Objects for Use: Handmade by Design

by Paul J. Smith

Book Overview

The first panoramic survey of contemporary craft in over a decade, & the only one now in print, & features more than 300 objects by 200 artists.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810906112
• ISBN13: 9780810906112
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 4.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 10.0" x 12.0"
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

PAUL SMITH REALLY "GETS IT"

Paul Smith really "gets it" and you should run out and buy this book immediately.......wait a minute, you don't have to do that anymore, it's "1-click" away. Stop reading. Buy it now."Objects for Use, Handmade by Design" provides a quick, gorgeous overview of what is best about the field of American Craft. From things for the top of the table to the table itself. From a music stand to a Steinway piano encased by Wendell Castle. From a gorgeous kyack to a surfboard. Well crafted, beautifully designed objects for use.Paul Smith was the man who put the American Craft Museum on the map...the man who made it relevant....and he's done it again.