Kent McManis and fellow trader Robert Jeffries have provided us with the definitive introduction to one of the most popular American Indian arts -- Navajo rug weaving. It covers development from the seventeenth century through innovations of the craft today--everything from the classic Chief's Blankets, to the famous Two Grey Hills designs, to the latest in pictorial rugs. Of great help to the new collector is the list of standards in judging the quality of a rug and advice for its proper care. Fully illustrated with stunning examples of over fifty rug types.

A Guide to Navajo Weavings

Arts & Photography

Gentry, Linnea

McManis, Kent

Stancliff, Robin

Jeffries, Robert

History & Criticism

Rio Nuevo Pub

The Many Faces of Mata Ortiz

Over the past three decades a flowering of extraordinary ceramic art has been underway in a tiny village on the high plains of northern Mexico--hardly the place to expect an artistic movement in the late twentieth century. Yet art lovers have been coming from all over the world to see the people of this poor, backwater village of Mata Ortiz work their earthly magic at kitchen tables and backyards all over town. Several noted experts have collaborated in these pages to tell the remarkable story of Mata Ortiz. Personal histories of nearly 100 potters are included, 260 photographs in full color, a visitor's guide, index of potters, and a schedule of exhibitions in the U. S. and Mexico are included.

LOWELL, SUSAN

Quintana, Jorge

Parks, Walter

Humphreys, W. Ross

Hills, James

Rio Nuevo

Kent McManis has written a welcome sequel to his immensely popular book that covered the essentials of animal fetish carvings. Now he leads us further into this fascinating and expanding art form. VOLUME II: THE MATERIALS AND THE CARVERS describes the many materials that Zuni artists work with today and discusses eleven more carving families. As McManis' many readers have come to expect, the book is loaded with photographs of contemporary fetishes by the best Zuni carvers, from the traditional white healing bears carved out of alabaster to a lapis lazuli mountain lion for deer hunting. The whimsical and innovative are also included, such as a Picasso marble dinosaur and a stained glass mole.

A Guide to Zuni Fetishes & Carvings, Volume II: The Materials & The Carvers

Treasure Chest Pubns

For the past twenty-five years an extraordinary art movement has been underway in the remote countryside of northern Mexico, a renaissance of ceramic art in the tiny village of Mata Ortiz. As unlikely as it may seem, this phenomenon was sparked by the genius of a village woodcutter of rare artistic talent and equally rare determination, Juan Quezada. 
Over the years, by trial and error, Juan Quezada gradually recreated the technology of the ancient pre-Columbian masterpieces, until modern masterpieces also emerged from his own hands. Now this reawakening of the ancient art is taking many forms in the hands of some three hundred villagers. 
Noted Arizona author Susan Lowell has written a fascinating traveler's introduction to the region, the town, Juan Quezada, and many other village artists. Lowell's essay is followed by a biographical survey of a cross-section of 100 potters along with color photographs of their work and portraits of the potters. Included is a guide for travelers planning to visit the village, an index of Mata Ortiz potters, a schedule of exhibitions in the U. S. and Mexico of Mata Ortiz pottery featured in this book, a glossary, and a bibliography.

Rodriguez, Jorge Quintana

Over the past three decades an extraordinary flowering of ceramic art has been underway in a tiny village in northern Mexico. As unlikely as it may seem, this phenomenon was sparked by the genius of a villager of rare artistic talent who over many years recreated the ceramic technology of ancient pre-Columbian masterpieces. Now master potter Juan Quezada is one of several hundred potters from Mata Ortiz attracting attention from all over the world. 
Thirty of the finest examples of Mata Ortiz pottery have been selected from the popular book The Many Faces of Mata Ortiz and presented here to enjoy intact or to send to others to enjoy. Contains 30 oversized postcards.

The Many Faces of Mata Ortiz: The Postcard Book

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