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The craft reader
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ISBN: 9781847883032 9781847883049 Year: 2010 Publisher: Oxford Berg Publishers

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"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 Hḿpat ̌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, Ls̀zl ̤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"--Provided by publisher. "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"--Provided by publisher.


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De steenhouwer en de robot : reflecties over handwerk en ambacht
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ISBN: 9789082894264 Year: 2019 Publisher: Borgerhout Letterwerk

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Zijn vakmensen vandaag overbodig geworden? Ambacht en handwerk zijn in de verdrukking. Steeds verfijndere en slimmere machines vagen langzaam de laatste sporen van metier uit.Neem het werk van de steenkapper. Letters op grafstenen en monumenten worden al enige tijd door freesmachines gemaakt. Steenkappers bleven in trek voor moeilijke taken. Zoals wanneer hedendaagse kunstenaars een werk in marmer wilden realiseren. Denk aan de sculpturen van Ai Weiwei, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons of Jan Fabre.Vandaag de dag geven zulke kunstenaars steeds vaker de opdracht aan een groot atelier. Met behulp van computergestuurde machines kunnen zij het werkstuk sneller en goedkoper produceren.Wat moet je als vakman denken over de robot? Ben je technisch werkloos geworden? Moet je je omscholen en ook achter een computerscherm gaan zitten?In dit boek verkent kunstfilosoof Thomas Crombez de (valse?) tegenstelling tussen ambachtelijk en machinaal werk. Hij onderzoekt wat filosofen sinds het begin van de industrialisering over vakmanschap hebben geschreven. Daarna legt hij zijn bevindingen voor aan drie hedendaagse vakmensen. Dat zijn de Iraaks-Italiaanse beeldhouwer Athar Jaber, de kalligraaf Yves Leterme, en de letterbeeldhouwer Maud Bekaert

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