Why We Make Things and Why It Matters: The Education of a Craftsman: 1 Bonus PDF Disc

Korn, Peter

ISBN 10 : 148301004X ISBN 13 : 9781483010045

Editeur : Blackstone Audiobooks, 2014

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Peter Korn is the founder and executive director of the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, a nonprofit school in Rockport, Maine. A furniture maker since 1974, he is also the author of several how-to books, including the bestselling Woodworking Basics: Mastering the Essentials of Craftsmanship. His furniture has been exhibited nationally in galleries and museums.

Traber Burns worked for thirty-five years in regional theater, including the New York, Oregon, and Alabama Shakespeare festivals. He also spent five years in Los Angeles appearing in many television productions and commercials, including Lost, Close to Home, Without a Trace, Boston Legal, Grey's Anatomy, Cold Case, Gilmore Girls, and others.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Blackstone Audiobooks
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 148301004X
• ISBN 13: 9781483010045
• Reliure: CD
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• Personne responsable: non disponible