Craeft - How Traditional Crafts Are about More than Just Making

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 craeft 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 craeft . 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 craeft today.

Product details

• Authors: Alexander Langlands, Langlands Alexander
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9780571324408
• ISBN: 978-0-571-32440-8
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 240 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Forestry, Arts and Crafts, Forestry & related industries, Rural crafts, Agriculture & Related Industries