In this moving account, Peter Korn explores the nature and
rewards of creative practice. We follow his search for meaning as
an Ivy-educated child of the middle class who finds employment as a
novice carpenter on Nantucket, transitions to self-employment as a
designer and maker of fine furniture, takes a turn at teaching and
administration at Colorado s Anderson Ranch Arts Center, and then
founds a school in Maine: the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship,
an internationally respected nonprofit institution.
Furniture making practiced as a craft in the twenty-first
century is a decidedly marginal occupation. Yet the view from the
periphery can be illuminating. For Korn the challenging work of
bringing something new and meaningful into the world through one s
own volition whether in the arts, the kitchen, or the marketplace
is what generates the meaning and fulfillment that so many of us
seek.
This is not a how-to book in any sense. Korn wants to get at the
"why" of craft in particular and the satisfactions of creative work
in general to understand their essential nature. How does the
making of objects shape our identities? How do the products of
creative work inform society? In short, what does the process of
making things reveal to us about ourselves? Korn draws on four
decades of hands-on experience to answer these questions
eloquently, and often poignantly, in this personal, introspective,
and revealing book."
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