Toronto: University Of Toronto Press, 1981. 202 pp. Introduction by Hart Massey...chairman of the Massey Foundation, an architect and a practising craftsman. Interviews and photographs by John Flanders. John Flanders is Associate Professor of Architecture at Carleton University and a photographer. Fifty men and women talk about their work in this colourful, illustrated cross-section of current Canadian craft scene. In interviews they discuss what their craft means to them, how they carry it on etc. More than 250 photographs-two-thirds in full colour, show them in their studios and display samples of their work and that of other craftsmen. The contents include: (1) Introduction, (2) The Traditional Crafts, (3), Pottery, (4) Wood, (5) Glass, (6) Textiles, (7) Basketry, Brooms, Paper, Leather,(8) Metal, (9) Biographies. Beautifully put together by the Massey Foundation. Wheat coloured linen-like boards with gilt to front and spine. Photo DJ. Heavier oblong book. . ISBN: 0-8020-2433-5. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Art + Canadian Craftsman + Traditional Crafts + Pottery + Biographies + Basketry + Textiles + Brooms + Massey Foundation + Hart Massey + John Flanders Photographer. Catalogs: Canadiana.

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Bookseller: Gilt Edge Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: B1510
Title: The Craftsman's Way. Canadian Expressions
Author: Flanders, John
Book Condition: Used
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0802024335
ISBN 13: 9780802024336
Publisher: University Of Toronto Press
Place of Publication: Toronto
Date Published: 1981
Bookseller catalogs: Canadiana;

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