Luis Ortega’s Rawhide Artistry: Braiding in the California Tradition

Authors Stormes (award-winning saddle maker) and Reeves (chair, cowboy culture, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum) offer a look at the life and art of Luis B. Ortega, acclaimed rawhide braider of horse gear. Ortega's talent raised the status of his braiding from working gear to collectible art and influenced a generation of gear makers. Essentially, the book is both biography of a singular artist but it is more so a pictorial illustration of Ortega's art. Roughly 100 photographs and illustrations are included. Oversize: 9x11". Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)