The Sand Art Bottles of Andrew Clemens

Roy Sucholeiki (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

148 Seiten

2015
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
9780786498062 (ISBN)

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The sand art bottles of Andrew Clemens (1857-1894) draw reactions of astonishment and disbelief. Deaf from age six, Clemens began creating his bottles at an early age, selling them from his home and in local shops in his hometown of McGregor, Iowa. He later developed his craft to an extraordinarily high degree, using tempered hickory sticks with specially designed tips to deposit and position naturally colored grains of sand inside chemists' bottles. Many since have attempted to duplicate his technique but his works of art stand unmatched.

Clemens made possibly thousands of sand art bottles during his short life but relatively few remain. Some of these are in museums, and many are in private collections. Those that occasionally appear at auctions sell for thousands of dollars. This book covers Clemens's life and work, with dozens of detailed photographs of his intricate designs.

Roy Sucholeiki lives in Nokomis, Florida.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

1 The Beginning

2 Setting the Stage

3 The Artist Emerges

4 In Full Swing

5 The Masterpiece

6 Final Years

7 Gallery

8 The Craft of Sand Art

9 The Inspired

Conclusion

Appendix A: Bottles on Display

Appendix B: Values of Andrew Clemens’s Work

References

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	3.9.2015
Zusatzinfo	337 photos, maps, appendices, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	426 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
ISBN-13	9780786498062 / 9780786498062
Zustand	Neuware