A Handmade Life: In Search of Simplicity - Softcover

William Coperthwaite

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1933392479 ISBN 13: 9781933392479

Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Co, 2007

Synopsis

William Coperthwaite is a teacher, builder, designer, and writer who for many years hasexplored the possibilities of true simplicity on a homestead on the north coast of Maine. In the spirit of Henry David Thoreau, Emily Dickinson, and Helen and Scott Nearing, Coperthwaite has fashioned a livelihood of integrity and completeness-buying almost nothing, providing for his own needs, and serving as a guide and companion to hundreds of apprentices drawn to his unique way of being. A Handmade Life carries Coperthwaite's ongoing experiments with hand tools, hand-grown and gathered food, and handmade shelter, clothing, and furnishings out into the world to challenge and inspire. His writing is both philosophical and practical, exploring themes of beauty, work, education, and design while giving instruction on the hand-crafting of the necessities of life. Richly illustrated with luminous color photographs by Peter Forbes, the book is a moving and inspirational testament to a new practice of old ways of life.

About this title

About the Author

William Coperthwaite is a native of Maine who has travelled the <BR>world in search of folk-art techniques and subsistence skills. Impressed by <BR>the beauty and intelligence of the traditional central Asian nomadic tents <BR>called `yurts', Coperthwaite adapted and introduced to North America yurt <BR>design and construction, building them for for family homes, schools, camps <BR>and outbuildings.

Edition details

• Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Co
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1933392479
• ISBN 13: 9781933392479
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144