Scarecrows: Making Harvest Figures and Other Yard Folks
Scarecrows - the most enduring American folk art form - are now fun, easy, and inexpensive craft projects for the whole family. \ A well-made scarecrow does much more than chase the birds away. Scarecrows celebrate the beauty and tranquility of fall and add charm and whimsy to any yard or garden. And scarecrow competitions have become an essential element of country fairs from Maine to California.\ Author Felder Rushing has compiled scarecrow contest entries and creations from gardeners and...
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Scarecrows are a true American folk art form that add charm and whimsy to any yard or garden. This is the only book to offer step-by-step instructions for creating scarecrows, from traditional to absolutely wild. Scarecrows includes more than 20 unique projects, plus tours through the gardens of North America's greatest scarecrow artists and tips for starting your own scarecrow festival.Author Biography: Besides the book, Scarecrows, Felder Rushing has written numerous gardening and landscaping books and magazine articles, regularly contributes to garden.com, and is a frequent lecturer at historical and horticultural societies across the country. He hosts a radio show heard in Missouri, Tennessee, and Louisiana. Felder wrote Passalong Plants and Gardening Southern Style as well. Thomas Christopher, a gardening columnist for House & Garden has said of Felder's Storey book: "No one understands fun like Felder Rushing. Invite him into you garden, and that boring old bird-scarer becomes a figure of mystery and power, a folk art masterpiece, and the best time you'll have all summer." Felder lives in his Mississippi cottage with his wife Terryl and his daughter. His garden is adorned with wildflowers and critters, a waterfall, and a variety of "yard art", including, of course, scarecrows. " Invite him into your garden, and that [scarecrow] becomes a figure of mystery and power, a folk art masterpiece...." (Thomas Christopher, Gardening columnist for House & Garden) "Felder Rushing is one of America's horticultural gems. His book, Scarecrows, is a wonderful blend of fact, folklore, and fun." (Doug Jimerson, Editor-in-Chief of garden.com) "... this new book is filled with imagination, is fun, well researched, full of ideas, and genuinely useful." (Holly H. Shimizu, Managing Director Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens)
Preface Scarecrow Lore Roots American Scarecrows Come into Their Own Pumpkins Illustrious Scarecrows Coming Full Circle Corvus: The Crow Your Basic Scarecrow Support Systems A Gallery of Heads Clothes Make the Man Extremities Creating a Spectacle The Scarecrow as an Art Form Melle's Wrapped Scarecrows "Hot" Scarecrow from the Junkyard A Magical Scarecrow Garden The Outer Edge Scarecrows Unlimited Appendix Community Scarecrow Festivals
