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Nature and Art of Workmanship by David Pye (2008, Perfect)

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Number of Pages: 143. Weight: 0.75 lbs. Publication Date: 2008-07-02. Publisher: Herbert Press.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA

ISBN-100713689315

ISBN-139780713689310

eBay Product ID (ePID)63980234

Product Key Features

Book TitleNature and Art of Workmanship

Number of Pages144 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicWoodwork, Criticism & Theory, General, Furniture

Publication Year2008

IllustratorYes

GenreDesign, Art, Crafts & Hobbies

AuthorDavid Pye

FormatPerfect

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight12 Oz

Item Length11 in

Item Width8.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition18

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Decimal745.2

Table Of ContentForeword: Apostle of workmanship 1. Design proposes. Workmanship disposes 2. The workmanship of risk, the workmanship of certainty 3. Is anything done by hand? 4. Quality in workmanship 5. The designer's power to communicate his intentions 6. The natural order reflected in the work of a man 7. Diversity 8. Durability 9. Equivocality 10. Critique of 'On the Nature of Gothic' 11. The aesthetic importance of workmanship, and its future Index

SynopsisA must-read book on David Pye's theory of craftsmanship and design. In this thoroughly mechanised age, what is the point of craft? Does it make any sense to work with hand tools when machines can do the same job faster, and in many cases better? What visual richness do we lose by embracing a mass-produced world? The Nature and Art of Workmanship explores the meaning of skill and its relationship to design and manufacture. Cutting through a century of fuzzy thinking, David Pye proposes a new theory of making based on the concepts of 'workmanship of risk' and 'workmanship of certainty'. And he shows how good workmanship imparts all-important diversity to our visual environment. No-one who works with tools and materials, or who designs things for others to make, can afford to be without this penetrating book. This newly revised edition includes an illustrated foreword by John Kelsey, former editor of Fine Woodworking magazine, on David Pye's own turned and carved vessels of wood - beautiful, insightful pieces that embody the truth of Pye's ideas., This is one of the classic books on craftsmanship and design. In it, David Pye explores the meaning of skill and its relationship to design and manufacture. Cutting through a century of fuzzy thinking, he proposes a new theory of making based on the concept of good workmanship and shows how it imparts all-important diversity to our visual environment.

LC Classification NumberTS171.4.P9 1995