Folk Art
This country craft is widely defined as art created by people who have had little or no formal education in the discipline. Folk artists generally employ traditional techniques and content in styles developed regionally over many generations. Various artistic mediums including Paintings, sculptures, ceramics, metalwork, costume, and tools may be classified as folk art.
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FurnishingsThis country craft is widely defined as art created by people who have had little or no formal education in the discipline. Folk artists generally employ traditional techniques and content in styles developed regionally over many generations. Various artistic mediums including Paintings, sculptures, ceramics, metalwork, costume, and tools may be classified as folk art.
Gourd ArtThe Gourd is a natural resource that has been a staple in many societies, they have been universally cultivated worldwide for thousands of years and are the only fruit bearing plant found to have spanned the globe. Serving as nature’s organic containers, gourds are strong, durable, lightweight and water resistant. They require no complex manufacturing process, are nontoxic, and are environmentally friendly and easily biodegradable. Gourd art is the result of a combination of the artist’s perspective with the natural shape and texture of the gourd. The Gourd is embellished with painting, burning and carving designs into the hard surface.
PaintingsAlthough frequently unwittingly realized, the academic criteria that comprise the principles of fine art are not the primary concern of the folk artist. Colonial portraiture, later deemed folk art painting, was pictographic documentation signifying the subjects’ social status. The primitive painter had little concern for the confines of fine art.
SculptureFolk art sculpture encompasses a variety of sculptural mediums both ornamental and utilitarian. Sculpted of wood, stone and metal, folk art sculpture can include practical items such as decoys, whimsical objects such as whirligigs and purely artistic endeavors such as scrimshaw.
