Tin Men

Archie Green author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of Illinois Press

Published:29th Dec '06

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Tin Men cover

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