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Girls belong outdoors! This handbook covers everything you need to get outside, including ideas for what to do, camping and hiking basics, body stuff in the wilderness, advanced skills like maps, weather, and first aid, as well as recipes, projects, activities, and profiles of inspiring outdoorswomen. Softcover, 272 pages. Recommended for girls ages 9-12. -
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This landmark book celebrates a rich and time-honored tradition in American architecture: the vernacular farmhouse. It is a book for architects, designers, historians, preservationists, and anyone who wishes to learn more about this classic American genre. Includes 190 illustrations, with 181 plates in full color. Hardcover, 215 pages -
Join an adorable cast of animal characters as they explore the alphabet through the seasons. From gathering honey in spring to building cozy campfires in fall, the friends make the most of each season, both enjoying the great outdoors and staying snug inside. Hardcover, 34 pages. -
This comprehensive guide explains why conserving heritage breeds remains important and how they often can be a better choice for the modern farmer than conventional animals. With profiles of heritage poultry, sheep, cattle, and more, you'll learn how to select and successfully raise the breed that is right for your specific needs. Paperback, 240 pages. -
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This beautiful book is packed with nearly 300 color photographs and over 120 herbal remedies that you can make yourself. It gives a fascinating insight into the literary, historic, and world-wide application of the fifty common plants that it covers. Paperback. 224 pages. -
A Celebration of Shaker Spirituals. Features 38 tracks including Heavy Cross and Simple Gifts. Arrangements by Roger Lee Hall and Conrad Held -
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Inspired by the great products produced from our local Carr's Ciderhouse, this cookbook is filled with 127 delicious recipes including shrubs, ciders, vinegars and preserves. -
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Forest bathing, adopted from Japanese culture, simply means to take the forest in through our senses. It encourages being in nature and connecting with it. This book by local author, Hannah Fries, offers a guided journey that prompts meditations to help you slow down, breathe, and connect with the wonder around you. Writers, poets and naturalists offer musings and inspiration along the way. Softcover, 191 pages -
Keep track of your garden each year for better yield and progress. This journal is organized by the month and is filled with useful reminders! -
This adorable book features baby elephants, panda cubs, baby koalas, lion cubs, tiger cubs, piglets, ducklings, bluebird chicks, kangaroo joeys, ponies, fawns, lambs, baby dolphins, baby giraffes, puppies, kittens, bunnies, farm animals, baby seals, baby penguins, and owlets. Hardcover, 20 pages. Recommended for ages 3 months to 3 years. -
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In Healing Herbal Teas, master herbalist and author Sarah Farr serves up 101 original recipes that not only offer health advantages but also taste great. Formulations to benefit each body system and promote well-being include Daily Adrenal Support, Inflammation Reduction, and Digestive Tonic. Paperback, 272 pages. -
HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE PUBLICATION OF
James Turrell & Nicholas Mosse: Lapsed Quaker Ware
Throughout his career, James Turrell has pushed us to a new understanding of light, which in the case of Lapsed Quaker Ware is perhaps best understood by its absence. The story behind Lapsed Quaker Ware is expansive and enormous thinking, but also intimate and personal. Lapsed Quaker Ware—a collaboration between Turrell and Irish ceramicist Nicholas Mosse to make crisp black basalt ware, inspired by 18th-century basalt ware made by Josiah Wedgwood—has most recently been on view at Hancock Shaker Village and MASS MoCA, and the catalog includes color photos throughout and essays by James Turrell, Nicholas Mosse, Linda Johnson, Jonathan Rickard, and Jennifer Trainer Thompson.
James Turrell’s work has been exhibited in art institutions around the world, including the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, the National Gallery of Art in Canberra, and the Long Museum in Shanghai. Nicholas Mosse is one of Ireland’s most beloved potters.
Hardcover, 8 x 10.4”/ 136 pages/4-color
Edited by Jennifer Trainer Thompson and Linda Johnson September 2022 publication
Published by Hancock Shaker Village and Turrell Trading Company
Printed in Italy
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MAKING: Then and Now is an unprecedented exhibition that celebrates the similarities between artists and the Shakers, a utopian community that lived in Western Massachusetts for more than 180 years. Believing they should put their hands to work and their hearts to God, the Shakers built everything from buildings to boxes, with a goal of perfection and exquisite craftsmanship in what they made. The Shaker design emphasized their attitudes towards utility and simplicity through forms renowned for their minimalism, and their output remains a lasting legacy today. The artists in this exhibition (Gregory Crewdson, Don Gummer, Stephen Hannock, Jenny Holzer, Maya Lin and David Teeple) are today’s makers, inspiring us with their work. Like the Shakers, the artists responded to the landscape, be it physical, political, or environmental. With 51 color photographs and essays by Hancock Shaker Village director Jennifer Trainer Thompson and curator Lesley Herzberg, this book illuminates artists and their work – both those who would not have called themselves artists a hundred years ago, and those who could never imagine being anything else today. Together they tell a story rooted in the fertile soil of imagination, dedication, and beauty. -
A cookbook, backyard gardening and homesteading guide for women who want to grow food efficiently, cook seasonal recipes, or even try foraging, camping, and living off the land. Paperback. 304 pages. -
Jump-start curiosity with this take-along field guide for children ages 4 and up. From worms, birds, and spiders to trees, flowers, and clouds, young explorers learn what to look and listen for wherever they are — whether in a nature preserve, an urban park, or a suburban backyard. -
Pig Tales is an eye-opening investigation of the commercial pork industry and an inspiring alternative to the way pigs are raised and consumed in America. A must read for anyone that raises or consumes pork. Softcover, 336 pages. -
For beginners and green-thumbed foodies, this unusually all-inclusive garden-to-kitchen cookbook is part lesson in gardening and part collection of healthy, delicious, kid-friendly recipes. Softcover, 115 pages. Recommended for ages 7-10 years. -
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Rosemary Gladstar, the godmother of modern herbalism, offers a fresh introduction to growing and using 33 of her favorite herbs, complete with tips on introducing an herb patch to your backyard garden and easy-to-follow recipes for brewing restorative teas, blending soothing salves, and making tinctures, oils, syrups ,and pills. -
Americans were enthralled by the Shakers in the years between 1925 and 1965. They bought Shaker furniture, saw Shaker worship services enacted on Broadway, sang Shaker songs, dressed in Shaker-inspired garb, collected Shaker artifacts, and restored Shaker villages. William D. Moore analyzes the activities of scholars, composers, collectors, folklorists, photographers, writers, choreographers, and museum staff who drove the national interest in this dwindling regional religious group. -
The original Shaker Gardener's Manual was published in 1843 and included instructions on how to grow vegetables. It was expanded in 1843 with additional instructions on cooking and preserving vegetables. This is a facsimile of the 1843 edition. -
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The Spirits of the Shakers are still active in their historic homes, meeting houses and on the land where they once prayed and sang. These haunting tales by Thomas Freese offer ghost hunter investigations, haunted tales from White Water Shaker Village in Ohio, walkthrough village reports from psychics, and an interview with a Shaker Scholar. -
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HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE PUBLICATION OF
A Spirit of Gift, A Place of Sharing Shaker objects are products of thought embodying deeply held beliefs that remain our direct link to Shaker life. The intersection between their outward expression of religious beliefs and their spiritual orientation is key. A Spirit of Gift, A Place of Sharing explores the visible and tangible links between nineteen century Shaker ideology and contemporary Asian art through the works of Yusuke Asai, Kimsooja, and Pinaree Sanpitak. The Shakers integrated the physical with the spiritual -and this is where the artists’ transcultural kinship lies, sharing in a reverence for the unseen sources of their inspirations. Asai, Kimsooja, and Sanpitak have expressed a conceptual approach to the essence of what the Shakers embodied, the joy of physical labor, spiritual affinity, and a biocentric approach to creation’s bounty in the diversity of materials they employed in their works such as linen, cotton, wood, soil, water, plants, and animals. Collectively their art works embody unique contemporary expressions in synthesis with deeper universal meanings. Their works have been on view at Hancock Shaker Village and the catalog includes color photos throughout and a foreword by Director Jennifer Trainer Thompson and essays by curators Linda Johnson and Miwako Tezuka. Yusuke Asai’s work has been exhibited in multiple exhibitions throughout Japan, China, and the United States, most recently Rice University Art Gallery, Houston, Texas. Kimsooja’s work has been exhibited in more than thirty international biennials and triennials. She has had solo exhibitions at MoMA, New York, Centre Pompidou, France, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, as well as multiple exhibitions in Seoul. Pinaree Sanpitak is Thailand’s most internationally recognized artist whose work has been exhibited at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) among others in the United states as well as major biennials in Australia, Italy, Japan, and Korea. Hardcover, 11.4 x 9”/85 pages/color Edited by Jennifer Trainer Thompson, Linda Johnson, and Miwako Tezuka Published By Hancock Shaker Village Printed in Chicago, IL -
This handmade bookmark features the famous Shaker swallowtail design that is part of the oval box. Made locally. Measures 7 5/8" x 3/4". -
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the Berkshires Farm Table Cookbook Elisa Spungen Bildner and Robert Bildner w/Chef Brian Alberg This wonderful cookbook is filled with favorite recipes from our local Berkshire talent, featuring the stories behind their farms and their missions. -
The Blacksmith by Aldren A. Watson This history-plus-craft book describes the tools and techniques of the blacksmith, paying tribute to the skill and ingenuity of this versatile nineteenth-century American craftsman. -
This quick-reference overview explains the basics of all aspects of blacksmithing. Focusing on the use of only the most essential tools and equipment, it keeps it simple for beginners. Features 450 photos. Hardcover, 159 pages -
Learn how to plan and plant you own Shaker garden! This book explores the Shakers' herb gardening heritage. It combines colorful history, practical growing and harvesting advice, and a guide to existing Shaker gardens. Paperback, 276 pages. -
Learn how to identify, harvest, and eat the tastiest plants in your backyard. Intended as much for the cooking enthusiast as for the survivalist, this book includes recipes that will transform even the most common edible backyard weeds into guest-worthy fare. Paperback, 352 pages. -
This great handbook has information on growing and harvesting vegetables, as well as specific health benefits, vitamins, and minerals for each food. Includes detailed instructions for fall and winter food growing. Learn how to grow for your family, harvest and store all types of home-grown produce, and find joy in eating foods planted with your own hands! Paperback. 240 pages. -
The New Complete Guide to Beekeeping explains step-by-step what it takes to establish a thriving hive that produces an amazing end product, and all the simple pleasures of beekeeping along the way Paperback. 208 pages. -
A new approach to growing local medicine, including information on geo-authenticity, wildcrafting, and developing a good business plan Both a business guide and a farming manual, The Organic Medicinal Herb Farmer will teach readers how to successfully grow and market organic medicinal Western herbs. Paperback, 416 pages. -
This sensible and wonderfully well-focused book provides essential information about one of the most significant challenges for those attempting to grow delicious organic vegetables: the creation and maintenance of healthy soil. Recommended and used by our head gardener, Lauren. A must have for every gardener! Paperback, 125 pages. -
Pies have graced American tables from the days of the Pilgrims, and variations have evolved into regional favorites around the country. Now you can recreate those pieces of history in your own kitchen. From Wet Bottom Shoo Fly Pie to basic American Apple Pie, you’ll find them all here. Hardcover, 160 pages. -
Longtime Maine farmer and homesteader Will Bonsall possesses a unique clarity of vision that extends all the way from the finer points of soil fertility and seed saving to exploring how we can transform civilization and make our world a better, more resilient place. Much in line with Shaker farming practices, this book is recommended and used by our head gardener, Lauren. Paperback. 400 pages. -
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This is the go-to guide for women who want to be part of the farming revolution. Much of the impetus to move back to the land, raise our own food, and connect with our agricultural past is being driven by women. Paperback. 344 pages.
