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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...
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English
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"The host of PBS's A Craftsman's Legacy makes the case that the craftsman's way--the philosophy, the skills, and the mindset--can provide a blueprint for all of us in our increasingly hurried, disposable world. In this book he tells the stories and shares the collective wisdom of these modern-day makers while also celebrating the culture of all craftsmen"--
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Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2017.
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English
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The Peabody Award-winning documentary series is an inspirational journey to the artists, objects, techniques, and origins of American craft. Explore the connections between Mexico and the United States through craft.
5) Mediaeval craftsmanship and the modern amateur: more particularly with reference to metal and enamel
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Longmans, Green
Pub. Date
1923
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English
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English
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Excellent study by distinguished historian examines lives and work of American craftsmen in the years before the Revolution-cabinetmakers, silversmiths, pewterers, printers, painters, engravers, blacksmiths, button-makers, shipwrights, many more. 18 illus. References.
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English
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"Portraits of the American Craftsman is a collection of portraits of the people and products made in small workshops all over the country, with lyrical descriptions of what they make, who they are, and the tradition embedded in their trade. This book is a celebration of the handmade at a time when it's being embraced by a new generation of DIY and local-focused consumers who are averse to the mass-produced. Award-winning photographer Tadd Myers...
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English
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The last thing Katie Bonner wanted was to become the manager of Artisans Alley. But when her business partner, Ezra Hilton, is found bludgeoned to death, she has no other choice. Business under Ezra had been faltering-but was it enough to provoke someone to murder? Only Kate can find the answer. While the cops are proceeding by the book, Katie is investigating by the booths-for the answer to the killer's identity lies in the hidden secrets of Artisans...
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Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2017.
Language
English
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The Peabody Award-winning documentary series is an inspirational journey to the artists, objects, techniques, and origins of American craft. Nature celebrates the beauty, inspiration, and future of the American landscape and challenges viewers to reassess their relationship with the natural world.
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Princeton Architectural Press
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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"One spring day in 2012, fresh from his circumnavigation of the British Isles, English designer Nick Hand set off on his bicycle from Brooklyn, New York, and pedaled north along the Hudson River toward its source in the Adirondack Mountains. His leisurely pace suited his simple agenda, to talk to the artists and craftspeople he met along the way. Conversations on the Hudson is a visual record of his five-hundred-mile journey through the hills, mountains,...
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Abbess of Meaux mysteries volume 3
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English
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York, 1385. Just as the Mystery Plays are about to unfold, a young woman witnesses a terrible crime and turns to Abbess Hildegard of Meaux for protection. In The Law of Angels, Cassandra Clark once again shows us the human side of history.
16) La bordadora
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Plaza y Janés
Pub. Date
2023
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Español
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"1475. En Vetonia, una ciudad de la Castilla de los Reyes Católicos, vive Caterina, una joven condesa que ha enviudado recientemente. Reside en el palacio de su tío, el marqués de Narros, y pretende crear un importante gremio de sastres y bordadores. Para ello, envía a Guillén, su amante, a Valencia con el propósito de encontrar a los mejores artesanos. A su regreso, Guillén traerá a Juana, una prometedora bordadora, que llenará de amor,...
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Craft in America, Inc
Pub. Date
c2007
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English
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"Craft in America is an exploration into the hearts and minds of artisans devoted to a diverse array of mediums -- from furniture making and basket weaving to pottery and metalsmithing. Each episode reveals that craft has earned itself a place within the realm of fine art"--Container.
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PBS
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
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"Explores the themes of origins and process as part of the vitality, history and significance of the craft movement in America, and its impact on our nation's rich cultural heritage. Capturing the beauty, creativity, and originality of the handmade, the film highlights artists and institutions."--Container.
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PBS
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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Looks at the relationship between craft and the military, and profiles five practicing artisans who either were veterans or whose work honors them. Artisans covered in the program are: Ehren Tool, Gulf War veteran, who makes clay cups that draw attention to the realities of war and its consequences; Judas Recendez, Iraq War veteran who practiced ceramics at the Army Arts and Crafts Center and went on to get a BA in Fine Arts at the Corcoran College...