HORSEHAIR BRIDLES - A UNIQUE AMERICAN FOLK ART By Ned and Jody Martin

Description: HORSEHAIR BRIDLES, A UNIQUE AMERICAN FOLK ART by Ned and Jody Martin. Published in 2016 by Hawk Hill Press, Nicasio, CA. Hardcover. 189 pages. Heavily illustrated with color photography. Book 14 in. X 12 1/4 in. X 3/4 in. ISBN-10:0965994783 Please enlarge photos for details of book. Slight rolled top of cover jacket. People are often surprised, even shocked, to learn that horsehair can be dyed brilliant colors and hitched into stunning, creative, wearable art. Not only hatbands and belts were made to be worn, but also beautiful bridles adorned the horses in parades and shows in the first quarter of the twentieth century. This book traces the origins of this particular folk art, and how it developed in the bleakest of environments: the prisons of the West. A few wardens were intuitive enough to know that when their prisoners were focused and engaged in an activity that would not only profit them when pieces were sold, but also gave them a sense of pride and pleasure in the creative process itself, they would be more content with their surroundings and less likely to cause trouble.

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