Dough Folk Art: How to Make Beautiful & Lasting Objects from Flour, Salt & Water - Hardcover

Every five years or so, another writer-craftsperson discovers the nineteenth-century German concoction of salt dough and molds it to current design trends. Unlike her predecessors, Owen actually demonstrates how to sculpt practical items, from mirrors and pencil holders to serving dishes and wall clocks. Motifs for the more than 40 projects are inspired by country and folk art as well as contemporary fads; a Mexican tree of life, for instance, is presented alongside a hanging, chubby-cheeked folk angel and a rotund, generic dinosaur. Directions are plentiful, including color photographs of the more complicated steps. Barbara Jacobs