Contemporary Crafts by Imogen Racz

Contemporary Crafts by Imogen Racz

Contemporary Crafts explores craft practices in both North America and Britain, revealing an astonishingly rich and diverse picture of artisanal work today. The book ranges across both urban and rural crafts and analyses how the country/city dichotomy creates differing approaches, practices and objects. Analysed in the context of their environment and its localised history, crafted objects are shown to embody or critique particular urban/rural myths and traditions. Covering both traditional and cutting-edge crafts from the small-scale domestic to large outdoor works, Contemporary Crafts demonstrates how craftspeople today are responding to the changing creative contexts of culture and history.

The author's knowledge of contemporary and recent makers is impressive and readers are likely to come across objects which are both fascinating and unfamiliarThe Journal of William Morris

Dr Imogen Racz is Senior Lecturer at Coventry University, England, teaching contextual studies across the fine and applied arts.

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ISBN 13	9781845203092
ISBN 10	1845203097
Title	Contemporary Crafts
Author	Imogen Racz
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2008-12-01
Number of pages	224
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