Contemporary crafts

Author

• Racz, Imogen

Additional Author(s)

-

Publisher

New York: Berg, 2009

Language

English

ISBN

9781350036086

Series

Subject(s)

• DECORATIVE ARTS--ENGLAND--HISTORY--20TH CENTURY
• DECORATIVE--ARTS UNITED STATES

Notes

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-173) and index.

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Abstract

Contemporary Crafts explores craft practices in both North America and Britain, revealing an astonishingly rich and diverse picture of artisanal work today.

The book ranges across both urban and rural crafts and analyses how the country/city dichotomy creates differing approaches, practices and objects. Analysed in the context of their environment and its localised history, crafted objects are shown to embody or critique particular urban/rural myths and traditions.

Covering both traditional and cutting-edge crafts from the small-scale domestic to large outdoor works, Contemporary Crafts demonstrates how craftspeople today are responding to the changing creative contexts of culture and history.~publisher information

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

1 online resource (ix, 182 p.)

Dimension

-

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Front matter
1. Contemporary Crafts and Cultural Myths
2. Contemporary Arts and Crafts Makers in Rural England
3. The Artisan Tradition in Rural America: Western Massachusetts Case Study
4. Critique and Embodiment in Rural England
5. Material, Space and Place in America
6. Urban Crafts in America
7. Urban Crafts In England
8. Crafts In The Environment: Philadelphia Case Study
9. Crafts In The Environment: Birmingham and Grizedale Forest Case Studies
Back matter

Exemplar(s)

#	Accession No.	Call Number	Location	Status
1.	01747/19	745.097300904 Rac C	Online !	Available