{"product_id":"84065-an-artisans-guide-to-crafts-and-places","title":"An Artisan's Guide to Crafts and Places","description":"Folk art is in a constant state of flux. Traditional crafts such as handmade textiles or ceramics represent inherited customs, adapting again and again to new conditions, be it political upheavals and globalization, technical achievements, new fashions, or preferences. This makes craftsmanship authentic and genuine, and in our highly digitized world, it arouses more desire than ever before.\n\nAs an art historian, stylist, and dealer of textiles, traditional costumes, and ceramics from all over the world, Katharina Koppenwallner has been engaged for many years with this rapidly changing material culture. The book traces her many travel routes, roughly following the Silk Road and the old Hippie Trails, from Europe eastward to Southeast Asia and on to Latin America. She introduces the regions she has visited and their historical contexts, expertly describes vanishing craft techniques as well as \"fakelore\" trends, and tells enchanting stories about the remotest regions and their people.\n\nRichly illustrated and provided with an index and helpful tips about the best local markets, The Artisan's Guide of Crafts and Places is the ultimate travel book for anyone passionate about the aesthetics and quality of traditional craftsmanship and the places where it is kept alive.\n\nKatharina Koppenwallner (born 1966), studied art history, journalism, and folklore, lives and works as a freelance editor in Berlin. Since 2011, her business \"International Wardrobe\" has sold ethnic textiles, traditional costumes, and ceramics from all over the world. Her freelance writings have appeared in \"Der Freund\" literary magazine, Modedepesche, Süddeutsche Zeitung, FAZ Sonntag, and Der Freitag, among others. Since 2017, she has written the weekly column \"Souvenirs\" in the travel section of Welt am Sonntag.","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Book (978-3-7757-6198-7)","offer_id":53217620558088,"sku":"9783775761987","price":31.93,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Ebook - PDF (978-3-7757-6199-4)","offer_id":53217620590856,"sku":"9783775761994","price":24.36,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Ebook - EPUB (978-3-7757-6200-7)","offer_id":53217620623624,"sku":"9783775762007","price":24.36,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775761987_bd0a480f-beb4-4eb3-919b-cca6447de69b.jpg?v=1774766306","url":"https:\/\/hatjecantz.com\/products\/84065-an-artisans-guide-to-crafts-and-places","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}