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Exploring Folk Art
by Project Muse, Jones, Michael Owen
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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 s…
Exploring Folk Art
by Project Muse, Jones, Michael Owen
fromBook collections on Project MUSE
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Type: Book
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 s…
Jones focuses on his relationship with Chester Cornett, and how the craftsman's works reflected his life and history in southeastern Kentucky.
Why do people consider aesthetic qualities as well as utilitarian ones in the making of everyday objects? Why do they maintain traditions? What is the nature of their creative process? These are some of the larger questions addressed by Michael Owen Jones in his book on craftsme…