Overview

Relatively few people in America build their own homes, but many yearn to make the places they live in more truly their own. Yard Art and Handmade Places profiles twenty homemakers who have used their yards and gardens to express their sense of individuality, to maintain connections to family and heritage, or even to create sacred spaces for personal and community refreshment and healing. Jill Nokes, an authority on native plants and ecological restoration, traveled across the state of Texas, seeking out residents who had transformed their yards and gardens into oases of art and exuberant personal expression. In this book, she presents their stories, told in their own words, about why they created these handmade places and what their yard art has come to mean to them and to their communities. Rather than viewing yard art as a curiosity or oddity, Nokes treats it as an integral part of home-making, revealing how these places become invested with deep personal or social meaning. Yard Art and Handmade Places celebrates the fact that, despite the proliferation of look-alike suburbs, places still exist where people with ordinary means and skills are shaping space with their own hands to create a personal expression that can be enjoyed by all.

Full Product Details

Author:   Jill Nokes ,  Pat Jasper ,  Betty Sue Flowers ,  Krista Whitson
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
Imprint:   University of Texas Press
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.934kg
ISBN:  

9780292716797

ISBN 10:   0292716796
Pages:   188
Publication Date:   01 November 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword by Betty Sue Flowers Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Places Full of Memory and Meaning Chapter 2. The Repertoire of the Garden Chapter 3. Cascada de Piedra Pinta Chapter 4. A Natural and Peaceful Spirit Chapter 5. Little by Little, He's Been Blessing Us Chapter 6. Stories from the Valley Chapter 7. The Love You Have To Do It Chapter 8. Placenames and Family Chapter 9. Mango's Jungle Chapter 10. The Ardent Virtuosity of Collectors' Gardens Chapter 11. One Big Cactus and Succulent Dish Garden Chapter 12. A Surprise Comes Every Day Chapter 13. Sculpture You Can Live In Chapter 14. The Flower Man Chapter 15. The Cathedral of Junk Chapter 16. Casa de Azúcar Chapter 17. Stories from the Panhandle Chapter 18. A Great Peaceful Place Chapter 19. The Only Trees for Miles Around Chapter 20. A Windbreak for the Homeplace Chapter 21. God and the Birdhouses Brought Us Together Chapter 22. A Lesson in Landmarks Chapter 23. This Is How You Stay Alive Chapter 24. Desires of the Heart Chapter 25. More Than Four Seasons Notes Index

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Jill Nokes is a landscape designer in Austin, Texas. Krista Whitson, AIA, is an architect and photographer in Austin.

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