Contemporary crafts / Imogen Racz.
Language: English Publication details: New York : Berg, 2009. Description: ix, 182 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 1845203097; 9781845203092; 1845203089; 9781845203085Subject(s): Decorative arts -- History -- 20th century -- United States | Decorative arts -- History -- 20th century -- EnglandLOC classification: NK808 .R25 2009| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Books | Vitali Hakko Kreatif Endüstriler Kütüphanesi | NK808 .R25 2009 | Not for loan | 008465 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-173) and index.
Contemporary crafts and cultural myths -- Contemporary arts and crafts makers in rural England -- Artisan tradition in rural America: western Massachusetts -- Case study -- Critique and embodiment in rural England -- Material, space and place in America -- Urban crafts in America -- Urban crafts in England -- Crafts in the environment: Philadelphia case study -- Crafts in the environment: Birmingham and Grizedale Forest -- Case studies.
Explores craft practices in both North America and Britain, revealing a diverse picture of artisanal work. This book ranges across urban and rural crafts and analyses how the country/city dichotomy creates differing approaches, practices and objects.