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African Dream Machines takes African headrests out of the category of functional objects and into the more rarefied category of 'art' objects. Styles in African headrests are usually defined in terms of western art and archaeological discourses, but this book interrogates these definitions of style and demonstrates the shortcomings of defining a single formal style model as exclusive to a single ethnic group. Among the artefacts made by southern African peoples, headrests were the best known. Anitra Nettleton's study of the uses and forms of headrests opened up a number of arthistorical methodologies in the attempt to gain an understanding of form, style and content in African art objects. Her drawings of each and every headrest encountered become a major part of the project.

Headrests --- Wood-carving --- Whittling --- Wood-carving, Primitive --- Wood carvings --- Wood craft --- Woodcarving --- Woodcraft --- Carving (Decorative arts) --- Woodwork --- Wood sculpture --- Pillows

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Fang (West African people) --- Sculpture, Black --- Wood-carving, Primitive --- Fang (Peuple d'Afrique) --- Sculpture sur bois primitive --- Exhibitions --- Expositions --- Wood sculpture, Fang --- Exhibitions. --- Wood-carving --- Fang wood sculpture --- Fang (African people)

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Wood-carving, European --- Country furniture --- Folk art --- Wood-carving --- Whittling --- Wood-carving, Primitive --- Wood carvings --- Wood craft --- Woodcarving --- Woodcraft --- Carving (Decorative arts) --- Woodwork --- Wood sculpture --- Rustic furniture --- Decoration and ornament, Rustic --- Furniture

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Chains carved from a single block of wood, cages whittled with wooden balls rattling inside -- all ""made with just a pocketknife"" -- are among our most enduring folk designs. Who makes them and why? what is their history? what do they mean for their makers, for their viewers, for our society? Simon J. Bronner portrays four wood carvers in southern Indiana, men who had been transplanted from the rural landscapes of their youth to industrial towns. After retiring, they took up a skill they remembered from childhood. Bronner discusses how creativity helped these men adjust to change and how vie

Chains --- Folk art --- Wood-carving --- Wood-carvers --- Links and link-motion --- Peasant art --- Popular art --- Art --- Art, Primitive --- Whittling --- Wood-carving, Primitive --- Wood carvings --- Wood craft --- Woodcarving --- Woodcraft --- Carving (Decorative arts) --- Woodwork --- Wood sculpture --- Woodcarvers --- Woodworkers --- Folklore. --- Psychological aspects. --- Interviews.

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Wood-carving. --- Wood-carving --- Choir stalls. --- Misereres (Seats) --- Stalls, Choir --- Church decoration and ornament --- Church furniture --- Whittling --- Wood-carving, Primitive --- Wood carvings --- Wood craft --- Woodcarving --- Woodcraft --- Carving (Decorative arts) --- Woodwork --- Wood sculpture