Fabrication : Essays on making things and making meaning
We are a nation of consumers. But where does what we buy come from? And how are these things made? In this meditation on manufacture, Susan Neville journeys to factories and plants in the heart of Indiana, looking for the sources of things. From these journeys, Neville learns how the process of canning tomatoes is similar to the process of making metal caskets. Watches thousands of blue globes spin through a room like planets. Learns how, and by whom, and how well, and why things are made, whether they be dolls or insulin, gyroscopes or glass. And, by focusing on process and production, Neville gives us new, uncommon perspectives from which to view our world, and ourselves. Fabrication is a beautifully reflective work about making things and making meaning. This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1878448080
ISBN13:9781878448088
Release Date:February 2001
Publisher:MacAdam/Cage Publishing
Length:293 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 5.4" x 8.1"
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Rated 5 starsFactories in the Heartland
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I agree with Michael Feldman's take on this book: fascinating! The author takes you into the world of how things are and were being made at the end of the twentieth century in the American Midwest: dolls, insulin, gyroscopes, caskets, steel, veneer, cookies, globes, glass, and cars. In the process she fabricates essays of lyrical beauty, a fitting tribute to the well-made objects she explores.
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