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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Images are beautiful bright and vivid. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> For a people supposedly obsessed with machines and technology Americans have become increasingly en- thralled with things made by hand. Furniture and fiber arts ceramics and jewelry ironwork and glass-all are seen not just as useful objects but as works of art as well. For those who buy crafts and it is a rapidly expanding public- there is a genuine esthetic interest in the van- ishing “handmade” as well as a desire to make a personal statement to display individuality by means of collect- ing. For those who create the crafts the pursuit involves more than simply making things or making a living; it is a way of life. In the course of the series of conversations that grew into this book it has become clear to me that for the four- teen craftsmakers with whom I spoke and no doubt for other craftsmakers with similar skills and enthusiasms. what you make is what you are. (MP)