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A Craftsman's Legacy, Why Working with Our Hands Gives Us Meaning, Eric Gorges

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A Craftsman's Legacy, Why Working with Our Hands Gives Us Meaning, Eric Gorges

Language

eng

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Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A Craftsman's Legacy

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electronic resource eBook

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Eric Gorges

Sub title

Why Working with Our Hands Gives Us Meaning

Summary

A book for makers, for seekers of all kinds, an exhilarating look into the heart and soul of artisans and how their collective wisdom can inspire us all. Despite our technological advances, we re busier than ever, our lives more frazzled. That s why the handmade object, created with care and detail, embodying a history and a tradition, is enormously powerful. It can cut through so much and speak in ways that we don t often hear, or that we ve forgotten." Eric Gorges, from A Craftsman s Legacy In this joyful celebration of skilled craftsmen, Eric Gorges, a corporate-refugee-turned-metal-shaper, taps into a growing hunger to get back to what s real. Through visits with fellow artisans calligraphers, potters, stone carvers, glassblowers, engravers, woodworkers, and more many of whom he s profiled for his popular television program, Gorges identifies values that are useful for all of us: taking time to slow down and enjoy the process, embracing failure, knowing when to stop and when to push through, and accepting that perfection is an illusion. Most of all, A Craftsman s Legacy shows how all of us can embrace a more creative and authentic life and learn to focus on doing what we love."

Table Of Contents

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction: From Our Hands -- 1: The Battle for Perfection -- 2: Tearing Up Floors -- 3: Focus -- 4: Forethought -- 5: Sacrifice -- 6: Falling for Bikes -- 7: Respect -- 8: The Give-and-Take -- 9: Underwater -- 10: Finding Peace -- 11: Discovery -- 12: Tradition -- 13: Shrinking the World -- 14: Legacy -- 15: Individuality -- 16: A Special Kind of Stupid -- 17. Connection -- 18. Purpose -- 19: A Craftsman's Legacy -- Conclusion: Day One -- Appendix: Featured Craftsmen -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- About the Authors

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