| Titre : | Strange sites : Uncommom homes & gardens of the pacific northwest | | Type de document : | texte imprimé | | Auteurs : | Jim Christy, Auteur | | Mention d'édition : | cop | | Editeur : | Madeira Park : Harbour Publishing | | Année de publication : | 1996 | | Importance : | 1 vol. (95 p.) | | Présentation : | Ill. en coul., couv. ill. en coul. | | Format : | 21,5 x 28 cm | | ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-1-55017-131-0 | | Langues : | Anglais | | Catégories : | Architecture
Architecture -- Canada
Architecture -- États-Unis
Art Brut, Art Outsider, Art Asilaire, Folk Art
Environnement (art)
Utopies architecturales
| | Mots-clés : | environnement canade états-unis cote ouest lawn ornament extravaganza bert stewart gladys stewart lloyd "ace" parsons ace's wild west boswell bottle house david brown plywood menagerie donald davis the hermitage charlie abbott junk castle victor moore bobbie moore leo decker george plumb tim anderson bastien "boss" zoetmann dick elliott jane orleman whirligig garden duncan bottle house little mansion crystal village dick and jane's spot petersen rock garden rasmus petersen house ahoy john keziere funny farm gene carsey jr. monument valley gottfried gabriel yukon bottle house geordie dobson sculpture garden george sawchuk fall of je-busi earl browning timbucktew garden of the wind ray tew emil gehrke veva gehrke jerry mckinnon milton walker jerry's eyrie walker rock garden mining life continuing celebration richart's ruins dominic job lowrie streatch dick tracy | | Index. décimale : | 5000 | | Résumé : | 4ème de couverture : "Meet « Boss » Zoetmann, who built a village out of 155,000 glass insulators ; Bert and Gladys Stewart, who have so many lawn ornaments that people sneak in at night to leave their unwanted figurines ; Charlie Abbott, the hermit who assembled miles of stone-lined paths/trails, walled gardens and intricate rockeries in a coastal rain forest ; Victor and Bobbie Moore, who built a castle of junk out of tin, bedsteads, metal fans, washing machine parts, dryer doors, and the complete door and window assembly form a 1952 Old 98.
Everyone who has a home gives it a special, personal touch – a graden, a handmade sign, maybe even a startling colour of paint or a few too many plastic flamingoes. Strange sites is a celebration of people who go a little further, those who make a garden out of bowling balls, or a medieval castle out of embalming fluid bottles, or a miniature Dodge City that covers a whole back yard ..."
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Strange sites : Uncommom homes & gardens of the pacific northwest [texte imprimé] / Jim Christy, Auteur . - cop . - Madeira Park : Harbour Publishing, 1996 . - 1 vol. (95 p.) : Ill. en coul., couv. ill. en coul. ; 21,5 x 28 cm. ISBN : 978-1-55017-131-0 Langues : Anglais | Catégories : | Architecture
Architecture -- Canada
Architecture -- États-Unis
Art Brut, Art Outsider, Art Asilaire, Folk Art
Environnement (art)
Utopies architecturales
| | Mots-clés : | environnement canade états-unis cote ouest lawn ornament extravaganza bert stewart gladys stewart lloyd "ace" parsons ace's wild west boswell bottle house david brown plywood menagerie donald davis the hermitage charlie abbott junk castle victor moore bobbie moore leo decker george plumb tim anderson bastien "boss" zoetmann dick elliott jane orleman whirligig garden duncan bottle house little mansion crystal village dick and jane's spot petersen rock garden rasmus petersen house ahoy john keziere funny farm gene carsey jr. monument valley gottfried gabriel yukon bottle house geordie dobson sculpture garden george sawchuk fall of je-busi earl browning timbucktew garden of the wind ray tew emil gehrke veva gehrke jerry mckinnon milton walker jerry's eyrie walker rock garden mining life continuing celebration richart's ruins dominic job lowrie streatch dick tracy | | Index. décimale : | 5000 | | Résumé : | 4ème de couverture : "Meet « Boss » Zoetmann, who built a village out of 155,000 glass insulators ; Bert and Gladys Stewart, who have so many lawn ornaments that people sneak in at night to leave their unwanted figurines ; Charlie Abbott, the hermit who assembled miles of stone-lined paths/trails, walled gardens and intricate rockeries in a coastal rain forest ; Victor and Bobbie Moore, who built a castle of junk out of tin, bedsteads, metal fans, washing machine parts, dryer doors, and the complete door and window assembly form a 1952 Old 98.
Everyone who has a home gives it a special, personal touch – a graden, a handmade sign, maybe even a startling colour of paint or a few too many plastic flamingoes. Strange sites is a celebration of people who go a little further, those who make a garden out of bowling balls, or a medieval castle out of embalming fluid bottles, or a miniature Dodge City that covers a whole back yard ..."
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