Slow Tech by Peter Ginn

Slow Tech by Peter Ginn

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Highly readable and hugely practical this book is a valuable guide to creating something useful as you discover the art of slow technology. Create steam, weave cloth, purify water, make salt, bake bread, distil perfume, dye cloth, puddle clay and in doing so reconnect with your own practical and creative abilities.

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Slow Tech by Peter Ginn

Highly readable and hugely practical this book is a valuable guide to creating something useful as you discover the art of slow technology. Create steam, weave cloth, purify water, make salt, bake bread, distil perfume, dye cloth, puddle clay and in doing so reconnect with your own practical and creative abilities.
Peter Ginn is an archaeologist and historian who graduated from the Institute of Archaeology at University College London and has a particular interest in experimental archaeology. His research interests include Egyptology, field archaeology and primitive technologies, and he specialises in 19th-century farming practice. Peter is best known for his BBC TV appearances in series such as Tales from the Green Valley, Victorian Farm, Secrets of the Castle and A Tudor Feast at Christmas. Peter now lives in Somerset in an amazing Victorian property that he is renovating.
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ISBN 13 9781785216169
ISBN 10 1785216163
Title Slow Tech
Author Peter Ginn
Series Haynes Manuals Ser
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Haynes Publishing Group
Year published 2019-11-11
Number of pages 160
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.