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navigating by the stars - thatching charcoal burning - maze laying - making candles making besom brooms - making cider blacksmithing - haymaking - using herbal remediesLost Crafts is an attractive and engaging introduction to a range of traditional and sustainable crafts, activities and pastimes. Around 100 traditional pursuits are described and illustrated, from whittling to spinning, beekeeping to dry-stone walling, lace-making to trout guddling. Whether seeking instruction or inspiration, interested in social history or simply curling up in an armchair and daydreaming, the reader will find Lost Crafts to be a fascinating treasury of pastimes from a bygone age. And, as awareness grows of our environmental footprints, these sustainable pursuits are increasingly relevant to the modern world.
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Lost Crafts: Rediscovering Traditional Skills, Una McGovern
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- Année de publication
- 2009
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- Titre
- Lost Crafts: Rediscovering Traditional Skills
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Una McGovern
- Éditeur
- Hodder Education
- Publié
- 2009
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 384
- ISBN10
- 0550104720
- ISBN13
- 9780550104724
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Nonfiction, Art / Culture, Loisirs et maison, Art, Manuels et guides, Artisanat
- Évaluation
- 3,8 sur 5
- Description
- navigating by the stars - thatching charcoal burning - maze laying - making candles making besom brooms - making cider blacksmithing - haymaking - using herbal remediesLost Crafts is an attractive and engaging introduction to a range of traditional and sustainable crafts, activities and pastimes. Around 100 traditional pursuits are described and illustrated, from whittling to spinning, beekeeping to dry-stone walling, lace-making to trout guddling. Whether seeking instruction or inspiration, interested in social history or simply curling up in an armchair and daydreaming, the reader will find Lost Crafts to be a fascinating treasury of pastimes from a bygone age. And, as awareness grows of our environmental footprints, these sustainable pursuits are increasingly relevant to the modern world.