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A Wisheecaing Touch:
Folk Art Complements Your Home

PFO ant-camadd a tomfortable, |
welcoming almosphere toa house or
room, Tt invites friends and family to
rehix and feel al home by exuding a
certain warmth and character, The
personatity of cach item-comes from
the handmadestyliag inherent ta
folk art. anid. the? practical: utilitarian

life of each piece, Folk art was alay-_

man’ s-art-done-by urtisans with, no
formal, traiiing.? :
Untike high-style antiques, “the.
“imperfections” — nicks, seratches,.
worn paint iuid broken.threads’—
don’t devalue:the art, instedd; hey?
add tothe appedl ofa picees Bach

seripe has a-story behind it that you"
either know or-that: yourmind can

create: cach: item. can bea Spring.
board for your ‘imagination, There
nay be’ memories Surrounding a piece:

— wheuier it's from your own family ©
or bought in acstore-—hat- allow.

owners: 10 glimpse into“an earlier
“period of rural American life and, for
amoment: vicariously experience life
in that time:

Inthe curly: 900s, folk art was:
plentiful, inexpensive-and sometimes
rescued from the garbage, Nowadays,

good folk art has become popular and -

expensive, so.it's important to
become an informed: ‘consumer.
“Living With Polk Art (Hearst
Books). by: the tditors of Country
- Living magazine, ‘was designed to
inform and inspire anyone who owns
folk’art or is:thinking-about purchas-
ing some LLféatures the editors’
favorite folk-art pieces from homes
around the COUNTY. a
\. Origins ‘of the mest popular folk-

-_.art-forms ire explored, including tra-

- ditions and ‘techniques brought by
Americin’s immigrants. With a focus
on European: licritage: pottery and

“textiles from Mexico and Central

“América, baskets and- weavings of
Native’ “Anicr ans, and the simple,

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elegant handicrafts of the Shaker
community are covered in detail.

The difference between folk art
and contemporary iinitations can be
confusing. The current interest-in
folk art and cauntry decurating has

led tova proliferation of recently

made-picces designed to appeal to
new collectors, Some of today's
artists: and craftspeople create beau-

~-tiful pieces that are inspired by yes-
lerday’s folk art. However, some , -
“people simply wish to.capitalize on

the current trend-and don't sign or
date their work in hopes of fooling

“Living With Folk Art” is filled
with color photographs of fine pieces

-in their most. flattering settings. Its

pages illustrate -how falk art has been

‘integrated into‘ people’s individual

sense of style, and reveal how Jit can
be effectively used in the different

7 rooms of your home.

“Only experience can train your eye,
The more you see, (he more you will
be able to uriderstand the differences
between authentic folk-art and that

Which is “folky.” Learning as much
“#8 you can about each work will

enhance the rewards of ownership.

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635-4950

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8.21 acres located across from the
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635-5397

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635-6508

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2.61 acres + 3 dwelling units.
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638-1327

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