Get your hands dirty

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An evocative literary memoir of life as a carpenter, splinters and all; this is a book for anyone who has ever whittled something out of wood or dreamt about doing so.‘A debut that’s both a paean to the art of woodworking and a…

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‘A personal and illuminating pilgrimage into the mysterious deep time of the medieval stonemason’s art.’ David Keenan‘A story of deep knowledge, self-discovery, mark-making and deft articulation, King of Dust is a…

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A study of an ancient craft, landscape and community from an outstanding new voiceThe reed goes on, the reed comes off. The reed rots and returns to the earth. The houses we work on outlast us. The thatch we use has never stood still.On The…

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A human history told through clay, from the critically acclaimed author of The Foghorn's Lament.'Clay contains infinite possibilities in its transmutations, evidenced on the shelves of our homes, our galleries and museums. Every time…

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This is a modern, stylish and practical guide to the traditional craft of bookbinding, written by the founders of the London Centre for Book Arts, a destination workshop space that attracts visitors from all over the world.…

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'Every devotee of literature and art should read this rare, bright-lit, hard-won book, and every student of life - that is to say, everyone.' - Sebastian Barry…

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Provocative and enlightening, Richard Sennett's The Craftsman is an exploration of craftsmanship - the desire to do a job well for its own sake - as a template for living. Most of us have to work. But is work just a means to an end? In…

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An illuminating memoir-cum-meditation on work and creativity by the brilliant veteran carpenter, Mark Ellison.A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK'Sturdy advice, delivered with humour and the occasional splinter' Guardian‘Gorgeous . . .…