
Contemporary Crafts
Imogen Racz(Author)
Berg Publishers
Published on 1. December 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-84520-309-2 (ISBN)
Description
Contemporary Crafts explores craft practices in both North America and Britain, revealing an astonishingly rich and diverse picture of artisanal work today. The book ranges across both urban and rural crafts and analyses how the country/city dichotomy creates differing approaches, practices and objects. Analysed in the context of their environment and its localised history, crafted objects are shown to embody or critique particular urban/rural myths and traditions. Covering both traditional and cutting-edge crafts from the small-scale domestic to large outdoor works, Contemporary Crafts demonstrates how craftspeople today are responding to the changing creative contexts of culture and history.
Reviews / Votes
The author's knowledge of contemporary and recent makers is impressive and readers are likely to come across objects which are both fascinating and unfamiliar. The Journal of William MorrisMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
37 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
300 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84520-309-2 (9781845203092)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Dr Imogen Racz is Senior Lecturer at Coventry University, England, teaching contextual studies across the fine and applied arts.
Content
Introduction 1: Contemporary Crafts and Cultural Myths 2: Contemporary Arts and Crafts-makers in Rural England 3: The Artisan Tradition in Rural America 4: Critique and Embodiment in Rural England 5: Material, Space and Place in America 6: Urban Crafts in America 7: Urban Crafts in England 8: Crafts in the Environment (America) 9: Crafts in the Environment (England) Afterword