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Informationen zum Autor An ambassador of the Prince's Foundation and Co-Chair of Heritage Crafts, Jay is a furniture restorer, author, and TV presenter, best known for his role as host of the BBC One prime time hit show, The Repair Shop . In 2021, Jay published his first book Making It: How Love, Kindness and Community Helped Me repair My Life , an instant Sunday Times bestseller. His second book, Jay's DIY Bible: How To Repair and Refresh Your Home was published in 2022, and his third, Life Lessons , was published in September 2023. In 2023, Jay and The Repair Shop team won a Bafta in the Daytime category for The Repair Shop: A Royal Visit . Jay is First Chancellor of Buckinghamshire New University and was appointed an MBE in the 2021 Birthday Honours. He recently appeared on Radio 4's Desert Island Discs. Jay grew up in Hackney and lives in Shropshire. Elizabeth Wilhide is a leading expert on design and interiors. She has written numerous books on the subject, including William Morris: Décor and Design , Pattern Design and The Great Pottery Throw Down . Enter a workshop filled with expert craftspeople as they bring loved pieces of family history and the memories they hold, back to life. In his Foreword, Jay Blades explains the unique magic of the Repair Shop barn, then each of the expert craftspeople reveal the inside stories of their craft and the repairs of treasured possessions that keep family history live using their heritage craft skills. As a heartwarming and uplifting antidote to throwaway culture,the BBC's BAFTA Award Winning The Repair Shop has become essential TV viewing across the generations and has established itself as a firm favourite with viewers. Instagram: @therepairshop.tv Klappentext "In today's throwaway culture, there's a counter movement growing that urges us to "make do and mend". The Repair Shop has brought this waste-conscious message to an even wider audience, cementing itself as a BBC classic of the likes of Antiques Roadshow. [This] book concentrates on the show's much-loved experts, including woodworker and furniture restorer Will Kirk, clockmaker and mechanical wizard Steve Fletcher, silversmith Brenton West, saddler/leatherworker Suzie Fletcher, upholsterer Sonnaz, and seamstresses Julie Tatchell & Amanda Middleditch - aka The Teddy Bear Ladies, with each sharing why they love their craft, followed by a narrative on two specific objects and their restoration journeys. These narratives capture the ethos of the programme by being almost Aesop's Fables-esque - e.g. The Woodworker and the Broken Toy Chest - with quotes from the recipients of restored objects dotted around. With the focus on the artisans themselves, readers will feel as though they're stepping straight into the 'workshop of dreams'." -- Vorwort The first specially photographed book from the top ratings hit The Repair Shop, in which the experts explain the love for their craft and tell the inside stories of their popular repairs. Zusammenfassung The first specially photographed book from the top ratings hit The Repair Shop, in which the experts explain the love for their craft and tell the inside stories of their popular repairs....
