Ireland's Traditional Crafts

by David Shaw-Smith

Book Overview

A testament to the craft traditions of Ireland covering over 40 crafts, from woodcarvers, thatchers, goldsmiths and potters to glassblowers of the famous Waterford crystal, 'crios' weavers from the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500013217
• ISBN13: 9780500013212
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

An overview of crafts and craft tools in Ireland

This is not a how-to book. However, it does show close-ups of people in the process of doing crafts. There are also pictures of tools used in the various crafts. The photographs are mostly black and white with a small color section (125). There are 440 illustrations. There are columns of information to go with each craft. Crafts coved include textiles, stonework, woodwork, (Willow, rush and straw), lather, metalwork, pottery, glassware, candle making, fly-tying, and rural life. This makes a good coffee table book.