Hand and Home

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$ 50.00 Little, Brown
Decorating/Crafts S52.00 in Canada
HAND-HOME
The Homes of American Craftsmen
TOMMY SIMPSON, witfi LISA HAMMEL Photographs by WILLIAM BENNETT SEITZ Foreword by LISA HAMMEL
A house is four walls, a roof, a foundation. A home, on the other hand, is what happens when a house meets the hard work and tastes and personalities of its owners. Hand and Home is a book about the homes of some of America's greatest craftsmen and the ways in which their various talents, their unusual and extensive collections, and their well-trained hands and eyes have helped them make their homes among their greatest creations and the most personal and expressive testimonies to their life's work.
Within these pages, well-l^nown craftsman Tommy Simpson and photographer William Seitz take you on an unprecedented visual tour of these fourteen one-of-a-kind homes, works of art in themselves. From New York to California, Atlanta to Santa Fe, you will meet nineteen of America's... Tovább

Fülszöveg

$ 50.00 Little, Brown
Decorating/Crafts S52.00 in Canada
HAND-HOME
The Homes of American Craftsmen
TOMMY SIMPSON, witfi LISA HAMMEL Photographs by WILLIAM BENNETT SEITZ Foreword by LISA HAMMEL
A house is four walls, a roof, a foundation. A home, on the other hand, is what happens when a house meets the hard work and tastes and personalities of its owners. Hand and Home is a book about the homes of some of America's greatest craftsmen and the ways in which their various talents, their unusual and extensive collections, and their well-trained hands and eyes have helped them make their homes among their greatest creations and the most personal and expressive testimonies to their life's work.
Within these pages, well-l^nown craftsman Tommy Simpson and photographer William Seitz take you on an unprecedented visual tour of these fourteen one-of-a-kind homes, works of art in themselves. From New York to California, Atlanta to Santa Fe, you will meet nineteen of America's finest woodworkers, ceramists, jewelers, weavers, and metalsmiths and see firsthand evidence of their inventive design ideas and their broad range of styles and esthetics.
These craftsmen make beautiful things—exquisite, hand-crafted rockers, brilliantly colored sectioned pots and bowls, and enormous, intricate weavings. But their ingenuity and resourcefulness, their creative energy and plain old-fashioned hard work can be a lesson to all home owners and serve as incentive for all those who wish their environments to reflect themselves. It is the authors' hope that this book will inspire you to personalize your own surroundings. Without a doubt. Hand and Home will provide ycu with a comprehensive insight into one of the most vital forces in art today — the American craft movement — and the artists who have made it so.
Williííw Seitz and Tommy Simpson
Tommy Simpson is a well-known artist-woodworker acclaimed for his witty and joyous interpretations of Americana. His whimsical furniture has been exhibited widely, including exhibitions at the Museum of American Crafts, Cranbrook Academy of Art, the Society for Contemporary Crafts, and the Art Institute of Chicago. He lives in Connecticut with his wife, Missy Stevens, who is a weaver and one of the craftsmen featured in Hand and Home.
William Seitz has been a professional photographer for twenty years. His work appears regularly in numerous books and national magazines and is also featured in gallery shows and at his studio in Connecticut. He lives in Connecticut and Santa Fe, New Mexico, with his wife, loanna, and their daughter, Amanda.
Lisa Hammel'covered design and other aspects of the visual arts for the Neiv York Times and was founding editor of Antiques World. She now writes on artifacts and art for various publications.
jacket photographs by William Bennett Seitz Front: Tommy Simpson and Missy Sievens Vissza