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Real Cowboy Art on Show in Oklahoma

The ‘Traditional Cowboy Arts Exhibition & Sale’ at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
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Real Cowboy Art on Show in Oklahoma
"Heart Spurs," 2017, "Encore Piece," by bit and spur maker Ernie Marsh. Steel with engraved and inlaid fine silver. The flashes of blue on the spurs are nitre blue, a protective coating used to prevent rust. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
Lorraine Ferrier
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In 1998, a group of cowboy master craftsmen and enthusiasts founded the Traditional Cowboy Arts Association (TCAA) to uphold and protect the American Western traditions of silversmithing, saddle making, rawhide braiding, and bit and spur making. Anyone can apply to join the TCAA, even international masters of the cowboy crafts, but they must be proficient in making American Western-style works.

A big part of the TCAA mission is to show the brilliance of Western craftsmanship and for bona fide experts to teach the trades.

Lorraine Ferrier
Lorraine Ferrier
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Lorraine Ferrier writes about fine arts and craftsmanship for The Epoch Times. She focuses on artists and artisans, primarily in North America and Europe, who imbue their works with beauty and traditional values. She's especially interested in giving a voice to the rare and lesser-known arts and crafts, in the hope that we can preserve our traditional art heritage. She lives and writes in a London suburb, in England.
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