PUBLICATIONS

Books:

• BEAD & FELTED TAPESTRY CROCHET, Carol Ventura, Cookeville, TN, 2006.
• MAYA HAIR SASHES BACKSTRAP WOVEN IN JACALTENANGO, GUATEMALA / CINTAS MAYAS TEJIDAS CON EL TELAR DE CINTURA EN JACALTENANGO, GUATEMALA, Carol Ventura, Cookeville, TN, 2003.
• MORE TAPESTRY CROCHET, Carol Ventura, Cookeville, TN, 2002.
• MAYAN HAIR SASHES BACKSTRAP WOVEN IN JACALTENANGO, GUATEMALA, Yax Te' Press, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, 1996.
• CINTAS MAYAS TEJIDAS CON EL TELAR DE PALITOS EN JACALTENANGO, GUATEMALA, Ediciones Yax Te', Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, 1996.
• (Carol Norton) TAPESTRY CROCHET, Dos Tejedoras, 1991, reprinted by Interweave Press, 2004.

Contributions to Books:

• Desert Sunrise pattern included in UNEXPECTED AFGHANS, Robyn Chachula, Interweave Press, Loveland, CO, 2012: 78-83.
• Tapestry Basket pattern included in SIMPLY CROCHET, Robyn Chachula, Interweave Press, Loveland, CO, 2011: 52-55.
• Diamonds Silk Scarf pattern included in THE BEST OF INTERWEAVE CROCHET: A COLLECTION OF OUR FAVORITE DESIGNS, Marcy Smith, editor, Interweave Press, Loveland, CO, 2011: 140-143.
• Women's Hair Sashes of Mesoamerica included in LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBRAN, Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, Vol. II, Margot Blum Schevill, volume editor, Berg Publishers, New York, NY, 2010: 208-214.
• Heart-To-Heart Tapestry Shawl pattern included in THE CROCHETED PRAYER SHAWL COMPANION, Janet Bristow and Victoria A. Cole-Galo, editors, The Taunton Press:, Newtown, CT, 2010: 139-145.
• Tapestry Crochet Bag pattern included in 2010 CROCHET CALENDAR, Susan Ripley, editor, Accord Publishing, Denver, CO, 2008: June 18-22nd.
• UFO Bag Pattern and Essay included in CROCHET LIBERATION FRONT FIRST EVER BOOK, Laurie Wheeler, editor, CreateSpace, 2008: 74-80.
• Felted Tapestry Crochet Basket pattern included in 2009 CROCHET CALENDAR, Susan Ripley, editor, Accord Publishing, Denver, CO, 2008: July 10-13th.
• Tapestry Crochet Purse pattern included in CREATIVE BEADING, Vol. 3: The best projects from a year of Bead & Button magazine, Ann Dee Allen, editor, Kalmbach Publishing, Waukesha, WI, 2008: 225-229. 
• The Jacaltec Maya Guitarria, THE BIG RED BOOK OF AMERICAN LUTHERIE, VOLUME FOUR, 1994-1996, Guild of American Luthiers, Tacoma, WA, 2006: 350-357.
• Purrfect Kitties Go Round in Tapestry Crochet pattern included in AFGHANS FOR ALL REASONS & ALL SEASONS, Jean Leinhauser and Rita Weiss, editors; Leisure Arts, 2007: 15-19.
• Carrion pattern included in ANTICRAFT, Renee Rigdon and Zabet Stewart, editors, North Light Books, 2007: 74-77.
• Tapestry Crochet Eyeglass Case pattern included in 2008 CROCHET CALENDAR, Desiree Scales and Susan Ripley, editors, Accord Publishing, Denver, CO, 2007: January 24th.
• Beaded Tapestry Cuff pattern included in JEWELRY WITH A HOOK, Terry Taylor, editor, Lark Books, NY, 2007: 66-67.
• Variations Baskets pattern included in CROCHET ME: DESIGNS TO FUEL THE CROCHET REVOLUTION, Kim Werker, editor, Interweave Press, Loveland, CO, 2007: 118-121.
• Brimming with Possibilities pattern included in CREATIVE BEADING: The best projects from a year of Bead & Button magazine, Julia Gerlach, editor, Kalmbach Publishing, Waukesha, WI, 2006: 232-234. 
• Beaded Tapestry Crochet Purse and Tapestry Crochet Diamonds Purse patterns included in 100 PURSES TO KNIT AND CROCHET, Jean Leinhauser and Rita Weiss, editors, Sterling Publishing Company, NY, 2006: 26-28 and 128-130.
• BEAD & FELTED TAPESTRY CROCHET, Carol Ventura, Cookeville, TN, 2006.
• Cat Bag picture included in THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CROCHET TECHNIQUES, Jan Eaton, Running Press, London, 2006: 144.
• Flock of Seagulls Basket Trio pattern included in VOGUE KNITTING CROCHETED BAGS, Trisha Malcolm, editor, Sixth & Spring Books, NY, 2006: 40-43 and back cover.
• Guatemalan Tapestry pattern included in TOP TECHNIQUE AND SPECIAL STITCH AFGHANS, Deborah Levy Hamburg, editor, House of White Birches, 2004: 88, 92.
• Rules picture tapestry crochet wall piece included in FIBERARTS DESIGN BOOK 7, Susan Mowery Kieffer, editor, Lark Books, NY, 2004: 41.
• (Carol Norton) Native American Paper, Pottery, Spinning, Weaving, and Printing, in TESTIMONY OF IMAGES: PRE-COLUMBIAN ART, Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, OH. 

Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals:

• La guitarría maya jakalteka, SENDEROS, REVISTA DE ETHNOMUSICOLOGIA, Universidad de San Carlos, Guatemala, 2008, 1: 107-118.
• La chirimía de los maya-jakaltekos de Guatemala, TRADICIONES DE GUATEMALA, ETHNOMUSICOLOGIA EN GUATEMALA, Universidad de San Carlos, Guatemala, 2006, 66: 63-73.
• Tapestry Crochet Around the World, PIECEWORK, September/October 2004: 66-67.
• Who are the Real Maya? COMMUNITY COLLEGE HUMANITIES REVIEW, Fall 2003, 24: 96-113.
• The Jakaltek Maya Blowgun in Mythological and Historical Context, ANCIENT MESOAMERICA, Fall 2003, 14.2: 257-268.
• Co-authored with Jerry King: A Southeastern Native American Tradition: The Ofo Calendar and Related Sky Lore, Archaeoastronomy: The Journal of Astronomy in Culture, Spring/Summer 1999, 14.1: 109-135.
• The Symbolism of Jakaltek Maya Tree Grown Gourd Vessels and Corn Drinks in Guatemala, JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY, Winter 1996, 16.2: 169-183.
• The Striking Tapestry Crochet of Guatemala, PIECEWORK, September / October 1995: 38-41.
• The Interrelationship of Weaving with Fertility in Mesoamerica, ARS TEXTRINA 21, June 1994: 179-221.
• (Carol Norton) "Sisal: Its History and Production in Jacaltenango, Guatemala," ARS TEXTRINA 11, 1989: 107-152.

Other Publications:

• Mitla Purse, INTERWEAVE CROCHET ACCESSORIES, Special Issue 2012: 22, 28, and 30.
• Arrowhead Tote, INTERWEAVE CROCHET, Fall 2012: 34-35.
• The Bamum Tapestry Crochet Hats of Foumban, CROCHET TRADITIONS, Fall 2012: 82-84.
• A Hat in Tapestry Crochet, CROCHET TRADITIONS, Fall 2012: 84-86.
• Tapestry Crochet Wallet, CROCHET TODAY! November / December 2011: 16-17.
• Tapestry Crochet Around the World, Tapestry Crochet a Cat Pillow, and Tapestry Crochet a Whimsical Bag, CROCHET TRADITIONS, Fall 2011: 112-118.
• Ashanti Adinkra Cloth, HAND / EYE online, March 31, 2011.
• Tapestry Bag, INSIDE CROCHET, February 2011, 14: 68-71.
• Geometry Tote, CROCHET WORLD, February 2011, 34.1: 56, 57, 62, & 63.
• Kente Cloth of Ghana, HANDWOVEN, January/February 2011, 32.1: 24.
• Hair Sashes of Mexico and Guatemala, HANDWOVEN, January/February 2011, 32.1: 25.
• It Takes a Village, BEAD & BUTTON, December 2010, 100: 62-63. 
• Ekaterina's Tapestry Shawl, INTERWEAVE CROCHET ACCESSORIES, Special Issue 2010: 8 & 12.
• Beaded Basket, CROCHET TODAY, Special Issue 2010: 44-47.
• Tapestry Crochet Heart for The Chain Reaction Afghan Project, INTERWEAVE CROCHET, Fall 2010: 38 & 44.
• Beautiful Bowl, CROCHET TODAY, July/August 2010: 56-58.
• Stars & Stripes Tote, CROCHET WORLD, June 2010, 33.3: 38-39, 53.
• Flower Power Basket, INSIDE CROCHET, Issue 7, 2010: 54-57.
• Traditional Carving of Bali, WOODCARVING, March/April 2010, 113: 48-51.
• It's About Time, CROCHET WORLD, August 2009, 32.4: 46-47.
• Tapestry Crochet Goes Global, INSIDE CROCHET, Issue 2, 2009: 68-70.
• Spring Market Bag, INTERWEAVE CROCHET, Spring, 2009: 74-76.
• Handy Basket, INSIDE CROCHET, Issue 1, 2009: 24-26.
• Right Way Market Bag,CROCHET WORLD, April 2009: 40, 41, and 62.
• Tapestry Crochet, KNIT ON THE NET, Issue 7, 2008.
• Market Bag, KNIT ON THE NET, Issue 7, 2008.
• Circular Tapestry Hearts Afghan, CROCHET WORLD, December 2008, 31.6: 34, 35, 60, 61.
• Vulture, THE INSIDE LOOP, Winter 2008.
• Bead Felted Awareness Purse, CROCHET WORLD, October 2008, 31.5: 26, 76.
• Sunburst Bowl, CROCHET TODAY, September/October 2008: 26-29.
• Positive & Negative Felted Purse, QUICK & EASY CROCHET, July/August 2008, 23.4: 22-25, 38.
• Made in China, CERAMIC REVIEW, July/August 2008, 232: 56-57.
• Aztec Bag, YARN FORWARD, Spring 2008, 5: 26-28.
• Felted Tapestry Crochet Hat or Basket, BLACK PURL HOLIDAY ISSUE, November / December 2007: 8-9.
• Diamonds Silk Scarf, INTERWEAVE CROCHET, Winter 2007: 24-25.
• Cameroon Craft, CERAMIC REVIEW, July/August 2007, 226: 54-55.
• Tapestry Laptop Bag, CROCHET WORLD, June 2007, 30.3: 32-33 and 38.
• Get Your Ducks in a Row, CROCHET ME ONLINE, Spring 2007.
• Beaded Basket, CROCHET TODAY, April / May 2007: 62-64.
• Stylish Square Hat / Basket, BLACK PURL ONLINE MAGAZINE, Winter 2007.
• When Pigs Fly Beaded Bag, SIMPLY CREATIVE CROCHET, 2006: 24 and 66.
• Beaded Tapestry Earrings, SIMPLY CREATIVE CROCHET, 2006: 16.
• Tapestry Crochet Purse, BEAD & BUTTON, December, 2006, 76: 117-120. 
• Oblique Beaded Tapestry Crochet Necklace, BEAD UNIQUE, Fall 2006, 10: 22-24.
• Hip-Hop, CROCHET ME ONLINE, Fall 2006.
• Carving Cameroon's Culture, WOODCARVING, June/July 2006, 91: 12-15.
• Felted Tapestry Crochet Bag, CROCHET FANTASY, Spring 2006, 184: 69-71.
• Reversible Tapestry Crochet Beaded Hat/Basket, BLACK PURL MAGAZINE, Spring 2006.
• Blacksmithing in Andalucia, ANVIL'S RING, Winter 2006, 34.2: 42-47.
• Ambassador of Tapestry Crochet Visits Portugal, CHAIN LINK, March 2006, 15.2: 7.
• Ambassador of Tapestry Crochet Goes to China, CHAIN LINK, January 2006, 15.1: 4.
• Horse Around Purse, Crochet Me, October / November 2005.
• The Whole World Coat, CROCHET FANTASY, Winter 2005, 183: 84-88.
• Down Mexico Way, CERAMIC REVIEW, November / December 2005, 216: 46-47.
• Tapestry Crochet a Cell Phone Pouch, SHUTTLE, SPINDLE, & DYEPOT, Summer 2005, 36.3: 51-53.
• Heading South Rasta Bag, BEADWORK, August/September 2005.
• Affirmation Scarf, CROCHET FANTASY, Summer 2005: 42-45.
• Special Stitches: Patriotic Stars, ANNIE'S FAVORITE CROCHET, June 2005: 38-40.
• Turning Hearts, QUICK & EASY CROCHET, May/June 2005, 20.3: 28, 29, 35.
• Kit-Cat Handbag, BEADWORK, December 2004 / January 2005: 64-67.
• Tapestry Crochet Handspun Hats, HANDSPINNERS.COM, Fall 2004.
• Brimming with Possibilities, BEAD & BUTTON, December, 2004, 64: 78-81.
• Tapestry Crochet a Cat Pillow, PIECEWORK, September / October 2004: 64-65.
• Stars of Liberty Pillow, CROCHET WORLD, August 2004, 27.4: 31, 34.
• Stars and Stripes Shoulder Bag, CROCHET!, July 2004: 18 & 45.
• Traditions of the Haida Gwaii, WOODCARVING, May / June 2004: 56-59.
• Have a Heart Scarf, CROCHET FANTASY, April 2004, 174: 44-47.
• Raphia Palm Basketmaking in Western Cameroon, Africa, SHUTTLE, SPINDLE, & DYEPOT, Winter 2003/2004: 21-24.
• Gone to the Dogs Purse, CROCHET FANTASY, Winter 2004, 171: 48-51, 61.
• A Maya Ceramics Tradition Survives in the Yucatan, CERAMICS MONTHLY, December 2003: 64-65.
• Tapestry Basket, ANNIE'S FAVORITE CROCHET, October 2003: 4-7.
• Woodcarvers of Guanajuato, WOODCARVING, September / October 2003: 18-20.
• Tapestry Yarmulke, HOOKED ON CROCHET, October 2003: 12, 13, 16, 17.
• Haida Argillite Carving, ORNAMENT, Summer 2003, 26.4: 22-23.
• Baroque Silversmithing of Mexico, ORNAMENT, Winter 2002 / 2003, 26.2: 78-79.
• Ceramics in Guanajuato, Mexico: A Look at Five Contemporary Studios, CERAMICS MONTHLY, March 2003: 78-81.
• Tapestry Basket or Hat, CROCHET FANTASY, February 2003: 8, 19-21.
• Co-authored with Andrzej Gutek, Blacksmithing in Western Cameroon, Africa, ANVIL'S RING, Fall 2002: 61-63.
• The Ikat Rebozos (Shawls) of Central Mexico, SHUTTLE, SPINDLE, & DYEPOT, Fall 2002: 41-48.
• Co-authored with Andrzej Gutek, Beaded Objects from Western Cameroon, BEAD & BUTTON, August 2002: 16-18.
• An Ongoing Tradition: Cedar Bark Hats, SHUTTLE SPINDLE & DYEPOT,Spring 2002: 40-45.
• An Olympic Tapestry, FIBERARTS, January / February 2002, 28.4: 24.
• Tapestry Crochet, CROCHET FANTASY, August 2001, 151: 13-15, 27-28.
• Polish Carving: Where Ideas Take Form, WOODCARVING, March / April 2001: 56-59.
• Southeastern Shell Carving in the Native American Tradition, WHISPERING WIND, March / April 2001, 41.4: 18-22.
• The Jacaltec Maya Guitarria, AMERICAN LUTHERIE, Fall 1996, 47: 20-27.
• God's Eyes, SHUTTLE SPINDLE & DYEPOT, Fall 1996: 54-56.
• Duck Motif Tote, QUICK & EASY CROCHET, March / April 1996: 3, 10-11.
• Southeastern Native American Gourds: Their Past and Future, WHISPERING WIND, 1995, 27.4: 8-16.
• A Purse to Tapestry Crochet, PIECEWORK, September / October 1995: 42-45.
• Pre-Columbian Press Molds, CERAMICS MONTHLY, November 1994: 12-16.
• Pre-Columbian Spindle Whorls, SHUTTLE SPINDLE & DYEPOT, Fall 1994: 45-48.
• A Vessel for the Ages: The Mighty Gourd, NORTH GEORGIA JOURNAL, Summer 1994: 41-43.
• A Tapestry Technique in Crochet, SHUTTLE SPINDLE & DYEPOT, Fall 1993: 28-29.
• (Carol Norton) Choctaw Cane Baskets, SHUTTLE SPINDLE & DYEPOT, Summer 1990: 56-58.
• (Carol Norton) How to Make Indian Buckskin, BLACKPOWDER ANNUAL, 1990: 32-37, 92-93.
• A Traditional Maya Corn Strainer, CERAMIC REVIEW, July / August 1989: 32-34.
• Jacaltec Maya Ethnicity and Acculturation as Viewed Through Their Backstrap Woven Hair Sashes, ATHANOR VIII, 1989: 65-74.
• Guatemalan Cotton Spinners, SHUTTLE SPINDLE & DYEPOT, Winter 1988 / 1989: 47-49.
• Sisal Production in Highland Guatemala, FIBERARTS, March / April 1987: 44-45.
• Tapestry Crochet a Tote, CRAFTS, January 1985: 32-33.

Book & Media Reviews:

• Jutta-Annette Page, Peter Morrin, and Robert Bell, COLOR IGNITED : GLASS 1962-2012, reviewed for CHOICE, March 2013, 50.07: 1233-1234.
• Agnes Husslein-Arco and Thomas Zaunschirm, editors, GOLD, Hirmer Publishers, 2012, reviewed for CHOICE, December, 2012, 50.04: 650.
• David Ebony and Tim Richardson, CHIHULY GARDEN INSTALLATIONS, Portland Press, 2011, reviewed for CHOICE, October 2012, 50.02: 260.
• Linda Bloomfield, ADVANCED POTTERY, Robert Hale, 2010, reviewed for CHOICE, December 2011, 49.4: 663.
• Gertrude Wilmers, FREDERIC CROWNINSHIELD: A RENAISSANCE MAN IN THE GILDED AGE, University of  Massachusetts Press, 2010, reviewed for CHOICE, September 2011, 49.1: 97.
• Kathryn Rousso, MAGUEY JOURNEY: DISCOVERING TEXTILES IN GUATEMALA, University of Arizona Press, 2010, reviewed for WARP Newsletter, Summer 2011, 18.2: 6.
• Nicholas R. Bell, A REVOLUTION IN WOOD: THE BRESLER COLLECTION, Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2010, reviewed for CHOICE, March 2011, 48.7: 1275.
• David Whitehouse, Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass: Objects with Scratch-Engraved and Wheel-Cut Ornament, Vol. II, Corning Museum of Glass/Hudson Hills, CHOICE, October 2010, 48.2: 0668.
• Rosalind M. Pepall, TIFFANY GLASS: A PASSION FOR COLOUR, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 2009, CHOICE, July 2010.11: 47: 6046.
• Cindi Strauss, Cindi, PIONEERS OF CONTEMPORARY GLASS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE BARBARA AND DENNIS DUBOIS COLLECTION, Museum of fine Arts, Houston, 2009, CHOICE, September 2009, 47.1:94.
• Tina Oldknow, CONTEMPORARY GLASS SCULPTURES AND PANELS: SELECTIONS FROM THE CORNING MUSEUM OF GLASS, Hudson Hills / Corning Museum of Glass, 2008, CHOICE, June 2009, 46.10: 1924.
• Stephen Rolfe Powell, STEPHEN ROLFE POWELL: GLASSMAKER, University Press of Kentucky, 2007, CHOICE, April 2008, 45.8: 1328.
• Endangered Threads Documentaries, A CENTURY OF COLOR: MAYA WEAVING & TEXTILES (DVD), SHUTTLE, SPINDLE, & DYEPOT, Spring 2008, 2.154: 13.
• Roger B. Ulrich, ROMAN WOODWORKING, Yale University Press, 2006, CHOICE, June 2007, 44.10: 1740-1741.
• Hans-Gert Bachmann, THE LURE OF GOLD, Abbeville Press, 2006, CHOICE, April 2007, 44.8: 1327.
• Jutta-Annette Page, THE ART OF GLASS: THE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, CHOICE, February 2007, 44.6: 971.
• Maurine Littleton, 500 GLASS OBJECTS: A CELEBRATION OF FUNCTIONAL & SCULPTURAL GLASS, Lark Books, 2006, CHOICE, September 2006, 44.1: 92-93.
• Hugh Willmott, A HISTORY OF ENGLISH GLASSMAKING, AD 43-1800, Tempus, 2006, CHOICE, July / August 2006, 43.11 / 12: 1979.
• Helmut Ricke (editor), CZECH GLASS 1945-1980, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2005, CHOICE, April 2006, 43.8: 1386.
• Martha Drexler Lynn, SCULPTURE, GLASS, and AMERICAN MUSEUMS, Pennsylvania 2005, CHOICE, March 2006, 43.7: 1016.
• Pienke W. H. Kal, YOGYA SILVER: RENEWAL OF A JAVANESE HANDICRAFT, Kit Publishers, 2005, CHOICE, February 2006, 43.6: 1002.
• Patricia Marks Greenfield, WEAVING GENERATIONS TOGETHER: EVOLVING CREATIVITY AMONG THE MAYAS OF CHIAPAS, School of American Research, 2004, CHOICE, March 2005, 42.7: 1214.
• CHIHULY DVD COLLECTION: CHIHULY GARDENS AND GLASS; CHIHULY AT THE V & A; CHIHULY IN THE LIGHT OF JERUSALEM; CHIHULY AND THE MASTERS OF VENICE, Portland Press, 2003, CHOICE, October 2004, 42.2: 280.
• Sharon Busby, SPRUCE ROOT BASKETRY OF THE HAIDA AND TLINGIT, Marquand Books and University of Washington Press, 2003, NATIVE ARTS COUNCIL NEWSLETTER, Summer 2004, 2: 8.
• McKissick Museum, PALMETTO SILVER: RICHES OF THE SOUTH: A CELEBRATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA SILVER, South Carolina, 2003, CHOICE, April 2004, 41.8: 1460.
• Anita Ellis, THE CERAMIC CAREER OF M. LOUISE MCLAUGHLIN, Cincinnati Art Museum, 2003, CHOICE, February 2004, 41.6: 1065.
• Marsha Miro and Tony Hepburn, ROBERT TURNER, Kodansha International, 2003, CHOICE, January 2004, 41.5: 894.
• Randall White, PREHISTORIC ART, Abrams, 2003, CHOICE, November 2003, 41.3: 529-530.
• Sean Mallon, SAMOAN ART AND ARTISTS: O MEASINA A SAMOA, University of Hawaii Press, 2002, CHOICE, July 2003, 40.11/12: 1897.

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