Craft in America: Celebrating Two Centuries of Artists and Objects
This book may be a companion to the series, however not having seen the series, I didn’t feel like I was missing anything, the book stands on its own. Its an incredibly high quality book with luscious images, of artists in the homes and studios, historic images, and plenty of images of beautiful objects.
This book discusses the importance of craft in current culture and its place in history. It discusses craft as ”our” inheritance, it is the personal collections of the people, it holds our identity, it is both functional and fun and is about experimentation.
Craftspeople that are included in the book are both the self taught and University educationed, urban and rural. The very first chapter looks at the place of craft in religious communities – Shaker furniture, Amish quilts and further chapters looks at Native American crafting. The book continues on to look at various communities, craft colleges and universities and spends time looking at the mediums of craft such as textiles and weaving, jewelry and fashion, pottery and glass and furniture.
Its an incredible journey – a fabulous resource.
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It is a lovely series to watch. I found mine quite by accident at the library and thoroughly enjoyed it!