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navigating by the stars - thatching charcoal burning - maze laying - making candles making besom brooms - making cider blacksmithing - haymaking - using herbal remediesLost Crafts is an attractive and engaging introduction to a range of traditional and sustainable crafts, activities and pastimes. Around 100 traditional pursuits are described and illustrated, from whittling to spinning, beekeeping to dry-stone walling, lace-making to trout guddling. Whether seeking instruction or inspiration, interested in social history or simply curling up in an armchair and daydreaming, the reader will find Lost Crafts to be a fascinating treasury of pastimes from a bygone age. And, as awareness grows of our environmental footprints, these sustainable pursuits are increasingly relevant to the modern world.
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Lost Crafts: Rediscovering Traditional Skills, Una McGovern
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2009
- Rilegatura
- (In brossura)
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- Titolo
- Lost Crafts: Rediscovering Traditional Skills
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Una McGovern
- Editore
- Hodder Education
- Pubblicato
- 2009
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 384
- ISBN10
- 0550104720
- ISBN13
- 9780550104724
- Serie
- Valutazione
- 3,8 su 5
- Descrizione
- navigating by the stars - thatching charcoal burning - maze laying - making candles making besom brooms - making cider blacksmithing - haymaking - using herbal remediesLost Crafts is an attractive and engaging introduction to a range of traditional and sustainable crafts, activities and pastimes. Around 100 traditional pursuits are described and illustrated, from whittling to spinning, beekeeping to dry-stone walling, lace-making to trout guddling. Whether seeking instruction or inspiration, interested in social history or simply curling up in an armchair and daydreaming, the reader will find Lost Crafts to be a fascinating treasury of pastimes from a bygone age. And, as awareness grows of our environmental footprints, these sustainable pursuits are increasingly relevant to the modern world.