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Early American copper, tin & brass : hand-crafted metalware from colonial times / by Kauffman, Henry J.,1908-2001.(CARDINAL)143344;
Subjects: Brasswork; Copperwork; Folk art; Implements, utensils, etc.; Tinsmithing;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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England's quick reference to North Carolina makers / by England, Christopher,author.(local)tlcaut5025183732481800;
Bibliography: p. 218-219.Artists. Engravers. Sculptors. Photographers -- Blacksmiths. Wheelwrights. Ironworkers. Toolmakers -- Cabinetmakers. Joiners. Turners. Undertakers -- Clockmakers. Watchmakers. Instrumentmakers -- Gunsmiths. Riflemakers. Armamentmakers -- Coopers. Wagonmakers. Locksmiths. Miscellaneous -- Potters. Earthenware makers. Brickmakers. Art pottery -- Silversmiths. Goldsmiths. Jewelers. Stonecutters -- Textiles. Weavers. Broommakers. Basketmakers -- Tinsmiths. Pewterers. Stoveworks. Coppersmiths -- References.
Subjects: Decorative arts; Antiques; Art objects; Art objects;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Rescued from the ashes : the diary of Leokadia Schmidt, survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto / by Schmidt, Leokadia,author.(CARDINAL)829753; Swan, Oscar E.,translator.(CARDINAL)523862; Revision of:Schmidt, Leokadia.Miraculously we survived the Holocaust.;
Part I. The Destruction of the Warsaw ghetto -- Part II. On the Aryan side : in the Old Tinsmith's shed -- Part III. The Warsaw Uprising of 1944 : evacuation and liberation.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Schmidt, Leokadia.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jewish ghettos; Jews; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The early artisans & mechanics of Petersburg, Virginia, 1607-1860 : the building of a multi-cultural maritime community / by Seagrave, Ronald Roy.(CARDINAL)297214;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-486) and index.Petersburg's historical time line -- Carpenters -- Slaters -- Painters -- Brick-makers & brick-layers -- Examples of early house-wright craftsmanship -- 18th century imported goods into Petersburg -- Wigmakers & barbers -- Milliners -- Weavers, tailors & seamstress -- Hatters -- Shoemakers, cordwainers & cobblers -- Soap & candle makers -- Tanners & butchers -- Artists, musicians & theater performers -- Photographers -- Early lawyers and constables -- Book-binders, papermakers, printers & presses -- Saddlers -- Gunsmiths -- Physicians, apothecaries, dentists & druggists -- Blacksmiths -- Machinists, mechanics, and engineers -- Tobacconist -- Bakers -- Millers -- Stone-cutters & masons -- Coopers -- Pewterers, brass, copper, iron & tinsmiths -- Silversmiths -- Silver platters -- Clock and watchmakers -- Wheel-wrights & carriage-makers -- Furniture-makers -- Furniture examples with a Petersburg provenance -- Petersburg's potters -- Rope-makers & cordwiners -- Shipwrights, boat builders & watermen -- 1860.
Subjects: Family histories.; Biographies.; Freed persons; Artisans; African American businesspeople; African American women; African American artisans; Businesspeople; Businesswomen; Skilled labor; Slavery; Historic buildings;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The crafts of Mexico / by Orellana, Margarita de.(CARDINAL)755455; Ruy Sánchez, Alberto,1951-(CARDINAL)747017; Weinberger, Eliot.(CARDINAL)724120;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 356-357).Seeing and using : art and craftsmanship / Octavio Paz -- A vision of the hand / Alberto Ruy Sánchez -- Visible and invisible hands / Margarita de Orellana -- Terra incognita / Alfonso Alfaro -- Ceramics of the five senses / Alberto Ruy Sánchez -- Earthenware of water and of fire / Gutierre Aceves Piä na -- The world of Talavera / Alberto Ruy Sánchez -- Talavera : its name and manufacture / Luz de Lourdes Velázquez Thierry -- Tradition and fantasy molded in clay / Luis Mario Schneider -- A lover of clay : interview with Tiburcio Soteno / Chloë Sayer -- The alchemy of clay / Bill Gilbert -- The soul of a potter : interview with Juan Quezada / Marta Turok -- How the moon taught us to weave / Lexa Jiménez López -- A weft of voices / Margarita de Orellana -- The textual textile / Marta Turok -- Flower woman / Sna Jolobil -- The anatomy of a textile tradition / Irmgard W. Johnson -- Weavings that protect the soul / Alejandro de Ávila -- Lives spun on Teotitlán looms : interviews with Manuel Bazán Martínez, Isaac Vázquez García and Arnulfo Mendoza / Chloë Sayer -- Origins and forms of lacquerwork / Ruth D. Lechuga -- Nature and geometry / Ana Paulina Gámez -- A humble and ephemeral nature / Gloria Fraser Giffords -- Four tinsmiths speak : interviews with Arturo Sosa, María Luisa Vázquez de Sosa, Ramón Fosado and Víctor Hernández Leyva / Magali Tercero.
Subjects: Handicraft;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The meister king of Burnt Orange / by Alston, E. B.(CARDINAL)283810;
"Burnt Orange is a tiny principality located on US Highway 70 between Efland and Mebane, North Carolina. This is about how the goddesses Nondice and Opal and Di Bona Fide, the Tinsmith of the Gods, solve the king's inability to communicate"--P. [4] of cover.
Subjects: Novels.; Goddesses; Kings and rulers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Life in an old New England country village. by Fennelly, Catherine,1918-(CARDINAL)121283;
The New England village -- The farm -- The meetinghouse -- The Candia schoolhouse -- The law office -- The tavern -- The village center : Miner Grant's general store, the bank, the printing office -- The shops and mills : the blacksmith shop, the cabinet shop, the pewterer's shop, the tinsmith shop, the broommaker shop, the pottery shop, the cooperage, the gristmill, the sawmill, the carding mill -- The residences : the John Fenno house, the Fitch house, the Richardson house, the Salem Towne house.
Subjects: Old Sturbridge Village.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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The Tin Woodman of Oz / by Baum, L. Frank(Lyman Frank),1856-1919,author.(CARDINAL)155095; Davis, Andrew(Designer),illustrator.(CARDINAL)873154;
The Tin Woodman, whose real name is Nick Chopper, sets out to find the Munchkin Girl he had courted before he became a tin man. He and his party (the Scarecrow and Woot the Wanderer) have numerous adventures on this quest. They are transformed into animals by a hostile giantess, and they meet another live tin man, Captain Fyter, as well as a Frankenstein monster-like creature, Chopfyt, made from their combined fleshly parts by the tinsmith Ku-Klip.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Tin Woodman (Fictitious character); Scarecrow (Fictitious character from Baum); Gale, Dorothy (Fictitious character); Princess Ozma (Fictitious character); Oz (Imaginary place); Friendship; Quests (Expeditions); Friendships.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The golem and the jinni [sound recording] / by Wecker, Helene,author.(CARDINAL)608064; Guidall, George,narrator.(CARDINAL)345518;
Read by George Guidall.Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life by a man who dabbles in dark Kabbalistic magic. When her master dies at sea on the voyage from Poland, she is unmoored and adrift as the ship arrives in New York Harbor. Ahmad is a jinni, a being of fire, born in the ancient Syrian Desert. Trapped in an old copper flask by a Bedouin wizard centuries ago, he is released accidentally by a tinsmith in a Lower Manhattan shop. Now they struggle to make their way in a strange new world.CD.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Audiobooks.; Golem; Jinn; Friendship; Rabbis; Jewish mythology; Historical fiction.; Compact discs.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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By hand : 25 beautiful objects to make in the American folk art tradition / by Kilby, Janice Eaton,1955-(CARDINAL)701541; Gunter, Veronika Alice.(CARDINAL)662730;
Includes bibliographical references (page 143) and index.
Subjects: Handicraft;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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