A Woven World: On Fashion, Fishermen, and the Sardine Dress

by Alison Hawthorne Deming

Book Overview

Part memoir, part cultural history, A Woven World celebrates the fading crafts, industries, and artisans that have defined communities for generations. The desire to create is the cornerstone of civilization. But as we move into a world where machine manufacturing has nearly usurped craft, Alison Hawthorne Deming resists the erasure of our shared history of handiwork with this appeal for embracing continuity and belonging in a time of destabilizing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1640094822
• ISBN13: 9781640094826
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"