" Why do people consider aesthetic qualities as well as
utilitarian ones in the making of everyday objects? Why do they
maintain traditions? What is the nature of their creative process?
These are some of the larger questions addressed by Michael Owen
Jones in his book on craftsmen in the Cumberland Mountains of
eastern Kentucky. Concentrating on the work of one man, woodworker
and chairmaker Chester Cornett, Jones not only describes the tools
and techniques employed by Cornett but also his aspirations and
values. Cornett possessed a deep knowledge of his materials and a
mastery of construction methods. Some of his chairs represent not
objects of utility but aesthetic developments of the chair form.
Cornett sought to cope with the problems of his life, Jones
maintains; their massiveness provided a sense of security, the
virtuosity of their design and construction, a feeling of
self-esteem. Jones also compares other area craftsmen and their
views about their work.
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