The Soul of a Tree

The Soul of a Tree PDF Author: George Nakashima
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1568363958
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
On a farmlike compound near New Hope, Pennsylvania, George Nakashima, his family, and fellow wood-workers create exquisite furniture from richly grained, rare timber. Tables, desks, chairs, and cabinets from this simple workshop grace the homes and mansions and executive boardrooms of people who prize such excellence. In this lavishly illustrated volume, George Nakashima allows us in intimate look at his artistry, his philosophy, his life. It is the portrait of an artisan who strives to find the ideal use for each plank in order to "create an object of utility to man and, if nature smiles, an object of lasting beauty." The author's search for the meaning of life took him as a young man to Paris, Tokyo, and Pondicherry, India. In India, he found the inner peace for which he had been searching and began to find ways to work with timber. He writes movingly about the grandeur of ancient trees and stunning figured woods and explains how he selects and prepares his materials. Above all, he impresses us with his devotion to discovering the inherent beauty of wood so that noble trees might have a second life as furniture. The Soul of a Tree looks at the world through the eyes of an artist and evokes the joy of living in harmony with nature.

Nature Form & Spirit

Nature Form & Spirit PDF Author: Mira Nakashima
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9780810945364
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 276

Book Description
A richly illustrated retrospective of the life and work of noted furniture designer Geoge Nakashima examines the original furniture creations of the acclaimed artist, his influence on contemporary design, his work as an architect, and his remarkable craftsmanship and emphasis on the organic use of the natural lines and grain of wood.

Esherick, Maloof, Nakashima

Esherick, Maloof, Nakashima PDF Author: Tina Skinner
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
ISBN: 9780764332029
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Tour the private homes of three of the most esteemed wood artist/craftsmen of the modern era.

Furniture with Soul

Furniture with Soul PDF Author: David Savage
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 4770031211
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
In Furniture with Soul, author David Savage explores the philosophies, careers, and pivotal moments of struggle and inspiration for today’s most talented and influential woodworkers. He traveled throughout the U.S. and Britain to interview these renowned artists, including John Makepeace, John Cederquist, Jack Larimore, Judy Kensley McKie, Michael Hurwitz, Tom Hucker, Rupert Williamson, Gary Knox Bennett, and Peter Danko. With a telling eye and refreshing intimacy, he reveals their thinking, creative processes, and rise to prominence. He takes the reader into their workshops and their hearts. Savage seeks to illuminate the soul of the artists’ work, and the influences and experiences that shaped them.

Woodworker

Woodworker PDF Author: Sam Maloof
Publisher:
ISBN: 9784770014108
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1060

Book Description

Understanding Wood

Understanding Wood PDF Author: R. Bruce Hoadley
Publisher: Taunton
ISBN: 9780918804051
Category : Timber
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
Inn this essential reference for woodworkers, the author explains everything from how trees grow to getting a sharp edge. Includes examples of problems and their solutions to help woodworkers through their own projects. Full-color photos and b&w illustrations.

Japanese Woodworking Tools

Japanese Woodworking Tools PDF Author: Toshio Ōdate
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780918804198
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 189

Book Description
This text shows how to use Japanese tools effectively and maintain them properly, and explains the role they play in traditional Japanese craftsmanship. It describes how to create razor-sharp cutting edges and introduces almost 50 different planes.--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Rethinking Global Modernism

Rethinking Global Modernism PDF Author: Vikramaditya Prakash
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000471632
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 433

Book Description
This anthology collects developing scholarship that outlines a new decentred history of global modernism in architecture using postcolonial and other related theoretical frameworks. By both revisiting the canons of modernism and seeking to decolonize and globalize those canons, the volume explores what a genuinely "global" history of architectural modernism might begin to look like. Its chapters explore the historiography and weaknesses of modernism's normative interpretations and propose alternatives to them. The collection offers essays that interrogate transnationalism in new ways, reconsiders the agency of the subaltern and the roles played by infrastructures, materials, and global institutions in propagating a diversity of modernisms internationally. Issues such as colonial modernism, architectural pedagogy, cultural imperialism, and spirituality are engaged. With essays from both established scholars and up-and-coming researchers, this is an important reference for a new understanding of this crucial and developing topic.

The Routledge Handbook of Craft and Sustainability in India

The Routledge Handbook of Craft and Sustainability in India PDF Author: Rebecca Reubens
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040124526
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 473

Book Description
Traditional crafts have been an essential part of Indian history, culture and life. This handbook looks at craft as both a cultural artefact that reflects people’s worldviews, indigenous practices and traditions, as well as a source of income generation and development that is inclusive. India’s rapid development has meant a breakdown of traditional economies, and including craft production-to-consumption systems. Meanwhile, there is a call to action from different factions to protect, revive and reinvent craft, because the inherent sustainability of the systems that underpin it are essential for the sustainability of India and her people. Against this backdrop, this book examines the current landscape of craft in India—its production and marketing in different parts of India, the incorporation of innovation and technology, the push for sustainability and equitability in the handicraft ecosystem and promising government policies that have proved beneficial for craftspeople. It also discusses various challenges that artisans, micro-entrepreneurs, and marketers face working in the space. With contributions from leading experts in the field of design, activism, policy, education, cultural heritage and entrepreneurship, this volume provides a comprehensive and in-depth picture of the history, economics and future of craft and its relationship with sustainability. An authoritative resource on Indian craft, this handbook will be useful for scholars and researchers of sustainable development, development studies, architecture, design, heritage studies, cultural studies, political economy and public policy.
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