A Handmade Life

Name: A Handmade Life
SKU: 7515810
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In Search of Simplicity

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William Coperthwaite is a teacher, builder, designer, and writer who for many years has explored the possibilities of true simplicity on a homestead on the north coast of Maine. In the spirit of Henry David Thoreau, Emily Dickinson, and Helen and Scott Nearing, Coperthwaite has fashioned a livelihood of integrity and completeness--buying almost nothing, providing for his own needs, and serving as a guide and companion to hundreds of apprentices drawn to his unique way of being. A Handmade Life carries Coperthwaite's ongoing experiments with hand tools, hand-grown and gathered food, and handmade shelter, clothing, and furnishings out into the world to challenge and inspire. His writing is both philosophical and practical, exploring themes of beauty, work, education, and design while giving instruction on the hand-crafting of the necessities of life: house, tools, clothing, and furniture. Richly illustrated with luminous color photographs by Peter Forbes, the book is a moving and inspirational testament to an new/old way of life.

Author Biography:

William Coperthwaite is a native of Maine who has travelled the world in search of folk-art techniques and subsistence skills. Impressed by the beauty and intelligence of the traditional central Asian nomadic tents called 'yurts', Coperthwaite adapted and introduced to North America yurt design and construction, building them for for family homes, schools, camps and outbuildings.

Release date NZ

June 18th, 2013

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Audience

General (US: Trade)

Contributor

By (photographer) Peter Forbes

Illustrations

Illustrations, black and white; 67 Illustrations, color

Pages

144

Dimensions

229x229x13

ISBN-13

9781933392479

Product ID

7515810

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