Dr Imogen Racz is Senior Lecturer at Coventry University, England, teaching contextual studies across the fine and applied arts.

The author's knowledge of contemporary and recent makers is impressive and readers are likely to come across objects which are both fascinating and unfamiliar. The Journal of William Morris

• Introduction 1: Contemporary Crafts and Cultural Myths 2: Contemporary Arts and Crafts-makers in Rural England 3: The Artisan Tradition in Rural America 4: Critique and Embodiment in Rural England 5: Material, Space and Place in America 6: Urban Crafts in America 7: Urban Crafts in England 8: Crafts in the Environment (America) 9: Crafts in the Environment (England) Afterword

Dr Imogen Racz is Senior Lecturer at Coventry University, England, teaching contextual studies across the fine and applied arts.

The author's knowledge of contemporary and recent makers is impressive and readers are likely to come across objects which are both fascinating and unfamiliar. The Journal of William Morris

• Introduction 1: Contemporary Crafts and Cultural Myths 2: Contemporary Arts and Crafts-makers in Rural England 3: The Artisan Tradition in Rural America 4: Critique and Embodiment in Rural England 5: Material, Space and Place in America 6: Urban Crafts in America 7: Urban Crafts in England 8: Crafts in the Environment (America) 9: Crafts in the Environment (England) Afterword

Dr Imogen Racz is Senior Lecturer at Coventry University, England, teaching contextual studies across the fine and applied arts.

The author's knowledge of contemporary and recent makers is impressive and readers are likely to come across objects which are both fascinating and unfamiliar. The Journal of William Morris

• Introduction 1: Contemporary Crafts and Cultural Myths 2: Contemporary Arts and Crafts-makers in Rural England 3: The Artisan Tradition in Rural America 4: Critique and Embodiment in Rural England 5: Material, Space and Place in America 6: Urban Crafts in America 7: Urban Crafts in England 8: Crafts in the Environment (America) 9: Crafts in the Environment (England) Afterword