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Robert Somerville Barn Club (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)
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- Publication Name
- Barn Club
- Title
- Barn Club
- Subtitle
- A Tale of Forgotten Elm Trees, Traditional Craft and Community Sp
- ISBN-10
- 1645021483
- EAN
- 9781645021483
- ISBN
- 9781645021483
- Release Date
- 12/05/2022
- Release Year
- 2022
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Book Title
- Barn Club : a Tale of Forgotten Elm Trees, Traditional Craft and Community Spirit
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Chelsea Green Pharmacy Publishing UK LTD
- Publication Year
- 2022
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, Architecture, Crafts & Hobbies
- Topic
- Construction / General, Nature Crafts, Woodwork, Buildings / Residential
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 14.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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When renowned craftsman Robert Somerville moved to Hertfordshire, he fell in love with a landscape rich in wild-life and filled with elm trees. Nestled in London's commuter belt, this wooded farmland inspired Somerville, a lifelong woodworker, to put into practice an ancient craft and hand-raise one of the most iconic, enduring buildings found in Britain's countryside - the wooden barn. Barn Club follows the building of Carley Barn. Over the course of a year, volunteers from all walks of life joined Robert's 'Barn Club', inspired to learn traditional skills and embrace the beautiful surroundings and quiet joy of making something that endures. Throughout the book, Robert weaves in the history of the elm tree: its historic importance to the landscape and remarkable survival in the face of the devastating Dutch elm disease. Barn Club calls on us to look at our landscape more intimately and to explore the joys of making beautiful things by hand, together. Book jacket.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Chelsea Green Pharmacy Publishing UK LTD
ISBN-10
1645021483
ISBN-13
9781645021483
eBay Product ID (ePID)
17050424804
Product Key Features
Book Title
Barn Club : a Tale of Forgotten Elm Trees, Traditional Craft and Community Spirit
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Construction / General, Nature Crafts, Woodwork, Buildings / Residential
Publication Year
2022
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Architecture, Crafts & Hobbies
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
14.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Th4930.S66 2022
Reviews
"In today's ego-techno-centred world, Robert Somerville's tale of elm trees, hand tools, timber framing and comradery is a welcome relief. His "Barn Club" approach is a way forward that utilises local traditions, local materials and local hands to create a built environment that is more harmonious with the natural world and of course more beautiful. Now, if every community around the world had one of these Barn Clubs, how nice would that be?"--Jack A. Sobon, architect, timber framer and author of Hand Hewn, "Robert Somerville is to be congratulated for his understanding of the entomology and pathology involved in Dutch elm disease, which in addition to its devastation of British elms also resulted in the loss of over 300 million American elms. His book should find a ready readership among do-it-yourselfers, whose home improvement projects have multiplied in this Covid environment."--John Hansel, founder, Elm Research Institute, "Elm trees may have been devastated by Dutch elm disease but they are still with us and should not be forgotten, as Robert Somerville powerfully shows. Natural history, ancient crafts and a group of twenty-first-century volunteers meet in this book to show us how elms can reconnect us to nature, past cultures and one another. A beautiful and timely book with a barnful of good ideas."--Professor Richard Buggs, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 'For all our advances, it's hard to deny the modern world brings with it new ills of disconnection and disenfranchisement, but here in Barn Club they've found their cure. The emphasis on hand-tool workmanship places value on what an individual can achieve without the use of machines and smartphones; the size of the project necessarily brings people to work together. A common goal that requires purposeful physical work whilst being able to talk without shouting over loud machinery or just being able to tune into the flow of work and the soothing sounds of the rhythmic tools. Could this book sow the seeds of community barns springing up all over our fair land? A space for communal well-being, an opportunity for everyone, not just the privileged, to connect with the nurturing nature of trees and craft?' --Barn the Spoon, master craftsman and author of Spon, Booklist- "The opening chapters read like a prose poem; Somerville's love for nature and natural things is infectious.", "A joyful reminder of why nature, being outside, being together and creating beauty is so good for the soul."--Kate Humble, broadcaster and author of A Year of Living Simply, "For the reader who wishes to resist the gathering pace of modern life and take time to learn from the past, the tale of hand-raising a barn the old-fashioned way brings nature, community and craftsmanship together in an enduring and satisfying feeling of a job well done."--Gillian Burke, co-presenter of BBC's Springwatch, writer and biologist
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
725.372094258
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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