What we celebrate today as crafts were once the means of everyday
manufacture. The craftsman's product was not quaint, archaic, or
merely decorative-it was essential. The tools that created these
necessities speak to the early American spirit of ingenuity. Simple
but resourceful, each tool was a beautiful, clever marriage of form
and function, endowed with a life of its own, uniquely forged and
perfectly suited for its purpose. The Landis Valley Village &
Farm Museum, the leading public attraction devoted to Pennsylvania
German ("Pennsylvania Dutch") culture, works to preserve and carry
the art of handcrafts into the modern age by educating and
delighting visitors with their vast collection and craftwork
demonstrators often in authentic dress, using period tools. With
this book, the museum celebrates the hand tool as a medium of
expression and salutes those who wield it with skillful pride.
Through hundreds of images of these elegantly purposeful hand
tools, the history of American handcraft is traced-sure to delight
the luddite at heart.
General
| Imprint: |
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
April 2013 |
| Authors: |
Michael Emery
|
| Dimensions: |
279 x 216 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
160 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-7643-4297-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Health, Home & Family >
Handicrafts >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-7643-4297-5 |
| Barcode: |
9780764342974 |
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