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  • Handicraft -- Philosophy.
     
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  • Woodwork -- Philosophy.
     
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  • Furniture making -- Philosophy.
     
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  • Woodworkers -- United States -- Biography.
     
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    Why we make things and why it matters : the education of a craftsman / Peter Korn.
    by Korn, Peter, 1951- author.
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    Jaffrey, New Hampshire : David R. Godine, Publisher, 2013.
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  • Korn, Peter, 1951-
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  • Handicraft -- Philosophy.
  •  
  • Woodwork -- Philosophy.
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  • Furniture making -- Philosophy.
  •  
  • Woodworkers -- United States -- Biography.
  • ISBN: 
    9781567925111 (alkaline paper) :
    1567925111 (alkaline paper)
    Description: 
    179 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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    First edition.
    Contents: 
    A shared hunger -- Hammering out a vocation -- The seductive ideology of a craft -- Live from New York -- Heart, head and hand -- Thinking with things -- Exercising my voice -- The inward migration of truth -- Second epiphany -- Mapping a craftsman's mind -- A miracle at the heart of the ordinary -- Creating a school -- The creative cycle -- A good life.
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    Following his personal experiences as a novice carpenter, designer/maker of fine furniture, and a teacher, Korn explores the nature and rewards of creative practice.
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