{"product_id":"craftland","title":"Craftland","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy James Fox\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom wheelwrights to silversmiths, Fox takes a tour of Britain in pursuit of some of the last remaining master craftspeople at work today in this immersive exploration of how crafts are interwoven with national identity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story of craft is the story of who we are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBritain has always been a craft land. For generations what we made with our hands defined our families, communities and regions.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCraftland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebrings to life the vanishing skills, traditions and trades that shaped the fabric and governed the rhythms of everyday life in Britain for hundreds of years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough the stories of often humble-seeming objects of exquisite beauty, precision, utility and meaning, it shows how craft connects us to the land, emerging from local natural materials, and is the material expression of our regional identities and cultures. And through encounters with some of the last remaining master craftspeople at work today – weavers and wheelwrights, coopers and coppice-workers, boat-builders and bell-founders, silversmiths and watch-makers – we glimpse not only our past but another way of life, one that is not yet lost and whose wisdom could yet shape our future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor as long as there are humans, there will be craft, ever evolving in response to changing technologies, environments and communities.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCraftland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a celebration of that deeply necessary connection between our creative instincts and the material world we inhabit, revealing a richer and more connected way of living.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNumber of pages:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"numberOfPages\"\u003e368\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDimensions:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"height\"\u003e241\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"width\"\u003e164\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"depth\"\u003e37\u003c\/span\u003e mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56764418031996,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0332\/2039\/5140\/files\/craftland.jpg?v=1778585409","url":"https:\/\/shop.theboxplymouth.com\/products\/craftland","provider":"The Box","version":"1.0","type":"link"}