Cræft An Inquiry Into the Origins and True Meaning of Traditional Crafts 1st Edition by Alexander Langlands ISBN 0393635902 978-0393635904

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ISBN 10:  0393635902

ISBN 13: 978-0393635904 

Author: Alexander Langlands

In the midst of a seemingly endless supply of mass-manufactured products, we find ourselves nostalgic for products bearing the mark of authenticity―hand-made furniture, artisan breads, craft beers, and other goods produced by human hands. What often goes unnoticed is the transformation of our understanding of craft―or rather, craeft―in the wake of industrialization.

In Craeft, archaeologist and medieval historian Alexander Langlands argues that our modern understanding of craft only skims the surface. His journeys from his home in Wales have taken him along the Atlantic seaboard of Europe, from Spain through France and England to Scotland and Iceland in search of the lost meaning of cræft. Reaching as far back as the Neolithic period, he combines deep history with scientific analyses and personal anecdotes. We follow the author as he herds sheep, keeps bees, tans hides, spins wool, and thatches roofs. We learn that scythes work much better on tall grass than the latest model of weed trimmers, that you can spin wool using a large wooden spoon, and that it was once considered criminal to work on animal hides before a requisite twelve-month soak.

Table of contents:

1. Foreword: The Strimmer and the Scythe
2. Preface: Why Craft?
3. Defining Craft
4. Making Hay
5. Sticks and Stones
6. Grenjaðarstaður
7. The Skep-making Beekeeper
8. Taming the Wilds
9. Weft and Warp
10. Under Thatch
11. The Shoe and the Harness
12. To Seed and Sward
13. The Oxna Mere
14. Fire and Earth
15. The Craft of Digging
16. Baskets and Boats
17. Postscript: Craft and Contemplation
18. Acknowledgements

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