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Why We Make Things and Why It Matters by Peter Korn is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Why We Make Things and Why It Matters about?

In this moving account, Peter Korn explores the nature and rewards of creative practice. We follow his search for meaning as an Ivy-educated child of the middle class who finds employment as a novice carpenter on Nantucket, transitions to self-employment as a designer/maker of fine furniture, takes a turn at teaching and administration at Colorado's Anderson Ranch Arts Center, and finally founds a school in Maine: the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, an internationally respected, non-profit institution. Furniture making, practiced as a craft in the twenty-first century, is a decidedly marginal occupation. Yet the view from the periphery can be illuminating. For Korn, the challenging work of bringing something new and meaningful into the world through one's own volition – whether in the arts, the kitchen, or the marketplace – is exactly what generates the authenticity, meaning, and fulfillment for which many of us yearn. This is not a "how-to" book in any... Cover 2 Title Page 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 Introduction 7 Chapter 1 A Shared Hunger 9 Chapter 2 Hammering Out a Vocation 13 Chapter 3 The Seductive Ideology of Craft 24 Chapter 4 Live from New York 30 Chapter 5 Heart, Head,

Author

Peter Korn

Publisher

David R. Godine, Publisher

Language

EN