Download or read book The Future is Handmade written by Malu Halasa and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Handmade Future written by Katherine Ladd and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Future Craftsmanship written by Finn Westbrook and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2024-04-09 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revolutionising Traditions: A New Dawn in Craftsmanship In an era where the digital and physical realms converge, Future Craftsmanship: Millennials & Gen Z in the Trades emerges as a beacon of innovation and sustainable practice. This compelling read not only pays homage to the rich heritage of craftsmanship but also propels it into the contemporary world, blending the age-old traditions with the limitless possibilities of the digital age. The transformation of craftsmanship unfolds through the eyes of the most dynamic generations yet - Millennials and Gen Z. These pioneers are redefining what it means to be craftsmen and women in the 21st century, challenging stereotypes, and breaking down the barriers of entry to these trades. This book deciphers their language, their aspirations, and their unique approach to craftsmanship, offering insights into how these generations are not just conserving traditions but are also the keystones to innovation within the trades. From the revival of apprenticeships to the embrace of sustainable practices, Future Craftsmanship delves deep into the heart of how technology is being integrated into handicrafts. Discover how 3D printing and virtual reality are not mere tools for these artisans but extensions of their creativity. Marvel at the redefinition of learning, with trade schools and online platforms offering new pathways to mastery. The narrative does not shy away from the challenges faced by these young craftsmen and women - from the economics of their trade in the digital era to the necessity of navigating bureaucracy and advocating for change. Yet, it is also a story of hope and resilience, highlighting groundbreaking case studies where innovation meets tradition. Embrace a journey of discovery and inspiration, where the digital artisan emerges, where sustainability is not just a buzzword but a practice, and where the global community of craftsmen and women share in the vision of a future where quality trumps quantity, and creativity knows no bounds. Future Craftsmanship is not just a book; it's a manifesto for the new age of artisans. Whether you're a budding artisan, a seasoned craftsman, or simply someone fascinated by the intersection of tradition and innovation, this book promises to engage, enlighten, and inspire you. The future of craftsmanship is bright, and it belongs to us all. Let's craft it together.
Download or read book Inbetweenness written by Sunnie D. Kidd and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1970, Sunnie D. Kidd coined the term Inbetweenness to conceptualize the mystery of interconnectedness of all beings. Inbetweenness is the web that connects the cosmos and everything in it. It is, on a smaller scale, the nervous system, which connects our universe and holds it together. Inbetweenness is a shared resonating spiritual field of movement and vibration, which is the root of all spiritual experiences and scientific investigation. It is the common ground of all religions, which has been called the primordial om, akasha, prana, the quantum field, the music of the spheres and the thumbprint of God. Inbetweenness can be experienced, on the personal scale, as a shared spiritual dimension, which connects us to everyone and everything else. This is the same field of energy that saints, mystics, Buddhas, yogis, priests, shamans and seers have experienced by looking within themselves. Inbetweenness is unseen and unheard, yet is deeply experienced in interpersonal relationships, where authenticity characterizes the way that two or more persons are together. In the heart of Inbetweenness, two or more persons spiritual dimensions intermingle, and a new dimension emerges in each that did not exist prior to coming together in this way. This shared spiritual dimension is a central energizing quality and provides a sense of protection, support and caring. The new dimension that emerges involves an infinite spiritual dimension, where participating people are enabled to go where neither alone could go. Each person, in the relationship, takes the other person forward in life. Through both good and bad times and together, they enjoy an interpersonal transcendence, which enlivens, enriches and engenders compassion, care and solicitude. The spiritual dimensions, in each person, resonate, harmonize, reverberate together, and in so doing, set up a resonantial field of dynamic unity within where each person finds empathy, understanding and deep care. The interpersonal transcendence frees each person to, more fully, be oneself. It encourages each person to learn more and while comprehension grows, understanding and empathy deepens. The liberating quality, found in Inbetweenness, opens new possibilities for each person and is given back mutually so that each brings the other forward. When taken all together, the qualities found in this way of being, as oneself with the other and as a part of the other in an essential and meaningful way, continue to develop, deepen and grow until one person in the relationship is gone. If one person is gone, a part of oneself is experienced as being gone. This is the dimensional arc of Inbetweenness.
Download or read book Return of the Artisan written by Grant McCracken and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-07-12 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Industrial food -- Hippies counter culture -- Alice Waters, Mark Frauenfelder & Stewart Brand -- Ten waves and three towns -- Twenty-four things that define the artisan -- The artisan and COVID -- Future of the artisan.
Download or read book Handmade written by Anna Ploszajski and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-13 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh and entertaining perspective on materials science involving the craftspeople who have built their careers around working with materials such as clay, stone, steel and wool. From atomic structures to theories about magnetic forces, scientific progress has given us a good grasp on the properties of many different materials. However, most scientists cannot measure the temperature of steel just by looking at it, or sculpt stone into all kinds of shapes, or know how it feels to blow up a balloon of glass. Handmade is the story of materials through making and doing. Author and material scientist Anna Ploszajski journeys into the domain of makers and craftspeople to comprehend how the most popular materials really work. Anna has the fresh perspective of someone at the forefront of the field. Each chapter features her accounts of learning from masters of their respective crafts. Along the way, Anna builds a fuller picture of materials and their place in society, as well as how they have intersected with her own life experiences – from land racing on American salt flats to swimming the English Channel. She visits a blacksmith, explores how working with the primal material, clay, has brought about some of the most advanced technologies, and delves down to the atomic scale of glass to find out what makes it 'glassy'. Handmade affords us a new understanding of the materials we encounter every day and an appreciation for the skills needed to fashion them into objects that are perfectly formed for the jobs they do.
Download or read book Handmade Future written by Samantha Shorey and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This project analyzes the impact of mediated discourse on the skills, materials, and tools of innovation through a multi-method, three-part study of "making" practices- a growing method of Do-It-Yourself technology design that engages students, hobbyists, and experienced engineers in the building of technological artifacts outside of corporate hierarchies. Making integrates material skills (e.g. sewing, woodworking) and digital fabrication tools (e.g. 3D printing, laser cutting) to produce physical prototypes. These hybrid forms of construction hold significant promise as an inclusive method of innovation, acting as a pathway for women's participation in technology design. However, if public conceptions of making neglect the contribution of craft and handwork, the potential for innovation will be reduced. This project contributes to existing scholarship in communication and science & technology (STS) studies by elucidating the mechanisms through which media produce symbolic value for technology industries and technology practices. Across this three-part project, I argue that when we expand popular narratives about the tools and practices of technology production, opportunities are also expanded to recognize the diverse contributions-both presently and historically-of people on the peripheries of STEM communities. First, this project identifies the values and ideals of innovation that are created through public discourse about making; paying specific attention to the material practices that are framed as central to innovative work. In my thematic analysis of Make: magazine and its short-lived sister publication Craft: magazine, I identify both making and crafting as activities that are meant to transform the world through hands on, material engagement. However, I argue that makers and crafters take significantly different points of intervention - with makers innovating through disruptive products and crafters innovating through subversive processes. Second, this project identifies the influence of media discourse on the practices of makers through one year of field study in a university makerspace located in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Through ethnographic observation, I develop an empirical understanding of how hands-on construction is leveraged as a wellspring of innovative thought. I describe two central ideals of maker learning - Doing It Yourself (DIY) and the power of tools - and how they contribute to idea generation, prototyping and technology design. However, I argue that there are limits to these ideals, especially when the power of tools fails to connect the practices of soft (textiles, fabric) and hard (electronics) materials. Third, this project uses a collaborative design workshop to intervene in media discourse and broaden public conceptions of innovation. Through exploring an understudied moment of engineering history, these workshops provide an opportunity for participants to build experiential understandings of technology production. I argue that through incorporating methods of design, communication scholars can build new, feminist histories of innovation-helping to address issues of representation in the absence of remarkable personal narratives.
Download or read book Digital Handmade written by Lucy Johnston and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Speed, regulation and mass production defined the first Industrial Revolution, but we have entered a new era. Today's revolution has been driven by digital technologies and tools, giving rise to entirely new working methods, skill sets and consumer products. Spearheading this movement is a new generation of creatives who fuse the precision and flexibility of computing and digital fabrication with the skill and tactility of the master artisan to create unexpected and desirable objects and products. For the first time on a global scale, "Digital Handmade" selects a group of 80 pioneering designers, artists and craftsmen who represent the best of this new trend. Profiles of each artisan's techniques are featured alongside the objects they produce, each conceived and made through a multifaceted process of hand and digital means and unique to its maker. Examples range from the affordable and obtainable to the extraordinary and priceless. Welcome to the next industrial revolution.
Download or read book The Culture of Craft written by Peter Dormer and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1997-06-15 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dormer presents a series of lively, clearly argued discussions about the relevance of handicraft in a world whose aesthetics and design are largely determined by technology. The question of computer aided design in craft is also addressed.
Download or read book Fewer Better Things written by Glenn Adamson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the former director of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, a timely and passionate case for the role of the well-designed object in the digital age. Curator and scholar Glenn Adamson opens Fewer, Better Things by contrasting his beloved childhood teddy bear to the smartphones and digital tablets children have today. He laments that many children and adults are losing touch with the material objects that have nurtured human development for thousands of years. The objects are still here, but we seem to care less and know less about them. In his presentations to groups, he often asks an audience member what he or she knows about the chair the person is sitting in. Few people know much more than whether it's made of wood, plastic, or metal. If we know little about how things are made, it's hard to remain connected to the world around us. Fewer, Better Things explores the history of craft in its many forms, explaining how raw materials, tools, design, and technique come together to produce beauty and utility in handmade or manufactured items. Whether describing the implements used in a traditional Japanese tea ceremony, the use of woodworking tools, or the use of new fabrication technologies, Adamson writes expertly and lovingly about the aesthetics of objects, and the care and attention that goes into producing them. Reading this wise and elegant book is a truly transformative experience.
Download or read book The New Politics of the Handmade written by Anthea Black and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-10 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary craft, art and design are inseparable from the flows of production and consumption under global capitalism. The New Politics of the Handmade features twenty-three voices who critically rethink the handmade in this dramatically shifting economy. The authors examine craft within the conditions of extreme material and economic disparity; a renewed focus on labour and materiality in contemporary art and museums; the political dimensions of craftivism, neoliberalism, and state power; efforts toward urban renewal and sustainability; the use of digital technologies; and craft's connections to race, cultural identity and sovereignty in texts that criss-cross five continents. They claim contemporary craft as a dynamic critical position for understanding the most immediate political and aesthetic issues of our time.
Download or read book Handmade Style written by Anna Graham and published by Lucky Spool. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handmade Style is a thoughtful collection of a variety of sewing projects to stretch your skills and keep you enjoying the process of creating throughout the year. Each project builds upon the other and is designed to help any sewist create a complete cohesive handmade simple and sophisticated look.
Download or read book Crafting a Continuum written by Peter Held and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2013-11-22 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Arizona State University Art Museum is renowned for its extensive and notable craft collection and features international acquisitions in wood, ceramic, and fiber. This book, edited by the museum's curators, uses the ASU collection to explore the idea of craft within a critical context, as both idea and action. Crafting a Continuum begins with the genesis of the craft collection and relates it to the historical development of craft in the United States and abroad, exploring both anthropological and cultural concepts of the field. Peter Held and Heather Sealy Lineberry present photographs of the museum's objects alongside essays by distinguished scholars to illuminate historical and contemporary trends. Sidebars and essays by writers in the craft field offer a broad overview of the future of contemporary craft.
Download or read book Goudomrand written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Five Hundred Handmade Books written by and published by Lark Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An on-the-page gallery illustrated with hundreds of photographs that showcase the finest work of the contributors who have been inspired to explore the unlimited possibilities of bookbinding and the related arts.
Download or read book Essays on the Dynamics of Intersubjectivity written by Sunnie D. Kidd and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2019-02-22 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intersubjectivity is a theme in European continental philosophy. It is founded in the metaphysical, epistemological, and axiological. The experience of the world is available not only to oneself but also to others. Each culture shares social experiences that are different from other cultures. These shared social experiences transcend subjectivity in dialogue with other cultures. Dialogue is intersubjective. Language is intersubjective. The psychological process of self-reflection involves intersubjectivity. In dialogue, intersubjectivity can co-constitute the personal and the shared. In this way, intersubjectivity is the ground for objectivity.
Download or read book Handmade Heirlooms written by Jennifer Casa and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2015 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 24 projects to sew + knit + crochet + craft + repurpose Let's make some memories. Handmade Heirlooms invites readers to create projects that have significant meaning for the maker or the recipient--projects that celebrate the future, relish the everyday, and honor the past. Handmade Heirlooms is a craft book that emphasizes the significance of handmade pieces in our personal histories and prompts readers to sew, knit, and craft with intention. Readers will be inspired to create pieces that can be enjoyed now, then handed down in years to come and used by future generations. Heirlooms allow us to reminisce and make connections throughout our lifetimes. They are treasures made and handed down with the intention of being used and loved. Their value goes beyond form and function--their significance is enriched by every life they touch across generations. The projects in this book celebrate the role heirlooms play in our lives by encouraging the making of special items that can be gifted, enjoyed, and handed down.
