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 Mayko's
Story: A Hmong Textile Artist in California
Written and illustrated by June
Anderson
Mayko’s story focuses on the embroidery
skills of Mayko Xiong, one of many Hmong refugee women who settled
in California’s Central Valley during the 1970s and 1980s. Mayko’s
embroidered panels are called storycloths—pictures that illustrate
the Hmong way of life and their experiences fleeing Laos in
the aftermath of the Vietnam War. As a comparatively new folk
art genre, storycloths were first made in the Thai refugee camps
around 1975. The designs have changed over the years in response
to American consumer tastes and the exposure to new ideas. Published
by the California Academy of Sciences, 1996. Soft cover, 26
color plates, 48 pp. SOLD
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 Honoring
the Ancestors: The Woodcarvings of Claude Lockhart Clark
Written and illustrated by June
Anderson
Honoring the Ancestors examines the work
of African-American woodcarver Claude Lockhart Clark in the
context of family history and the urban community in which he
lives, and compares his woodcarvings with their African antecedents.
His carved stools, in particular, are created as memorials to
his ancestors. These memorials combine elements of an African
aesthetic legacy with Clark’s personal symbolism. The woodcarvings
of Claude Lockhart Clark illustrate the concept of "tradition"
as both continuity and change. Published by the California Academy
of Sciences and the University of Washington Press, 1997. Soft
cover, 48 pp. $15.00
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 Return
To Tradition: The Revitalization of Turkish Village Carpets
Written and illustrated by June
Anderson
Return to Tradition describes the rebirth
of an almost-extinct cultural tradition, the hand-knotted Turkish
carpets made in remote villages on the Aegean Peninsula, and
the lives of the women who make them. It is the story of a unique
project called DOBAG, that reintroduced natural dyes, restored
the integrity of this ancient folk art, and formed village cooperatives
to organize the production and marketing of the carpets. The
book also includes information about the designs, colors, motifs,
and symbolism of the carpets which continue to evolve aesthetically
in response to the weavers' needs and the consumer market. The
DOBAG project, administered by Marmara University in Istanbul,
has produced 1500 carpets annually since 1981. Published by
the University of Washington Press, 1998. Soft cover, 106 color
photographs, 88 pp. $24.95
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Pieces of Cloth, Pieces of Culture: Tapa from Tonga and the
Pacific Islands
Written by Ping-Ann Addo, Ph.D.
Pieces of Cloth, Pieces of Culture is a catalogue
of contemporary and antique tapa (bark cloth), mainly from Tonga,
from an exhibit that debuted in Oakland in 2004. The focus of
the exhibit was a large (16' x 24') tapa made especially for
this exhibit by Tongan women living in the San Francisco Bay
Area, shown with tapa cloths from the anthropology collections
of the Academy. Text includes essays on the cultural significance
and history of tapa cloth, tools and materials used, and the
process of making tapa, as well as information on the Bay Area
Tongan community and interviews with the artists. Published
by the California College of the Arts in partnership with the
California Academy of Sciences, 2004. Soft cover, 34 color plates,
44 black/white photographs, 50 pp, $18.00
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