eBook | A Collector's Guide: Traditional and Creative Kokeshi and Toys

In deciding which Kokeshi ebook to purchase, A Collector’s Guide: Traditional and Creative Kokeshi and Toys gives an overview of the artists’ origins, general descriptive qualities and characteristics of the creation under the Traditional and Creative (Sosaku) dolls, and includes toys made by Kokeshi carvers.  Our second eBook entitled: Sosaku Kokeshi: A New Look At An Old Tradition gives in-depth information on the artists, associated signature, full size image and name of each doll, and descriptive qualities of each piece. It additionally gives an overview of lathe-turned dolls and wood types, as well as a Directory of Sosaku Kokeshi Artists. AUTHOR’S OVERVIEW: What makes some of us collectors and others just observers? Is it an innate trait? Does the need to collect develop as we educate ourselves through study, and become aware of a particular piece of art or craft? When does the desire to collect become a driving force in one’s life? The answers will undoubtedly go wanting, to a c