Fun with Plains Indian Stencils by Paul E. Kennedy, ISBN 0486288927

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6 handsome motifs--perfect for embellishing fabrics, furniture and walls--depict an Arapaho bird, a Blackfoot buffalo, and abstract patterns of the Crow and Dakota.


The Impractical Cabinetmaker: Krenov on Composing, Making, and Detailing by James Krenov, ISBN 0941936511

James Krenov's delicate, lyrical cabinets have inspired a generation of wood craftsmen, as has his impassioned insistence that one do his very best work, no matter what. In this volume, first published in 1979, Krenov invites the reader into his workshop, where he shares his techniques and uncompromising approach to craftsmanship, along with thoughts about his work and its place in the world. Photo sequences show how Krenov composes a cabinet directly in the wood, without dimensioned drawings. He also discusses working with shop-sawn veneers, the technique of fitting curved doors, and the problems of accuracy and mistakes. The book concludes with a detailed exploration of three furniture projects: a curved showcase cabinet, a writing table with drawer, and a chess table. The Impractical Cabinetmaker: Krenov on Composing, Making, and Detailing by James Krenov, ISBN 0941936511
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Hartley Field: Poems by Connie Wanek, ISBN 0930100999

The poems in Hartley Field are by turns witty and amusing, lyrical and moving. But always they are clear and -direct.

Wanek writes clever, closely observed poems on subjects as diverse as "Butter" and "The Hammer, " work which is in the tradition of Francis Ponge and Pablo Neruda. These are often humorous and are enormous fun to read. Similarly, a number of poems focus upon childrens games and activities ("Checkers" and "Jump Rope, " among others), and explore them physically and psychologically.

What is most remarkable about this collection is the consistent originality of the imagery and elegance of language. In the poem "Late September, " we find "a plumed of smoke hand-feeding the wind." The object poem "Lemon" observes that the fruit has "bumpers on both ends like a Volkswagon." A racoon advancing into a dark yard is described as "a creature both manly and womanly/capable of force or seduction." Here is the first stanza of the elegiac "After Us."

Rain is falling through... Hartley Field: Poems by Connie Wanek, ISBN 0930100999
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