Tin Men
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of Illinois Press
Published:29th Dec '06
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Presenting an exploration of tin men and their creators, this work contains interviews with craftspeople, gallery owners, collectors, and Sheet Metal Workers' International Association officials, linking tinsmith artistry to issues of craft education, union traditions, labour history, and social class.The art, craft, and social history behind tin men
"Tin Men opens a new chapter in material culture studies and folk art research. Connoisseurs may collect and venerate their favorite tin-man pieces, but Archie Green reclaims all these objects for the trade." Julia Ardery, author of The Temptation :Edgar Tolson and the Genesis of Twentieth-Century Folk Art
ISBN: 9780252073755
Dimensions: 254mm x 178mm x 13mm
Weight: 513g
216 pages