The Artistry of Peggy Karr Glass


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With over 500 dazzling color photos and an engaging text, this book explores the brilliantly colorful and useful fused glass tableware and ornaments produced by the Peggy Karr Glass company of New Jersey beginning in 1987. This book is a compreshensive guide to every fused glass pattern the company has made and marketed internationally to boutiques and gift shops. Included among the glassware items displayed are plates, bowls, trays, platters, clocks, ornaments, and roundels decorated in a vast array of imaginative designs including flowers, animals, fish, still life imagery, seasonal motifs, special order patterns, and more. The text provides a fascinating history of the artist and the company she developed, the designers she hired, and a chronological review of the fused glass created and gathered by a ever expanding, loyal collector base. Also included are a rarity scale, listings of accessories produced along with the fused glass, and a Pattern Index. Everyone with a passion for beautiful glass will want to own this book.




Hunterdon Folks


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Profiles


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For the first time ever, the general public can access biographies of many of America's professional craftspeople by referring to PROFILES: WHO'S WHO IN AMERICAN CRAFTS. PROFILES features more than 1,000 contemporary American craftspeople, spotlighting their techniques, inspirations, & philosophies. Organized into chapters by craft medium, each biography explores the artist's background, including education & career highlights, & celebrity collectors. Many featured artists have a black & white photo of themselves alongside their biography. A full-color section entitled "Profiles Gallery" functions as an exhibition of artists' works with oversized photos of award-winning Ceramics, Glass, Jewelry, Mixed Media Objects, & more. Next, Craft Guilds & Organizations are listed, with information on member services, founding dates & directors. More than six hundred of the nation's top craft retailers are listed in the Galleries section, providing an easy reference for craftspeople, art lovers, & collectors of Contemporary American Craft artforms. PROFILES is published by Rosen Publishing in Baltimore, Maryland in cooperation with NICHE magazine. (1-881930-00-9), $24.95. Discounts available for multiple book orders. Call Amy Feinstein at (800) CRAFT93 or (410) 889-2933.




Kitchenary


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In the autumn of her life, Landis harvests the stories of her seventy years. Here are stories of friendship and forgiveness, heritage and hospitality, generosity and gratitude, loss and love, and the people of a lifetime with whom she has broken bread. The memoir is a series of key words arranged alphabetically to construct a dictionary of her life. She coins the work "Kitchenary" to link the significance of food, its flavors and aromas, to memory. Because food evokes strong emotions, it recalls people and places to mind. When Landis tastes the smoky tartness of hot bacon dressing it conjures up a picture of her mother gathering the early spring shoots of dandelion along the farm fencerows to make a green salad. Food is the theme that binds the essays together. Realizing how our need and enjoyment of food remain constant, even though many aspects of family life change, she uses this medium as the connecting point across generations. Fifty-seven recipes are included, all from the kitchens of Landis, her family and friends.




Madguide


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Indianapolis Monthly


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Indianapolis Monthly is the Circle City’s essential chronicle and guide, an indispensable authority on what’s new and what’s news. Through coverage of politics, crime, dining, style, business, sports, and arts and entertainment, each issue offers compelling narrative stories and lively, urbane coverage of Indy’s cultural landscape.




Madison Magazine


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Indianapolis Monthly


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Indianapolis Monthly is the Circle City’s essential chronicle and guide, an indispensable authority on what’s new and what’s news. Through coverage of politics, crime, dining, style, business, sports, and arts and entertainment, each issue offers compelling narrative stories and lively, urbane coverage of Indy’s cultural landscape.




San Diego Magazine


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