Handwork by Emily Zaiden - ISBN: 9781580937276
Hardcover
101 handcrafted objects tell surprising stories of American spirit.
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Handwork

Handcrafted Objects that Made America [Craft in America]

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  • Hardcover

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    4 August 2026

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Summary

This is a visually stunning, inspiring celebration of America’s spirit through 101 surprising, iconic, overlooked, and everyday handcrafted objects spanning more than 250 years. Edited by Emily Zaiden, lead curator of the Craft in America Center, with a foreword by Carol Savion, the visionary behind the Peabody Award winning PBS series Craft in America, this book is part of a sweeping national initiative marking 250 years since the Declaration of Independence.

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Book Details

ISBN-13:9781580937276
ISBN-10:1580937276
Author:Emily Zaiden, Carol Sauvion
Publisher:Monacelli Press
Imprint:Monacelli Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:4 August 2026
Weight:1.20kg
Dimensions:273mm x 241mm
About The Author

Emily Zaiden

Emily Zaiden is director and lead curator of the Craft in America Center. She has curated over seventy exhibitions on American craft, design, and decorative arts. Zaiden has an M.A. from the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture and a B.A. in American Studies from University of California Berkeley.

Carol Sauvion is an American crafts scholar and creator of the Peabody Award winning PBS series Craft in America. Sauvion is the founding director of Craft in America and owner of Los Angeles’ renowned Freehand Gallery.

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