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Exploring Folk Art


Author: Jones, Michael O.
Source: Directory of Open Access Books
Publisher: Utah State University, University Libraries
ISBN: 9780874211658
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Jones explores the human impulse to create, the necessity for having aesthetically satisfying experiences, and the craving for tradition. He also considers topics such as making chairs, remodeling houses, using and preserving soda-fountain slang, preparing and eating food, and sculpting lifelike figures out of cement.