Craftland
Author: Fox, James
ISBN: 9781847927866
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 07 Oct 2025
Pages: 368
Format: Hardback
A dazzling, soul-stirring journey through the lost and endangered crafts that shaped Britain from multi-award-winning historian and broadcaster James Fox
Plt;pPgt;Britain has always been a craft land. For generations what we made with our hands defined our identities, built our communities and shaped our regions. Plt;iPgt;Craftland Plt;/iPgt;chronicles the vanishing skills and traditions that once governed every aspect of life on these shores.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Travelling the length of Britain, from the Scilly Isles to the Scottish Highlands, James Fox seeks out the countryP#8217;s last remaining master craftspeople. Stepping inside the workshops of blacksmiths and wheelwrights, cutlers and coopers, bell-founders and watchmakers, we glimpse not only our past but another way of life P#8212; one that is not yet lost and whose wisdom could shape our future.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;For as long as there are humans, there will be craft. It is all around us, hiding in plain sight, enriching even the most modest things. And in this increasingly digital age, it is perhaps more valuable than ever. Plt;iPgt;Craftland Plt;/iPgt;is a celebration of that deeply necessary connection between our creative instincts and the material world we inhabit, revealing a richer and more connected way of living.Plt;/pPgt;
ISBN: 9781847927866
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 07 Oct 2025
Pages: 368
Format: Hardback
A dazzling, soul-stirring journey through the lost and endangered crafts that shaped Britain from multi-award-winning historian and broadcaster James Fox
Plt;pPgt;Britain has always been a craft land. For generations what we made with our hands defined our identities, built our communities and shaped our regions. Plt;iPgt;Craftland Plt;/iPgt;chronicles the vanishing skills and traditions that once governed every aspect of life on these shores.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Travelling the length of Britain, from the Scilly Isles to the Scottish Highlands, James Fox seeks out the countryP#8217;s last remaining master craftspeople. Stepping inside the workshops of blacksmiths and wheelwrights, cutlers and coopers, bell-founders and watchmakers, we glimpse not only our past but another way of life P#8212; one that is not yet lost and whose wisdom could shape our future.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;For as long as there are humans, there will be craft. It is all around us, hiding in plain sight, enriching even the most modest things. And in this increasingly digital age, it is perhaps more valuable than ever. Plt;iPgt;Craftland Plt;/iPgt;is a celebration of that deeply necessary connection between our creative instincts and the material world we inhabit, revealing a richer and more connected way of living.Plt;/pPgt;
