Handmade in Britain

This important book explores the history of making in Britain, looking across all media within the decorative arts. It traces Britain's status as an unsophisticated importer of luxury Renaissance goods, to becoming one of the leading worldwide exporters of decorative arts by the end of the nineteenth century, and discusses present-day making - particularly the relationship between industrialized and craft-based processes and practice.

ISBN 9781851777082 | E | HB