A short history of Black craft in ten objects /

"Ten illustrated essays tell the stories of handcrafted objects and their makers, providing inspiration and insight into Black history and craftsmanship"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Awake, Robell (Author)
Other Authors:	Holland, Johnalynn (Illustrator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : PA Press, Princeton Architectural Press, [2025]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	African American decorative arts. African American folk art. Arts décoratifs noirs américains. Art populaire noir américain. DESIGN / Decorative Arts. Illustrated works. Ouvrages illustrés.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Harriet Powers's pictorial quilt
Face jugs, Dave the Potter, and the story of Edgefield
Buckner, Boston and Day : Black cabinetmakers
The chairs of Richard Poynor
Gee's Bend Quilts : America's original abstract art form
Black architecture and the hidden history of the front porch
Sweetgrass baskets : Gullah art and cultural preservation in the Low Country
Philip Simmons : America's twentieth-century blacksmith laureate
Ann Lowe : third-generation couturier
Yard shows : origins of assemblage art in America
Afterword: Moments / Tiffany Momon.