Craftland : in search of lost arts and disappearing trades / James Fox.
"Art historian and award-winning broadcaster Dr. James Fox explores the rapidly fading crafts and artisanal traditions of the world--such as coopering, basket-weaving, wheelwrighting, metalwork, and blacksmithing--that have shaped so much of our history through their alchemy of the hand-made human touch and generational wisdom. Fox explains the history of craftsmanship in Britain, taking readers across the lands and communities that originated there, teaching them about the practices, traditions, and people at their heart. From coopers to thatchers, basket makers to bellfounders and dry wall builders, Fox tours Britain, once the workshop of the world, in search of its lost and disappearing craft traditions and the artisans trying to keep them alive including, a rush weaver who has managed to rebuild a sustainable business with her baskets and other wares, a bell foundry that uses the same practices it used in the nineteenth century, and dry wallers, building walls one piece of stone at a time that could last two centuries. Part travelogue and part historical record, Craftland is a profoundly intimate meditation on our human cultural heritage, exploring what we lose as these traditions fade from view in the race of progress, and what we stand to gain if we bring them back." -- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593735077
- ISBN: 0593735072
- Physical Description: 360 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition: First US edition.
- Publisher: New York : Crown, [2025]
- Copyright: ©2025
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Landscape. The ground beneath our feet ; A roof over one's head ; Into the woods ; Down the river -- Community. Along the high street ; The making of a mariner ; The ringing isle ; The alphabetician -- Industry. The watchmaker's apprentice ; Cask strength ; Steel city ; The crucible -- Conclusion -- A selection of (mostly) extinct occupations -- The thirty-four trades of watchmaking.
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- Subject:
- Industrial arts > Great Britain > History.
Handicraft > Great Britain > History.
Workmanship > Great Britain > History.
Artisans > Great Britain > Biography.
Handicraft > Social aspects.
Handicraft > History.
Workmanship > History.
Workmanship > Social aspects. - Genre:
- Creative nonfiction.
Available copies
- 1 of 4 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 0 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 4 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Library | 745.5 FOX (Text) | 37810435637789 | Adult Nonfiction | In transit | - |
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