Handmade: Creative Focus in the Age of Distraction
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| Rating | : | 4.35 (709 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1610353145 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 200 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
It is also about becoming a creative, compassionate, and forgiving person through the pursuit of excellence in one's chosen vocation; the journey to craft mastery becomes a journey of self-realization." ?Philip Koomen, furniture designer"Gary Rogowski has written an engaging biography that traces his development from a youthful student searching for a meaningful path in life to a highly respected and accomplished furniture maker and teacher. Gary's book delves into this synchronicity with enjoyable anecdotes of
The discipline of working with one?s hands to create unnecessarily beautiful things shapes the builder into a more complete human being.In the tradition of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and Shop Class as Soulcraft, Rogowski?s Handmade is a profound meditation on the eternal value of manual work, creativity, human fallibility, and the stubborn pursuit of quality work. In an era when there are countless competing claims on one?s attention, how does one find the internal focus to be creative? For master furniture craftsman Gary Rogowski, the answer is in the act of creative work itself. Rogowski tells his life story of how he became a craftsman and how years of persistent work have taught him patience, resilience, tolerance for failure, and a love of pursuing beauty and mastery for its own sake.Part autobiography, part guide to creativity, and part guide to living, Handmade is a book for craftspeople, artists, and anyone who seeks clarity, purpose, and creativity in their work ? and it's the perfect antidote to a modern world that thinks human labor is obsolete.
. Rogowski has taught and lectured throughout the United States and in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Germany. Rogowski is the founded and director of The Northwest Woodworking Studio: A School for Woodworkers, in Portland, Oregon. Since 1974 he has built public and private furniture commissions for clients and galleries nationwide. Gary R