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Exhibited here are books on art—not solely on pyrography, but which contain some pyrography.

Norwegian Folk Art The Migration of a Tradition Marion Nelson, Editor � 1995, full color, 276 pages including appendices, bibliography. A large work rich with illustrations throughout on painting, rosemahling on elaborate furniture and traditional household objects, textiles, traditional dress, wood sculpture, wood inlay, relief carving on wood and horn, chip carving, and one section dedicated to Svidekor: the Norwegian word for woodburned decoration. This book focuses on Norwegian folk art and traditions and traces their migration from Norway to the New World. Available in hardcover ISBN 0-7892-0194-1, or softcover ISBN 0-7892-0194-1, Abbeville Press Abbeville Publishing Group 488 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022, USA For more information on svidekor and Norwegian folk art in general, visit the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum linked here, and located at 502 W. Water Street in Decorah, Iowa, U.S.A. This museum has a substantial collection of traditional pyrography.

The Art and Craft of Appliqué by Juliet Bawden , � 1991 by Mitchell Beazley Publishers, hard cover, full color, 144 pages including index and directory of artists and suppliers Appliqué is a luxurious display of textile art employing appliqué in myriad ways. In a section entitled Mixed Media, on page 54, the artist Jane McArthur has combined pyrography with appliqué. ISBN 0-8021-1453-5 Grove Weidenfeld A division of Grove Press, Inc, 841 Broadway, New York, NY 10003-4793, USA

Howard Finster
Man of Visions
The Life and Work of a Self-Taught Artist
by J. F. Turner, � 1989, hard cover, mostly color, 243 pages including notes, biographical summary, selected bibliography, and a record of the artist's exhibitions.

Howard Finster
Man of Visions
The Life and Work of a Self-Taught Artist
by J. F. Turner
Back cover of book showing wood sculpture with pyrography.

A substantial work on the life, philosophy, and works of the Rev. Howard Finster of Georgia, this book is richly illustrated with pictures of the folk artist and his fantastical work, much of which contains pyrography. The pyrographic aspect is not discussed at all in the book, only listed as one of the media in the captions of many of the artist's multimedia works, which include many fine examples of pyrography.

ISBN 0-394-57961-5
Published in the USA by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York,
and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Ltd., Toronto
Distributed by Random House, Inc., New York, U.S.A.

For more information on the Rev. Howard Finster, see a sample of his work in the Portraits and Paintings Hall here in the Rev. Howard Finster exhibit. In addition, there is an illustrated article by Kathleen Menéndez on this folk artist's work in the WWWoodc@rvers E-zine entitled Pyrography: Folk Art.

A subsequent article in the November–December 2001 issue of Pyrograffiti for the Woodcarvers Online Magazine entitled In Memoriam: Rev. Howard Finster, 1916–2001 features additional biographical information and an important example of pyrographic work by this artist.

The late artist's family has established The Official Howard Finster Website to sell his work, souvenirs, and other folk art by Finster family members. This link will take you directly to the art work.

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You are leaving the Larger Works with Pyrography book exhibit. You can return to:

The Book Store and Library exhibit main page or go directly to the Antique Books on Pyrography exhibit, or to the
Books on Pyrography exhibit. If you have completed your visit to The Book Store and Library exhibit, you can continue on your tour to one of the following:

Pyrographic Art Exhibit Halls:

Portraits and Paintings

Decorative and Applied Art

Sculpture

Traditional and Folk Art

Antique Pyrography

Children's Pyrographic Art

Special Pyrographic Art

Pyrographic Tools exhibit

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Please e-mail Curator with comments or questions. In addition, if you know of any books that have been omitted, please do not hesitate to advise the curator. It is the E-Museum's goal to exhibit as complete a collection as possible.

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Last updated 18 October 2009.

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