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| Handcrafted Maine: Art, Life, Harvest & Home |
Amid the sublime beauty of Maine—its primordial forests, remote lakes, rugged mountains, and craggy coastline blooms a handmade culture fed by heritage, self-sufficiency, and collaboration. Handcrafted Maine: Art, Life, Harvest & Home features lively profiles of more than twenty artists, artisans, and craftspeople—weavers and potters, a painter, an architect, a boatbuilder, a leatherworker, bakers, lobster-men, and more—at work in the woods, towns, and cities of Maine, celebrating the triumphs and challenges of entrepreneurship and independence. Including more than 225 inspiring color photographs and intimate narrative portraits, Handcrafted Maine provides a window into the inner lives of creatives and brings to life the powerful environment and spirited character that nurture the unbridled ingenuity and common-sense approach to craft and life found Down East.
"...a lavishly photographed book with in-depth reporting that delivers genuine senses of place...Handcrafted Maine is a beautiful book about hardy, creative souls making it in a state built on locavorism." - Bangor Daily News
"[W]e are obsessed with fine print, beautiful words and exceptional photography - if we can find all this in a single publication (one that celebrates creativity, community and the landscape), then our adoration is going to be next level. So, not surprisingly, we were delighted to discover Handcrafted Maine, a new coffee table book that profiles 22 craftspeople, producers and creatives who call Maine home. Focussing on the stunning natural setting as much as their featured personalities, the book is a wonderful inducement to travel, consider the land and possibly even get your own project up and running." - Lodestars Anthology
"While [Handcrafted Maine] mines the creative process and highlights Maine's culture and environment, it also serves as an imaginative travel guide for northern explorers, as several of the subjects work with the public, including dogsled outings with Mahoosuc Guide Service in Newry and fish guiding at Red River Camps in Portage. At Grain Surfboards in York, where co-owners Brad Anderson and Mike LeVecchia handcraft wooden surfboards, visitors can spend a weekend learning to make their own boards while staying on Grain's farm. Down East visitors might want to stop in at chainsaw sculptor Ray Murphy's warehouse in Hancock or Swans Island Company in Northport, where blankets are still made by hand." - Boston Globe
"[W]e are obsessed with fine print, beautiful words and exceptional photography - if we can find all this in a single publication (one that celebrates creativity, community and the landscape), then our adoration is going to be next level. So, not surprisingly, we were delighted to discover Handcrafted Maine, a new coffee table book that profiles 22 craftspeople, producers and creatives who call Maine home. Focussing on the stunning natural setting as much as their featured personalities, the book is a wonderful inducement to travel, consider the land and possibly even get your own project up and running." - Lodestars Anthology
"While [Handcrafted Maine] mines the creative process and highlights Maine's culture and environment, it also serves as an imaginative travel guide for northern explorers, as several of the subjects work with the public, including dogsled outings with Mahoosuc Guide Service in Newry and fish guiding at Red River Camps in Portage. At Grain Surfboards in York, where co-owners Brad Anderson and Mike LeVecchia handcraft wooden surfboards, visitors can spend a weekend learning to make their own boards while staying on Grain's farm. Down East visitors might want to stop in at chainsaw sculptor Ray Murphy's warehouse in Hancock or Swans Island Company in Northport, where blankets are still made by hand." - Boston Globe
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| In 'Handcrafted Maine: Art, Life, Harvest &Home,' author Katy Kelleher presents lively profiles of more than 20 artists, artisans and craftspeople. From a painter, an architect and a boatbuilder to a leatherworker, lobster-men and more, the book celebrates the triumphs and challenges of entrepreneurship and independence. With hundreds of inspiring color photographs and intimate narrative portraits, 'Handcrafted Maine' provides a window into the inner lives of creatives, bringing to life the environment that nurtures a common-sense approach to life and craft |
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