Mastercrafts: Rediscover British Craftsmanship

by Tom Quinn

This is a major new exploration of traditional British craftsmanship, accompanying the prime time BBC TV series presented by Monty Don. It celebrates all aspects of rural crafts including woodcraft, thatching, weaving, stone masonry, metalwork and glass making. It showcases some of Britain's leading master craftsmen and explains the techniques at the heart of their trades. It reveals the fascinating history of British craftsmanship, inspiring interest and involvement in these valuable and rewarding crafts. "Mastercrafts" represents a major shift in attitudes towards appreciating handmade, sustainable crafted products rather than the cheap mass-produced items with which people have become increasingly disillusioned.

Genres: Crafts

256 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 2010

Reviews

[Sam · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book accompanies the BBC tv series that looks at the varied and still thriving world of British craftmanship both as hobbies and as businesses, covering such varied crafts as stone masonry, stained glass creation and weaving. This book (and presumably the series) looks at the history behind a number of different crafts that have been and are still popular in the UK and how they have changed over the years. As part of each, one of the leading mastercraftsman is interviewed to tell of how they first starting within their field, how they created their businesses and how they have thrived in the modern era.