answers1: Google the name Grandma Moses and you will see what folk art
is all about.
answers2: Folk art - whether in America or elsewhere, also known as
Naive Art, - is art - painting, sculpture, crafts of all sorts, that
are produced by people who have developed their skills themselves
without any training (maybe passed from father to son). Certain folk
arts are specifically American, there is a long list of them in a book
describing activities for children. <a
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Scrimshaw - art of carving on whalebone or ivory is not a specifically
American folk art. But making soap scrimshaws are (see the text
above). <br>
According to a Sotheby's expert on folk art, Duck Decoys are
definitely American folk art. "They were being made even before the
white man came to our shores." The reference is to the decoys that
Native Americans used to snag birds. See Roadshow article <a
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