“This is a ‘craft connoisseur’s collection of provocative erotica.”
– Hardcore Crafts, 1976
It turns out that the Devil doesn’t need idle hands to make mischief. In Hardcore Crafts, Nancy Bruning Levine shares a great variety of crafts for busy hands, including ceramics, glass, wood carving, textiles and metalsmith work, showing all manner of sexual subjects, mostly genitalia.
It is all done in the best possible taste, of course. As the book says, This is a ‘craft connoisseur’s collection of provocative erotica.”
“Cock-A-Doodle-Doo” by Diana Bryer Frank – Stained glass, 1970s
“Office Party” Detail William Accorsi Wood, watercolor 1970s
(L) Glass String Bikini by Kim Newcomb, velvet ties; (R) “Inside Story” by Marcia Lloyd, Shoulder Bag, English cowhide
Wool “Erotic Pillow Form” by Joanne Mattera
“Wedding Box” by Carol Frank Fabric, glass beads
(L) “Protest Piece” by Stan Plotner, Brass; (R) “His and Hers” by Correen Kaufman
(L) “Ivory Lady” by Alex Streeter, Ivory, 18k Gold, silver; (R) “Infinitely Rich Nuances” by Merrily Tompkins
Pendant – Silver, photographs, mustard seeds
“Untiltled” by Michael Kovach, African mahogany
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