How to replace plugs and fuses; how to fight the demon limescale with a lemon; how to sew on a button ... Sian Berry shows how to rebel against the thHow to replace plugs and fuses; how to fight the demon limescale with a lemon; how to sew on a button ... Sian Berry shows how to rebel against the throwaway culture and start mending things. Beginning with absolute basics, her book has sections on maintaining and mending furniture, kitchen equipment and personal effects such as shoes, jewellery and handbags, simple plumbing and basic sewing for fixing clothes (buttons, zips, hems etc). Altogether, there are illustrated instructions for 400 easy repairs. ...more
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Italian Art Ceramics 1900-1950 Valerio Terraroli Skira 2007 Hardback Illustrated
From the beginning of the 20th century to the Second World War, Italian ceramics redefined the form, eschewing both mass production and kitsch imitatiFrom the beginning of the 20th century to the Second World War, Italian ceramics redefined the form, eschewing both mass production and kitsch imitations of past styles in favour of an invigorating combination of modernism and artisanal techniques. Arranged chronologically, this catalogue lists almost 500 works, 80 of them illustrated in lustrous colour plates. The informative text discusses the stylistic movements and influences that shaped them, and includes a guide to makers' marks, and to the principal artists and workshops. ...more
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The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs
Joseph Cunningham Yale University Press 2008 Paperback Illustrated
'My designs are my own ... They are like those of no other period nor people.' Despite his kinship to the Arts and Crafts Movement, Charles Rohlfs (18'My designs are my own ... They are like those of no other period nor people.' Despite his kinship to the Arts and Crafts Movement, Charles Rohlfs (1853-1936) considered himself an American original. Published to accompany an exhibition at Milwaukee Art Museum, this handsome book features hundreds of colour images of his extraordinary furniture, alongside period photographs and advertisements. Groundbreaking research into the family archives reveals the origins of Rohlfs' ideas and the importance of his marriage to the novelist Anna Katharine Green. ...more
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