The Craft Reader -

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Acknowledgements
Note on the Texts
Introduction

SECTION 1: HOW TO
Section Introduction
1. 'Introductory Remarks', from The Teacher's Handbook of Sl?jd, Otto Salomon
2. Elements of Handicraft and Design, W. A. S. Benson
3. The Wheelwright's Shop, George Sturt
4. On Weaving, Anni Albers
5. Primitive Pottery, Hal Riegger

SECTION 2: CRAFT AND THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Section Introduction
6. On the Economy of Machines and Manufactures, Charles Babbage
7. Artisans and Machinery, Peter Gaskell
8. 'How an Aristocracy May Emerge from Industry', from Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville
9. Industrial Biography: Iron Workers and Tool Makers, Samuel Smiles
10. Capital, Karl Marx
11. 'The Primary Effects of Scientific Management', from Labor and Monopoly Capitalism, Harry Braverman
12. The Workshop of the World: Steam Power and Hand Technology in Mid-Victorian Britain, Raphael Samuel
13. Technological Innovation and Design Economics in Furniture Manufacture, Michael Ettema
14. Artistic America, Siegfried Bing
15. In the Cause of Architecture: The Architect and the Machine, Frank Lloyd Wright
16. Art and the Machine, Hermann Muthesius
17. Building Materials, Adolf Loos
18. Handwerk/Kunsthandwerk, Stefan Muthesius

SECTION 3: MODERN CRAFT: IDEALISM AND REFORM
Section Introduction
19. 'The Nature of the Gothic', from The Stones of Venice, John Ruskin
20. The Revival of Handicraft, William Morris
21. Art and Labor, Ellen Gates Starr
22. Art and Workmanship, W. R. Lethaby
23. 'Slogans', 'The Work Ahead of Us' and 'The Problem of the Relationship Between Man and Object', Vladimir Tatlin
24. 'The Way of Craftsmanship', from The Unknown Craftsman: A Japenese Insight into Beauty, S?etsu Yanagi
25. A Potter's Book, Bernard Leach
26. Initiation and the Crafts, Ren? Gu?non
27. Indian Handicrafts, Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
28. 'The Relation of the Past to the Demands of the Present', World Crafts Conference proceedings (1964)
29. Centering, M. C. Richards
30. Introduction to Craftsman Lifestyle: The Gentle Revolution, Eudorah Moore
31. The Soul of a Tree, George Nakashima
32. The Long Shadow of William Morris: Paradigmatic Problems of Twentieth-Century American Furniture, Edward S. Cooke, Jr.

SECTION 4: THE PRESENCE OF CRAFT IN THE AGE OF MASS PRODUCTION
Section introduction
33. The Shoemaker of Dreams, Salvatore Ferragamo
34. Crafting Grand Cru Chocolates in Contemporary France, Susan J. Terrio
35. From Peasant to Artisan: Motor Mechanics in a Nigerian Town, Sara Berry
36. Destiny World: Textile Casualties in Southern Nigeria, David T. Doris
37. On a Particular Kind of Love and the Specificity of Soviet Production, Sergei Alasheev
38. Original Copies, Philip Tinari
39. What is Cybernetics?', from The Human Use of Humans, Norbert Wiener
40. Abstracting Craft: The Practiced Digital Hand, Malcolm McCullough
41. 'Digital Artisans Manifesto', European Digital Artists Network, Richard Barbrook and Pit Schultz
42. Craft Versus Design: Moving Beyond a Tired Dichotomy, Rafael Cardoso

SECTION 5: CRAFT IN THEORY: AESTHETICS, ESSENCE, STATUS
Section Introduction
43. The Nature and Art of Workmanship, David Pye
44. 'The Genesis of the Te...

Biographie:
Glenn Adamson is Deputy Head of Research and Head of Graduate Studies at the Victoria and Albert Museum. He is author of Thinking Through Craft and co-editor of the Journal of Modern Craft...

Sommaire:
From the canonical texts of the Arts and Crafts Movement to the radical thinking of today's DIY movement, from theoretical writings on the position of craft in distinction to Art and Design to how-to texts from renowned practitioners, from feminist histories of textiles to descriptions of the innovation born of necessity in Soviet factories and African auto-repair shops...The Craft Reader presents the first comprehensive anthology of writings on modern craft.

Covering the period from the Industrial Revolution to today, the Reader draws on craft practice and theory from America, Europe, Asia and Africa. The world of craft is considered in its full breadth -- from pottery and weaving, to couture and chocolate-making, to contemporary art, architecture and curation. The writings are themed into sections and all extracts are individually introduced, placing each in its historical, cultural and artistic context.

Bringing together an astonishing range of both classic and contemporary texts, The Craft Reader will be invaluable to any student or practitioner of Craft and also to readers in Art and Design.



AUTHORS INCLUDE:
Theodor Adorno, Anni Albers, Amadou H?mpat? B?, Charles Babbage, Roland Barthes, Andrea Branzi, Alison Britton, Rafael Cardoso, Johanna Drucker, Charles Eames, Salvatore Ferragamo, Kenneth Frampton, Alfred Gell, Walter Gropius, Tanya Harrod, Martin Heidegger, Patrick Heron, Bernard Leach, Esther Leslie, W. R. Lethaby, Lucy Lippard, Adolf Loos, Karl Marx, William Morris, Robert Morris, L?szl? Moholy-Nagy, Stefan Muthesius, George Nakashima, Octavio Paz, Grayson Perry, M. C. Richards, John Ruskin, Raphael Samuel, Ellen Gates Starr, Debbie Stoller, Alexis de Tocqueville, Lee Ufan, Frank Lloyd Wright...