Contemporary crafts 1st ed.

Author

• Racz, Imogen

Additional Author(s)

-

Publisher

Oxford: Berg, 2017

Language

English

ISBN

9781350036086

Series

Subject(s)

• DECORATIVE ARTS

Notes

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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.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

1 online resource (x, 173 p.)

Dimension

-

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Front matter
1. Contemporary Crafts and Cultural Myths 6–19
2. Contemporary Arts and Crafts Makers in Rural England 20–35
3. The Artisan Tradition in Rural America: Western Massachusetts Case Study 36–49
4. Critique and Embodiment in Rural England 50–64
5. Material, Space and Place in America 65–80
6. Urban Crafts in America 81–93
7. Urban Crafts In England 94–107
8. Crafts In The Environment: Philadelphia Case Study 108–121
9. Crafts In The Environment: Birmingham and Grizedale Forest Case Studies 122–134
Back matter

Exemplar(s)

#	Accession No.	Call Number	Location	Status
1.	00237/21	745.097300904 Rac C	Online !	Available