Why do people consider aesthetic qualities as well as utilitarian ones
in the making of everyday objects? Why do they maintain traditions?
What is the nature of their creative process? These are some of the
larger questions addressed by Michael Owen Jones in his book on
craftsmen in the Cumberland Mountains of eastern Kentucky.
Concentrating on the work of one man, woodworker and chairmaker
Chester Cornett, Jones not only describes the tools and techniques
employed by Cornett but also his aspirations and values. Cornett
possessed a deep knowledge of his materials and a mastery of
construction methods. Some of his chairs represent not objects of
utility but aesthetic developments of the chair form. Cornett sought
to cope with the problems of his life, Jones maintains; their
massiveness provided a sense of security, the virtuosity of their
design and construction, a feeling of self-esteem. Jones also compares
other area craftsmen and their views about their work.
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ISBN
9780813147895
Publisert
2015
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The University Press of Kentucky
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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