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A WOVEN WORLD - ALISON HAWTHORNE DEMING GEBUNDEN

Part memoir  part cultural history  A Woven World celebrates the fading crafts  industries  and
artisans that have defined communities for generations.The desire to create is the cornerstone
of civilization. But as we move into a world where machine manufacturing has nearly usurped
craft  Alison Hawthorne Deming resists the erasure of our shared history of handiwork with this
appeal for embracing continuity and belonging in a time of destabilizing change.Sensing a need
to preserve the crafts and stories of our founding communities  and inspired by an exhibit at
the Metropolitan Museum of Art s Costume Institute featuring Yves St. Laurent s sardine dress 
Deming turned to the industries of her ancestors  both the dressmakers and designers in
Manhattan in the nineteenth century and the fishermen on Grand Manan Island  a community of 2
500 residents  where the dignity of work and the bounty of the sea ruled for hundreds of
years.Reweaving the fabric of those lives  A Woven World gives presence on the page to the
people  places  and practices  uncovering and preserving a record of the ingenuity and dignity
that comes with such work. In this way the lament becomes a song of praise and a testament to
the beauty and fragility of human making.

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