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Author Korn, Peter, 1951- author.

Title Why we make things and why it matters : the education of a craftsman / Peter Korn.

Publication Info. Jaffrey, New Hampshire : David R. Godine, Publisher, 2013.
©2013

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Location Call No. Status
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  745.501 KORN    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  745.501 KORN    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  745.501 KORN    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  684.08 KOR    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  745.50 K84    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  745.501 KORN    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  745.501 KORN    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  745.501 KO    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 179 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-174) and index.
Contents A shared hunger -- Hammering out a vocation -- The seductive ideology of a craft -- Live from New York -- Heart, head and hand -- Thinking with things -- Exercising my voice -- The inward migration of truth -- Second epiphany -- Mapping a craftsman's mind -- A miracle at the heart of the ordinary -- Creating a school -- The creative cycle -- A good life.
Subject Handicraft -- Philosophy.
Woodwork -- Philosophy.
Furniture making -- Philosophy.
Korn, Peter, 1951-
Woodworkers -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN 9781567925111 alkaline paper
1567925111 alkaline paper
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