![]() ![]() ![]() If you are used to modern photo or video tutorials, these could be a challenge to follow. Others are clearly freehand (especially when the weave being described isn't conducive to a flat, linear diagram). Many of the bead path diagrams look to have been painstakingly laid out with the 0 from the typewriter, with later hand-drawn (sometimes assisted with a straight edge) lines. This appears to have been set on a typewriter. ![]() This book is definitely a product of its time, however. I really do feel like he was trying to help preserve native arts and expressed an interest in the culture behind them, and he addresses issues of respect and cultural appropriation (though not using that exact term) in his introduction. If the author learned a particular technique from a particular tribe, he gave appropriate credit. Photos of many of the weaves are included, but they are black and white and are somewhat separated from the directions for how to make them.īasic instructions for peyote stitch and making/using a loom are included, as well as a variety of netting-type stitches, daisy chains, and similar. If you don't go into it with unreasonable expectations, you will probably be happier. While the author has updated it and it has been reprinted several times, it is not what you would expect from a craft book published in the past 20 years or so. This book is really good for its time, but please notice it was first published in 1971. ![]()
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