Folk art is generally defined as art created by people not trained. They didn't go to art studio in college, or take classes at an art institute. Folk artists usually work with what they have, and are fond of assemblage and collage art. Grandma Moses is considered a folk artist in some circles [Incidentlaly, some dolls she made have turned up]. Many quilters, doll makers, potters, and sculptors fit the category, which often branches out into tramp art, convict art, and outsider art.
Folk dolls are made of found objects, can be sophisticated or crude, realistic, or not, depending on the artist's natural talent. The first doll had to have been a folk doll. Many experts theorize that a child picked up a stick or piece of bone that resembled the human figure, and, Voila! the doll was born. From the Stone Age come cave paintings and the Venus figures, and we don't know if early humans had art classes to learn how to make this type of art, but all of it began with one person's experimentation.
Ethnic art and all types of crafts have been defined as folk art, too, and the category has included national costume dolls, tourist dolls, all handmade dolls, cloth dolls, ethnic dolls, and carvings. Dolls made of unusual materials like dressed fleas [let me know if you have a set for sale out there!], dried apple dolls, cornhusks, rocks, and coal are also called folk dolls, though some are often made in factory settings, like the apple dolls of Isabelle Million [See Coleman's, "Collector's Encyclopedia of Dolls, Volume I"].
Teddy bears and worn plush toys are often considered folk art, ships figureheads, cigar store mascots, scarecrows, snowmen, primitive doll art and others are, too. The best book on the subject is Wendy Lavitt's, "American Folk Dolls."
Below is the press release for "An American Childhood" by Theriault's, a doll auction that features hand made and folk dolls. The italics are their words:
Theriault's . . . has a tradition of showcasing the myriad of genres within the world of dolls. Says Theriault's President Stuart Holbrook, 'Each and every collection speaks to the particular vision of the person who assembled those dolls. Yet, there are times when a collector's vision is so pure and focused, that we are left in amazement at the spectrum of dolls that fit within that view.'
One's first thought on viewing such a collection, Holbrook adds, "I never imagined . . ."
A the October 4-6 auction event in Los Angeles, California at the Universal City Hilton, collectors will have three days to pour over this concept when Theriault's presents a weekend entitled 'An American Childhood', highighted by the collection of the internationally-famous identical twin doll collectors, Valerie and Diane Blackler, whose vision was the quintessential American childhood from the mid-19th century to the first half ot the 20th century.
The Blackler twins began their joint collection during their own childhood with one particular focus: dolls that the average girl might carry west in covered wagons, dolls that evoked the simple past that is so beautifully arranged in their coastal home in Naples, California, seemed the very juxtaposition of their own classic "California Beach" persona with blonde bouncy ponytails and vibrant costumes and jewelry for which they were so famous in antique circles in Southern California.
'Sometimes collections mirror our obvious selves', says Florence Theriault, 'but sometimes they reflect something completely different and deeper...the opposite of the obvious.'
It is why, when people see this astounding collection it will be a completely different idea than what most collectors might have imagined as The Blackler Collection. The collection is one of the finest offerings of early American cloth and folk art dolls every to come to market, including an astounding collection of black cloth dolls, as well as dozens of fine teddy bears, Raggedy Ann and early studio dolls from such iconic firms as Ella Smith, Emma Adams, and Martha Chase. The collection seamlessly mixes with early wooden toy horses and even a small collection of early country advertising that completmented the Americana vision, as well as, curiously, early Mickey Mouse and Disneyanna.
Back to me, I think the catalogs themselves will be a treat! These were two collectors who clearly thought outside the doll house!
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Folk art is generally defined as art created by people not trained. They didn't go to art studio in college, or take classes at an art institute. Folk artists usually work with what they have, and are fond of assemblage and collage art. Grandma Moses is considered a folk artist in some circles [Incidentlaly, some dolls she made have turned up]. Many quilters, doll makers, potters, and sculptors fit the category, which often branches out into tramp art, convict art, and outsider art.
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Some Tips for Getting through the Day
Simple Chemistry Life Hacks from About.com Chemistry
Solving Everyday Problems With Science
By Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D.
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Chemistry offers simple solutions to life's everyday little problems. Here are some easy tips to help get you through the day.
1. Spray Gum Away
Use WD-40 to get gum off your shoe.1
Got gum stuck on your shoe or in your hair? There are a few chemistry life hacks to get you out of this one. Freezing the gum with an ice cube will make it brittle, so it's less sticky and easier to remove. If it's gum stuck on your shoe, spritz the gooey mess with WD-40. The lubricant will counter the stickiness of the glue, so you can slide it right off. While you might not want to spray WD-40 on your hair, if you get gum stuck in it, rub peanut butter onto the affected area to loosen the gum, comb it out, and wash it off.
2. Refrigerate Onions
Use a chemistry life hack to keep from crying when cutting onions.
Do you get all teary-eyed when cutting onions5? Every slice of the knife breaks open onion cells, releasing volatile chemicals that irritate your eyes and make you cry. Do you want to save the waterworks for your favorite tearjerker movie? Refrigerate onions before cutting them. The cooler temperature slows down the rate of chemical reactions, so it takes longer for the acidic compound to form and less likely to waft up toward your eyes. Cutting onions underwater is another option, since the compound is released into water and not air.
Pro Tip: Did you forget to refrigerate your onions? You can chill them in the freezer 15 minutes. Just remember to take them out before they freeze. Freezing bursts cells, which could make your eyes tear up even more, plus it changes the texture of the onions.
3. Test Eggs in Water
Bad eggs float.
Here's a life hack to keep you from cracking open a bad raw egg. Place the egg in a cup of water. If it sinks, it's fresh. If it floats, you can use it for a stinky prank, but you won't want to eat it. A decaying egg produces hydrogen sulfide8. This is the chemical responsible for the foul 'rotten egg' stench. The gas also makes the bad egg buoyant in water.
Got a floating egg? Here's one thing to do with it9.
4. Alcohol To Remove Stickers
Alcohol can remove stickers or temporary tattoos from skin.
When you buy something new, one of the first things you'll do it take off the sticker. Sometimes it peels right off, while other times you just can't get it to budge. Spray the label with perfume or dampen it with a cotton ball soaked in alcohol. The adhesive dissolves in alcohol, so the sticker peels right off. Just keep in mind alcohol dissolves other chemicals, too! This trick is great for glass and skin, but could mar the surface of varnished wood or certain plastics.
Pro Tip: If you don't want to smell like perfume, try using hand sanitizer gel to remove a sticker, label, or temporary tattoo. The active ingredient in most hand sanitizer products is alcohol.
5. Make Better Ice Cubes
Use chemistry to make better ice! If your ice cubes aren't clear, try boiling the water and then freezing it. Boiling water drives off dissolved gases that can make ice cubes appear cloudy.
More Tips To Get Clear Ice14
Another tip is to make ice cubes from the liquid you are drinking. Don't dilute lemonade or iced coffee with frozen water. Drop frozen lemonade or frozen coffee cubes into the drinks. Although you can't freeze hard alcohol15, you can make ice cubes using wine.
6. Use Chemistry To Polish Silver
silver reacts with air to form a black oxide termed tarnish. If you use or wear silver, this layer gets worn away so the metal stays fairly bright. However, if you keep your silver for special occasions, it can blacken. Polishing silver by hand may be good exercise, but it's not fun. You can use chemistry to prevent most of the tarnish from forming and to remove it without polishing.
Prevent tarnish by wrapping your silver before you store it. Plastic wrap or a plastic bag prevents air from circulating around the metal. Squeeze out as much air as possible before tucking the silver away. Keep silver away from humidity and products high in sulfur.
To remove tarnish electrochemically18 from fine silver or sterling silver, line a dish with aluminum foil, set the silver on the foil, pour on hot water, and sprinkle the silver with salt and baking soda. Wait 15 minutes, then rinse the silver with water, dry it, and marvel at the shine.
7. Threading the Needle
Apply candle wax or nail polish to make thread slide through a needle.
There are tools that can make it easier to thread a needle, but if you don't have one, you can make the process easier by binding together the fibers of the thread. Lightly run the thread through a bit of candle wax or paint the end with nail polish. This binds the stray fibers and stiffens the thread so it won't bend away from the needle. If you have trouble seeing the thread, bright polish can make it easier to spot the end. Of course, the easiest solution to this problem is to find a youthful helper to thread the needle for you.
8. Ripen Bananas Quickly
Ripen bananas using apples or tomatoes.
You found the perfect bunch of bananas, except for one little problem. They are still green. You can wait around a couple of days for the fruit to ripen on its own or you can speed up the process using chemistry. Simply close your bananas in a paper bag, along with an apple or ripe tomato. The apple or tomato gives off ethylene, which is a natural fruit ripening chemical. On the flip side, if you want to keep your bananas from getting overly ripe, don't put them in the fruit bowl with other ripe fruit.
9. Add Salt To Make Coffee Taste Better
Did you order a cup of coffee, only to find it tastes like battery acid? Reach for the salt shaker and sprinkle a few grains into your cup of joe. Salt dissolves in coffee to release sodium ions. The coffee won't be any better, but it will taste better because the sodium blocks taste receptors25 from detecting the bitter notes.
If you are brewing your own coffee, you can add salt during the brewing process. Another tip to reduce bitterness is to avoid brewing coffee with super-hot water or letting it sit on a hot plate until the end of time. Too much heat during brewing increases extraction of the molecules that taste bitter, while holding coffee on a hot plate eventually burns it.
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Worth going to this Site for New Fall Plants
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Keyword: Logees!
Greetings!
Logee's Fall 2014 catalog will be arriving in your mailbox the first week of August. We are introducing 47 exciting new plants. Here's a preview of the new introductions.
Cape Primrose
'Yellow with Pink Cap'
(Streptocarpus hybrid)
This beautiful two-tone cape primrose has pink on the upper petals and yellow on the lower petals with pink stripes in the throat of the blossoms. The frilly edges add even more appeal.
2.5" pot.
T5105-2
New Introduction
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Desert Rose 'Elegance'
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Large, fully double blooms have layers of overlapping petals in dappled shades of white and pink making 'Elegance' an eye-catching floral specimen. This is a ready-to-bloom, two-year-old plant with a thickened caudex. 4" pot.
S7858-4G
New Introduction
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Calathea
'Royal Standard'
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The spectacular foliage has light mint green centers and feathered dark green leaf edges. Bubble-gum pink flowers bloom for most of the year once the plant is mature in a 6-10" pot. The backs of the leaves and petioles are purple. 6" pot.
R2841-6
New Introduction
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Phyllanthus Bonsai
(Phyllanthus mirabilis)
Here's an unusual caudiciform plant that makes an attractive bonsai. The green leaves have a reddish tint and in the evening the leaves fold up, similar to a Prayer Plant, and reopen in the morning. 4" pot.
R2821-4
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Potinara Orchid Coral Gold 'Pacific Rainbow' CR/HOS
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Wercklea
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A large and stunning species from Costa Rica, Wercklea has leaves that can reach up to 2' across with pronounced red veins. Clear yellow flowers form along the trunk. Wercklea is a rare plant for collectors who value the exotic.
4" pot.
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New Introduction
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Kava Kava
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R2198-2
New Introduction
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Potinara Orchid Flaming Orange 'Carmela'
(Potinara hybrid)
Bright orange flowers are accented by sunny yellow throats and have a light cattleya fragrance. Immature plants have 5-6 flowers per spike; mature plants have 12 or more! Flaming Orange blooms in both fall and spring when grown in good light. 4" pot.
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Dracaena
'Song of India'
(Dracaena reflexa)
Stunning as a houseplant or landscape specimen, 'Song of India' has 4-6"
long, variegated leaves with pale yellow margins and striped green leaf centers. The upright and well-branched growth habit creates a nice full plant.
6" pot.
R2839-6
New Introduction
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Shingle Plant
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Rare and highly sought after, Shingle Plant has velvety green leaves with silver veining. The 2" leaves plaster themselves against the vertical surface that they're climbing on creating a beautiful plant specimen that tolerates lower light. This plant is sold in a long pot with the leaves climbing on a 12" stake.
R2833-4
New Introduction
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Desert Rose
'Double Fantasy'
(Adenium hybrid)
'Double Fantasy' is a visual delight with fully double flowers that have a large cup of upright petals as a central accent. The blossoms are pink with deep burgundy-purple and white highlights. This plant is a ready-to-bloom, two-year-old specimen with a thickened caudex. 4" pot.
S7859-4G
New Introduction
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Philodendron 'Xanadu'
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New Introduction
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Orchid Cactus
'San Miguel'
(Epiphyllum hybrid)
Huge, 7-8" flowers have vibrant red sepals and hot pink frosted petals striped in reddish-orange with a touch of white. It's magnificent when in full bloom during the spring season. Grow in a cool, dry place during the winter months to promote spring flowering. 2.5" pot.
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Anthurium 'Crystallinum' is a fancy foliage anthurium with large, heart-shaped, deep green, velvety leaves and pronounced white veins. Leaves can measure up to 2' across. Small crystals in the veins cause the leaves to sparkle. Flowers appear intermittently throughout the year. 6" pot.
R2245-6
New Introduction
$29.95
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Fuzzy-Flowered Hoya
(Hoya boutii)
Clusters of fuzzy, cream-colored flowers marked with maroon centers adorn this vining plant from the Philippines. The solid green leaves and vine are thinner than most hoyas but it's a vigorous grower. Blooming occurs from spring into summer. This rare hoya is a must-have for any collector. 2.5" pot.
R2834-2
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$14.95
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Small-Leafed Vibrunum Bonsai
(Viburnum obovatum)
Clusters of white flowers appear on the terminal ends of the branches creating a beautiful bonsai for your home or garden. Shipped in a 6" glazed stoneware bonsai pot with decorative rocks and dried moss as soil adornments. Plants are 5-7 years old.
L6564-6
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$29.95
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Red-Heart
Porcelain Flower
(Clusia lanceolata)
An attractive addition to any container garden, Red-Heart Porcelain Flower has white china petals accented by a bright red center. It blooms intermittently throughout the year and can be maintained under 2' tall. 2.5" pot.
R2836-2
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$12.95
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Cape Primrose 'Yellow with
Purple Cap'
(Streptocarpus hybrid)
Lovely two-tone flowers have deep purple upper petals and yellow lower petals with frilly edges. It creates a beautiful blooming plant for a windowsill or light garden. This is a new introduction in the world of cape primroses. 2.5" pot.
T5110-
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$9.95
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