She angrily tucked a stray lock of hair behind her ear, then whirled away from the window and strode past the curtain separating her shop from her small living quarters. They’d backed that brash, loudmouthed Texan. You’d think they would have sided with one of their own. You’d think the town would have shown her a little bit of loyalty since she’d lived in Sweetheart all her life. In spite of the early hour-if she could judge from the raucous noise and music-they seemed to be busier than ever. They weren’t suffering from a lack of patrons. She peered through the rain-dotted panes and shot a look of intense dislike toward the saloon and brothel across the street. She hadn’t sold a hat in two months, and even if the sun were shining brightly it was unlikely that any patrons would arrive at her door. The widow McFearson placed the OPEN sign in the window of her millinery shop, then wondered why she had bothered. Book.The wind moaned around the eaves of the weather-beaten building, and the rain from the blustery spring storm continued to turn Main Street into a smelly sea of knee-deep manure and mud. 5th printing xi, 244 pages 421 illustrations (some color) 27 cm LC: N6494.F6 Dewey: 745.59 OCLC: 222672 black cloth in color pictorial dustjacket Contents: Art: found and refound - Thread, fiberts and feathers - Fabrics and papers - Scrap metals - Found wood - Salvaged sheet glass - Bottles and plastic discards - Bones, stones and other natural materials - Mixed media and miscellany - Prints, patterns and impressions - Temperature equivalents of cones - index of supplies features artwork by Feliciano Bejar, Robert Biancalna, Bill Brewer, Lucile Brokaw, L Stanley Carpenter, Jackie Curry, Mary Case Dekker, May Deschamp, Laura Devendorf, Dominic DiMare, Harry Dix, David Eckels, Howard Glick, Joan Goldstein, Bob Graham, Art Grant, Ann Griffith, Ronald Griffiths, Juan Gris, Evelyn Gulick, Brian Hale, Wilma Harris, Sydney Herschleb, Ann Hunt, Mabel Hutchison, Terry Illes, Maggie Jagla, Marie Kelly, Kay Kinney, Lu Lundstrom, Maude Lynne, Robert McChesney, Nick Nickolds, Alfonso Ossorio, Florence Packard, H G Pashigian, Charlotte Patera, Lino Pera, Pablo Picasso, Wilson Price, Henry Rasmusen, Bill Reily, Helen Steinau Rich, Priscilla Sage, Dorothy Saunders, Arthur Secunda, Joan Sestak, Wendy Sestak, Alice Shannon, J Richard Sorby, Bob Storm, Mary Lou Stribling, Mary Totten, Jean Varda, Pablita Velarde, Sally Wetherby, Marcus White 403 illustrations, 18 color plates G/G.

Art from found materials, discarded and natural.

Courting Kate by Mary Lou Rich