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Handmade in India examines all aspects of Indian handicrafts--historical, social, and cultural influences on crafts, design and craft processes, traditional and new markets, products, and tools--unraveling a wealth of knowledge. Based on extensive fieldwork and research, this work maps out the regional crafts identified across the country on the basis of prevailing craftwork patterns. It is closely woven with images to reveal the array of crafts in India, enabling the reader to discern subtle, sometimes unusual, differences in the same craft practiced by distinct regions or communities. Some of these are well known, like the woodwork of Kashmir, blue pottery of Jaipur, and the bamboo craft of Assam. The authors also describe lesser-known crafts like stitched boots from Ladakh, paintings from Jharkhand, and tinsel printing in Ahmedabad. With its extensive photography, this unique volume will be a tremendous resource for product and textile designers, artists, architects, interior designers, collectors, development professionals, and connoisseurs alike.

With more than 100 illustrations -- approximately 48 in full color -- this innovative series offers a fresh look at the most creative and influential artists of the postwar era. Modern Masters form a perfect reference set for home, school, or library. Each handsomely designed volume presents: - A thorough survey of the artist's life and work- Statements by the artist- An illustrated chapter on technique- Chronology- Lists of exhibitions and public collections- Annotated bibliography- Index

Award-winning photographer Jonathan Singer has produced another remarkable artistic feat--"Tulipae Hortorum," a collector's portfolio of ten magnificent prints of tulips. Now Singer focuses his lens on this popular garden plant in breathtaking, close-up portraits that reveal the delicate structure of the tulip at a level of detail unachievable with brush and paint. "Tulipae Hortorum" includes ten 24 x 30 in. prints on museum-quality paper housed in an elegant clamshell box, issued in a strictly limited edition of thirty-three sets. The original edition of "Tulipae Hortorum," consisting of a double-elephant size, hand-bound volume was limited to a single copy, which was donated to the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences in 2009. The volume is dedicated to the memory of Carl Linneaus, the father of taxonomy and classification, who named the genus "Tulipa." Ten of the most outstanding portraits from this volume were selected for this collector's portfolio. Inspired by the work of the great botanical artists that came before him, Dr. Singer has developed a style of modern digital photography that possesses both the clarity and the artistry of traditional botanical illustration. Presenting various tulips, including three portraits of the same hybrid at different life stages, Singer's photography gorgeously captures the myriad forms and subtle colors of each flower. "Tulipae Hortorum" continues Dr. Singer's successful "Botanica Magnifica" collaboration with W. John Kress, Curator of Botany and Research Scientist at the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution, and Marc Hachadourian, Curator of Glasshouse Collections at the New York Botanical Garden. In a moving dedication Dr. Kress explains "Tulipae"'s integration of art and science and in an engaging introduction Hachadourian describes the tulip's surprisingly controversial history. In the grand tradition of Abbeville's "Audubon's Birds of America" facsimile, this unique collector's portfolio will be prized by art connoisseurs of still-life, nature, and photography.