to the sea and the garden with its apple trees and holly hedge, a beautiful garden, growing wild." The first step in any trip or journey is always a footstep--the brave or curious act of putting one foot in front of the other and stepping out of the house onto the sidewalk below. Here, Espedal contemplates what this ambulatory mode of travel has meant for great artists and thinkers, including Rousseau, Kant, Hazlitt, Thoreau, Rimbaud, Whitman, Giacometti, and Robert Louis Stevenson. In the process, he confronts his own inability to write from a fixed abode and his refusal to banish the temptation to become permanently itinerant. Lyrical and rebellious, immediate and sensuous, Tramp conveys Espedal's own need to explore on foot--in places as diverse as Wales and Turkey--and offers us the excitement and adventure of being a companion on his fascinating and intriguing travels.

Misadventure in the Middle East
Misadventure in the Middle East

Author: Henry Hemming

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2010-11-26

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 1857884892

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Experience the tale of a hapless young artist, Yasmine the pick-up, and an extraordinary journey across the world.

Trump: The Art of the Deal
Trump: The Art of the Deal

Author: Donald J. Trump

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Published: 2009-12-23

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 0307575330

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President Donald J. Trump lays out his professional and personal worldview in this classic work—a firsthand account of the rise of America’s foremost deal-maker. “I like thinking big. I always have. To me it’s very simple: If you’re going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think big.”—Donald J. Trump Here is Trump in action—how he runs his organization and how he runs his life—as he meets the people he needs to meet, chats with family and friends, clashes with enemies, and challenges conventional thinking. But even a maverick plays by rules, and Trump has formulated time-tested guidelines for success. He isolates the common elements in his greatest accomplishments; he shatters myths; he names names, spells out the zeros, and fully reveals the deal-maker’s art. And throughout, Trump talks—really talks—about how he does it. Trump: The Art of the Deal is an unguarded look at the mind of a brilliant entrepreneur—the ultimate read for anyone interested in the man behind the spotlight. Praise for Trump: The Art of the Deal “Trump makes one believe for a moment in the American dream again.”—The New York Times “Donald Trump is a deal maker. He is a deal maker the way lions are carnivores and water is wet.”—Chicago Tribune “Fascinating . . . wholly absorbing . . . conveys Trump’s larger-than-life demeanor so vibrantly that the reader’s attention is instantly and fully claimed.”—Boston Herald “A chatty, generous, chutzpa-filled autobiography.”—New York Post

Confessions of a Work Camper
Confessions of a Work Camper

Author: Blaize Sun

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-12-26

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 9781539332237

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Follow the adventures of a campground worker as she chronicles the delights and disasters of working with the public away from all the conveniences of modern life: electricity, running water, internet access, and phone service. Join her on the top of a mountain, as far from civilization as she's ever lived, in this collection of creative non-fiction essays.

The Art of Michael Whelan
The Art of Michael Whelan

Author: Michael Whelan

Publisher: Bantam Dell Publishing Group

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9780553074475

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Award-winning artist Whelan has illustrated the work of almost every major author in speculative fiction. Here are featured all the artist's major recent paintings, as well as a series of 25 never-before-seen works produced especially for this book. Over 100 full-color reproductions.