Cider Mill Press

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Working with found objects, pages of old books, and trinkets from the five-and-dime, the American artist Joseph Cornell (1903-1972) constructed exquisite boxes exploring such themes as the night sky, the romantic ballet, and the habitats of birds. Here, in pages collaged with cut-out butterflies, postage stamps, buttons, and old engravings, the authors explore Cornell’s life, inspirations, and artistic process. A project section, based on 6 different themes of Cornell’s boxes, proves ideas and suggests materials for readers to create their own box masterpieces. The book also contains a selected reading list, glossary, list of places to find Cornell’s work, and a materials source guide. Use this box and the materials within it to make your very own masterpiece!

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Tools for a traditional technique…in a cool, easy-to-use, modern-day kit! Gravestone, monument, and brass rubbing—the process of capturing relief impressions of lettering, carvings or designs from stone or brass plates—is an ancient and beautiful art with widespread contemporary appeal. Because it produces stunning images, as well as teaching us fascinating facts about the past, the technique attracts everyone from historians and artists to schoolchildren on field trips and followers of Wicca and other New Age practices. This all-inclusive kit has everything needed to start creating beautiful rubbings: a 60-page book filled with a history of the craft and instructions; a natural-bristle wooden brush for cleaning surfaces; two large blocks of rubbing wax, masking tape, and five sheets of 24 x 36 inch high quality cloth-like paper.

Paulette Chernack and Cassandra Davidson created Gravestone Artwear, a retail and web-based retail business that created, developed, and found unusual products relating to the evolution of early gravestone carvings.

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