Crafted in Britain

The Survival of Britain's Traditional Industries

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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Crafted in Britain is a celebration of Britain’s traditional crafts and industries that have survived into the modern world, not as museums but on their merits. In an age of increasing automation and standardisation, it is a joy to find such places, where craftsmanship and personal skills are still valued. Their world is recreated in Rob Scott’s dramatic photographs, while the processes and history of the different industries is described in the captivating text by Anthony Burton. They have travelled the country from the Spey valley in Scotland, where they recorded the workers in a traditional distillery and a cooperage, to Cornwall and the studio of a specialist pub sign painter. They have gone underground with a Free Miner of the Forest of Dean and seen molten metal being poured to create majestic church bells. The book delights in the variety and individuality of the different industries. For both author and photographer it has been a revelation to see some of these processes at work: to watch a craftsman take a strip of silver and work it by hand into a spoon, or to find clocks being made in a workshop that looks as if it has scarcely changed for a hundred years. Crafted in Britain gives you the opportunity to share these experiences and delight in the discovery of these magnificent survivors.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2017-02-09
Mått282 x 284 x 24 mm
Vikt1 540 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor224
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781472922830

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Anthony Burton is a regular contributor to the BBC's Countryfile magazine, and has written various books on Britain’s industrial heritage, including Remains of a Revolution and The National Trust Guide to Our Industrial Past, as well as three of the official National Trail guides. He has written and presented for the BBC, acted as historical adviser for the Discovery series Industrial Revelations and On the Rails, and has appeared as an expert on the programme Coast. Rob Scott has worked as a photojournalist and editorial photographer for 30 years. His portraits of celebrities such as BB King, Sir David Attenborough, Sir Simon Rattle, David Beckham and Sir Richard Branson have been published all over the world and his work regularly appears in UK magazines including the BBC's Countryfile, Music and Wildlife, as well as LandScape, National Trust and English Heritage magazines. In recent years he has specialised in documenting Britain’s surviving traditional industries.www.robscottphotography.com

IntroductionFood for the TableThe grain mill and the millwright; the cheese maker; the smoke houseSetting the TableThe silversmith; the potteryTwo pints and a DramThe maltings; the brewery; the cider maker; the distillery; the pub sign artistThe ChurchThe bell foundry; the stained glass studio; the organ builderBuilding MaterialsThe stone quarry; the stone masons; the brickworks; the glass makerWorking MetalThe blacksmith; the foundry; the clock maker; the minerThe Printed WordThe paper mill; the printer and the illustrator; the book binderWhat we WearThe woollen mill; the tanneryThe Sites