The Work Of Craft
Nonfiction, Home & Garden, Crafts & Hobbies, Pottery & Ceramics, Woodwork, Health & Well Being, Self Help, Self Improvement
| Author: | Carla Needleman | ISBN: | 9780307828101 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | Publication: | June 12, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Knopf | Language: | English |
| Author: | Carla Needleman |
| ISBN: | 9780307828101 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Publication: | June 12, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Knopf |
| Language: | English |
The Work of Craft is a profound meditation on the relationship between craft and craftsman. Focusing in turn on pottery, weaving, and woodcarving, and grounding her insights in her own experiences as a potter, Carla Needleman shows that the basic material every craftsman works with is himself or herself. The stuff between one's hands-the clay, the wood, the wool-responds to the quality of one's inner state. The product of one's work is not just an object but a way of being. Thus, the exploration of a craft is--like this book--an exploration of the processes of life itself.
The Work of Craft is a profound meditation on the relationship between craft and craftsman. Focusing in turn on pottery, weaving, and woodcarving, and grounding her insights in her own experiences as a potter, Carla Needleman shows that the basic material every craftsman works with is himself or herself. The stuff between one's hands-the clay, the wood, the wool-responds to the quality of one's inner state. The product of one's work is not just an object but a way of being. Thus, the exploration of a craft is--like this book--an exploration of the processes of life itself.
