Crafted in Britain: The Survival of Britain's Traditional Industries - Hardcover

Burton, Anthony; Scott, Rob

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1472922832 ISBN 13: 9781472922830

Publisher: Adlard Coles, 2017

Synopsis

Crafted in Britain is a celebration of Britain's traditional crafts and industries that have survived into the modern world, not as museums but on their merits. In an age of increasing automation and standardization, it is a joy to find such places, where craftsmanship and personal skills are still valued.

Their world is recreated in Rob Scott's dramatic photographs, while the processes and history of the different industries is described in the accompanying text by Anthony Burton. They have traveled the country from the Spey valley in Scotland, where they recorded the workers in a traditional distillery and a cooperage, to Cornwall and the studio of a specialist pub sign painter. They have gone underground with a Free Miner of the Forest of Dean and seen molten metal being poured to create majestic church bells.

The book delights in the variety and individuality of the different industries. For both author and photographer it has been a revelation to see some of these processes at work: to watch a craftsman take a strip of silver and work it by hand into a spoon, or to find clocks being made in a workshop that looks as if it has scarcely changed for a hundred years. Now readers have the opportunity to share these experiences and delight in the discovery of these magnificent survivors.

About this title

About the Author:

Anthony Burton contributes to Countryfile Magazine and has written books on Britain's industrial heritage, as well as three official National Trail guides. He has written and presented for the BBC, acted as historical adviser for the Discovery series Industrial Revelations and On the Rails, and appeared on Coast.

Rob Scott has worked as a photojournalist for thirty years. His work appears in Countryfile Magazine and BBC Music Magazine and on album covers for the Arctic Monkeys, Feeder, and the Clash.

Review:

A delightful journey through our incredible creative heritage -- Hilary Clothier * BBC Countryfile * Impossible to resist ... a pure shot in the arm for those of us feeling jaded by our increasingly automated modern world * Saga Magazine * So many interesting crafts and their histories. A fully illustrated celebration ... hurray! -- Bruce Kemble-Johnson * Let's Talk * A truly beautiful book with some awe-inspiring photography * Cotswold Life * A magnificent piece of work, visually stunning and profoundly moving. The images burn themselves on the mind and stir a response in the soul. -- Pat Ashworth * Church Times * A beautiful homage to how the past is remaining relevant in the present * LandScape *

About this edition

• Publisher: Adlard Coles
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1472922832
• ISBN 13: 9781472922830
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224