{"product_id":"2940152583304","title":"Acts of Creation","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor Acts of Creation, award-winning journalist Walt Harrington travels America searching for the magical nexus of craft, talent, and mastery that gives birth to a functional work of art—and leaves its maker with a sense of satisfaction and achievement known well to fine craftsmen across the ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA builder of monumental fireplaces in Maine. A cabinet maker in Maryland. A millwright in Virginia. A locksmith and a house framer in Ohio. A hardwood floor man in Indiana. A blacksmith in Illinois. A stone carver in California. Not one of the fourteen craftsmen profiled believes he is working only to build a house, to renovate a watermill, to cast a plaster medallion. Each imbues his work with grander purpose—Michael Seward wants the people who buy his furniture to experience an emotional connection; Chuck Crispin wants his clients’ lives to be evoked in his floor designs; Charles Keller wants the highly educated world to appreciate the complicated genius of not only fine blacksmithing but all fine craftsmen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe profiles in Acts of Creation help to reclaim the place of craftsmanship in a consumerist era that places higher value on profit and branding than it does on dedicated excellence. These craftsmen offer not only lessons about craftsmanship, but also about life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Sager Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081092940016,"sku":"2940152583304","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940152583304_p0.jpg?v=1764023695","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940152583304","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}