Almost lost arts : traditional crafts and the artisans keeping them alive

Almost lost arts Traditional crafts and the artisans keeping them alive

Emily Freidenrich

Book - 2019

In this book, you'll meet more than twenty artisans who have devoted their lives to honoring traditional techniques and to creating something useful and beautiful every day. In-depth profiles of the artisans illuminate the philosophies and histories behind their work. Gorgeous photographs transport you to studios from Oaxaca to Kyoto and from Milan to Tennessee. Two essays explore the challenges and rewards of engaging deeply with tradition. This book is a tribute to human ingenuity and a celebration of tactile beauty. Whether you appreciate beautiful craftsmanship or are a maker yourself, you'll find inspiration and hope in these pages.

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Subjects
Handicraft.
Industrial arts.
Artisans.
Artisans > Biography.
Published
San Francisco, California : Chronicle Books LLC [2019]
Language
English
Main Author
Emily Freidenrich (author)
Other Authors
Narayan Khandekar, 1964- (contributor), Margaret Shepherd
Physical Description
208 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN
9781452170206
  • The globemakers / Peter Bellerby, Bellerby & Co., London, England
  • A tour of Harvard's color library / by Dr. Narayan Khandekar, director of the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies
  • The Goryeo celadon potter / Lee Eun Bum, Gallery Huue, Eumsung, South Korea
  • Ink warms my soul / by Margaret Shepherd, calligrapher and author of The Art of the Handwritten Note
  • The hatmakers / Abbie Dwelle, Paul's Hat Works, San Francisco, California, USA.
  • The meaning of making
  • The globemakers
  • The bookmender- The Zapotec dyers and weavers
  • A tour of Harvard's Forbes pigment collection / Narayan Khandekar
  • The caster
  • The antiquarian horologist
  • The wet plate photographers
  • The wood type printers
  • The cassette tape manufacturers
  • The neon sign makers
  • The image colorists
  • The Goryeo celadon potter
  • The enjarradora and adobe-builders
  • The papermaker
  • The Cypriot weaver
  • The bronze casters
  • The Kintsugi-shi
  • The sign painters
  • Ink warms my soul
  • The woodcut printers
  • The mapmaker
  • The hatmakers.

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