Craeft. How Traditional Crafts Are About More Than Just Making

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Publisher: Faber And Faber
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2017
Edition: First Edition

Description: 344 pages. Ex-Library. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear present, but still a presentable copy.

Publishers Description: In a period of meaningless mass manufacturing, our growing appetite for hand-made objects, artisan food, and craft beverages reveals our deep cravings for tradition and quality. But there was a time when craft meant something very different; the Old English word crft possessed an almost indefinable sense of knowledge, wisdom, and power. In this fascinating book, historian and popular broadcaster Alex Langlands goes in search of the mysterious lost meaning of crft. Through a vibrant series of mini-histories, told with his trademark energy and charm, Langlands resurrects the ancient craftspeople who fused exquisite skill with back-breaking labour-and passionately defends the renewed importance of crft today.

ISBN: 9780571324408