Synopses & Reviews
Stained glass workers in search of handsome, high-quality patterns will welcome this collection of designs based on traditional Native American themes. Approximately 120 identified patterns — shown as insets on the pattern page — have been adapted from authentic tribal motifs.
Here are striking designs fashioned after motifs from Seminole beadwork, an Apache basket, an Acoma polychrome vessel, pottery from the Santo Domingo Pueblo in New Mexico, an Arapaho rawhide bag, Zuni and Hopi pottery, New Mexican Laguna jars, Jicarilla Apache basketry, an altar with feathers, a Navajo weave of Germantown yarn, a Hopi ceremonial blanket, a detail of Mayan stonework from the Yucatan Peninsula, images from a Nez Percé woven bag, a thunderbird figure on a shaman's rattle from the Pacific Northwest, a design on a Blackfoot cradleboard (late nineteenth century), eagle feathers in an abstract design, and much more.
Shown in circular, rectangular, diamond-like, and other shapes, these dramatic, decorative elements can be incorporated into stained glass and other imaginative craft projects.
Synopsis
Over 120 black-and-white patterns, adapted from tribal motifs, depict a host of handsome geometrical, floral, and animal designs. Included are striking elements from Jicarilla Apache basketry, Zuni and Hopi pottery, a Haida shaman's rattle, mid-twentieth-century Mexican fabric, a Nez Percé woven bag, an Arapaho shield cover, a Navajo blanket, and much more.
Synopsis
Over 120 patterns, adapted from tribal motifs, depict a host of handsome geometrical, floral, and animal designs. Included are striking elements from Jicarilla Apache basketry, Zuni and Hopi pottery, a Haida shaman's rattle, mid-twentieth-century Mexican fabric, a Nez Percé woven bag, an Arapaho shield cover, a Navajo blanket, and much more. Ideal for incorporating in stained glass and other craft projects, these authentic designs--most of which appear as insets within the larger pattern--will find a host of uses in decorative creations that will be treasured for years to come. Over 120 black-and-white designs. 9 shown in full color on covers. Identifying captions.
Synopsis
Over 120 patterns adapted from authentic tribal motifs depict striking elements from Jicarilla Apache basketry, Zuni and Hopi pottery, a Nez Percé woven bag, an Arapaho shield cover, a Navajo blanket, more.
Synopsis
Stained glass workers in search of handsome, high-quality patterns will welcome this collection of designs based on traditional Native American themes from a wide variety of sources. Approximately 120 patterns, each identified and adapted from authentic tribal motifs, depict geometrical, floral, and animal designs. Here are striking decorations from Jicarilla Apache basketry, Hopi and Acoma pottery, a Haida shaman's rattle, mid-20th-century Mexican fabric, a Nez Percé woven bag, an Arapaho shield cover, a Navajo blanket, and much more. Shown in circular, rectangular, diamond-like, and other shapes, these dramatic, decorative elements can be incorporated in stained glass (and other craft) projects that will be treasured for years to come.