This is a major new exploration of traditional British craftsmanship, accompanying the major prime time BBC2 6-part television series presented by Monty Don. It celebrates all aspects of rural crafts including woodcraft, thatching, weaving, stone masonry, metalwork and glass making. It showcases some of Britain's leading master craftsmen and explains the techniques at the heart of their trades. It reveals the fascinating history of British craftsmanship, inspiring interest and involvement in these valuable and rewarding crafts. "Mastercrafts" represents a major shift in attitudes towards appreciating handmade, sustainable crafted products rather than the cheap mass-produced items with which people have become increasingly disillusioned.
- ISBN10 0715336657
- ISBN13 9780715336656
- Publish Date 26 November 2010 (first published 12 February 2010)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 7 July 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint David & Charles
- Edition UK ed.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 256
- Language English