Description
| Product ID: | 9781579657444 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CN |
| Title: | Making a Life |
| Subtitle: | Working by Hand and Discovering the Life You Are Meant to Live |
| Authors: | Author: Melanie Falick |
| Page Count: | 320 |
| Subjects: | Handicrafts, decorative arts and crafts, Handicrafts, decorative arts & crafts |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating An exploration of how making by hand is the key to discovering your life's passion - whether that means spinning natural fibers, carving a wooden bowl, or creating elaborate papercuts; featuring profiles of 30 creatives. A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019 Why do we make things by hand? And why do we make them beautiful? Led by the question of why working with our hands remains vital and valuable in the modern world, author and maker Melanie Falick went on a transformative, inspiring journey. Traveling across continents, she met quilters and potters, weavers and painters, metalsmiths, printmakers, woodworkers, and more, and uncovered truths that have been speaking to us for millennia yet feel urgently relevant today: We make in order to slow down. To connect with others. To express ideas and emotions, feel competent, create something tangible and long-lasting. And to feed the soul. In revealing stories and gorgeous original photographs, Making a Life captures all the joy of making and the power it has to give our lives authenticity and meaning. |
| Imprint Name: | Artisan Books |
| Publisher Name: | Workman Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-10-29 |