Fantastic Book of Canes, Pipes, and Walking Sticks
Author(s): Harry Ameredes
Canes and pipes, especially those made from found materials, have long been of special interest to carvers and collectors. This sketchbook of original designs for woodcarvers and artists showcases a collection of more than 200 pen and ink drawings of canes and pipes, a strange and wonderful group of mythical or imagined people and animals. The Fantastic Book of Canes, Pipes and Walking Sticks, 3rd Edition is the remarkable work of the late Harry Ameredes, noted artist, woodcarver, and sculptor. Spanning 35 years of work, these fabulous pen-and-ink sketches showcase Ameredes’ designs ranging from fighting canes in a medieval style to one-of-a-kind walking sticks crafted from tree roots and driftwood. This third edition also features a full-colour gallery of his finished work and other inspirational pieces.
General Information
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- : Fox Chapel Publishing
- : Fox Chapel Publishing
- : 28 February 2011
- : 152mm x 229mm
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Harry Ameredes
- : Paperback
- : 3rd
- : 136
More About The Product
Most mornings, Harry Ameredes was up with the sun and working diligently on pen and ink illustrations in his West Virginia home. The drawings of canes and pipes (or bastouni and tsibouki, as this Greek-American called them) presented here are only a small fraction of the thousands of original drawings that Harry completed over the years.
An artist at heart, Harry discovered his natural talent for drawing while in high school. With the encouragement of Robert Ayworth, his high school art teacher, Harry entered some of his best drawings in a national scholastic art contest. To his delight, his work won first and second place honours.
Harry’s drawing took a back seat during World War II. His Greek heritage and his ability to speak Greek made him a perfect candidate for the Office of Strategic Services. Along with other Americans who had strong ethnic ties, Harry found himself parachuting or riding submarines into occupied and threatened territories to work with the underground movement opposing Hitler.
After retiring from the service and the local steel mill, Harry used much of his free time to draw, work out at the gym, and carve. Carving,, a skill he developed 25 years earlier, was a natural extension of his drawing. Realising his ideas for canes and pipes in wood thrilled him. Of course, Harry was the first to admit that he had more drawings than he could ever complete in wood.