Slow Tech
The perfect antidote to today's digital world
Published on 11. November 2019
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-1-78521-616-9 (ISBN)
Description
Forge * Carve * Weave * Mould * Ignite, Highly readable and hugely practical this book is either armchair reading or a valuable guide to getting your hands dirty and creating something useful as you discover the art of slow technology. Featuring topics such as building bread ovens, making clay pots in a bonfire, felling and processing trees, cooking on open fires, blacksmithing, beer making, wattle and daubing, this book is a combination of the dangerous book for boys and a practical manual of experimental archaeology and historical research., Author: Peter Ginn is an archaeologist and historian who graduated from the Institute of Archaeology at University College London and has a particular interest in experimental archaeology. His research interests include Egyptology, field archaeology and primitive technologies, and he specialises in 19th-century farming practice. Peter is best known for his BBC TV appearances in series such as Tales from the Green Valley, Victorian Farm, Secrets of the Castle and A Tudor Feast at Christmas. Peter now lives in Somerset in an amazing Victorian property that he is renovating.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Somerset
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Haynes Publishing Group
Illustrations
220 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 277 mm
Width: 215 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
743 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78521-616-9 (9781785216169)
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Person
Peter Ginn is an archaeologist and historian who graduated from the Institute of Archaeology at University College London and has a particular interest in experimental archaeology. His research interests include Egyptology, field archaeology and primitive technologies, and he specialises in 19th-century farming practice. Peter is best known for his BBC TV appearances in series such as Tales from the Green Valley, Victorian Farm, Secrets of the Castle and A Tudor Feast at Christmas. Peter now lives in Somerset in an amazing Victorian property that he is renovating.
Content
Introduction 6
Tools and materials 10
FIRE 12
Light a fire 16
Cooking with fire 20
Spit-roast meat 24
Smoke fish 26
How to make charcoal 28
The art of smithing 30
Make a poker 32
Mould with metal 34
Cast a ring 36
Working with copper 38
How to hammer copper 39
Fire as light 42
Make a wax candle 44
EARTH 46
Working with clay 50
Make a ring pot 52
Build a bonfire kiln 54
The history of the oven 56
Build a bread oven 57
Bake fish in clay 60
Salt of the earth 62
Extract salt over a fire 64
The history of dyes 66
How to extract plant dyes 68
WOOD 70
How to fell a tree 74
Processing a felled tree 76
Construct a wattle and daub house 78
Carve a wooden spoon 82
Make a pestle and mortar 84
Weave a willow basket 86
Make a loom and weave cloth 90
Make music 94
STONE 96
Working with flint 100
Knapp flint 101
Light a fire with flint 106
Sharpen tools 108
Working with stone 112
Dry stone walls 114
Construct a dry stone wall 115
WATER 118
Manage water 123
Purify water 125
Tan leather 126
Make neatsfoot oil 130
Brew beer 132
Make cider 136
Distil perfume 138
Make felt 140
Catch fish 142
Steam-powered toy boat 144
Index 146
Tools and materials 10
FIRE 12
Light a fire 16
Cooking with fire 20
Spit-roast meat 24
Smoke fish 26
How to make charcoal 28
The art of smithing 30
Make a poker 32
Mould with metal 34
Cast a ring 36
Working with copper 38
How to hammer copper 39
Fire as light 42
Make a wax candle 44
EARTH 46
Working with clay 50
Make a ring pot 52
Build a bonfire kiln 54
The history of the oven 56
Build a bread oven 57
Bake fish in clay 60
Salt of the earth 62
Extract salt over a fire 64
The history of dyes 66
How to extract plant dyes 68
WOOD 70
How to fell a tree 74
Processing a felled tree 76
Construct a wattle and daub house 78
Carve a wooden spoon 82
Make a pestle and mortar 84
Weave a willow basket 86
Make a loom and weave cloth 90
Make music 94
STONE 96
Working with flint 100
Knapp flint 101
Light a fire with flint 106
Sharpen tools 108
Working with stone 112
Dry stone walls 114
Construct a dry stone wall 115
WATER 118
Manage water 123
Purify water 125
Tan leather 126
Make neatsfoot oil 130
Brew beer 132
Make cider 136
Distil perfume 138
Make felt 140
Catch fish 142
Steam-powered toy boat 144
Index 146