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The images in Hancock Shaker Village's collection are representative of the wide spectrum of works created by Shaker artists. This beautiful and comprehensive catalog contains concise biographies; complete, literal transcriptions of the text in each drawing; and full-color illustrations of all of Hancock's drawings. A must have title for Shaker scholars and enthusiasts alike. -
For more than two hundred years, the Shakers have cooked with the freshest seasonal foods, making flavorful use of a wide range of herbs and spices. In The Best of Shaker Cooking their secrets are shared in more than nine hundred original recipes, including Cranberry Bean Soup, Shaker Chicken Fricassee, Sweet Corn Pudding, and Graham-Buttermilk Bread. With its classic recipes, simple cooking techniques, and years of tradition, The Best of Shaker Cooking brings you real American cooking at its finest. -
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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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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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. -
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. -
From Shaker Lands and Shaker Hands is the definitive volume on Shaker commercial ephemera. One of the foremost collectors of Shaker ephemera, with a personal collection of more than 16,000 items relating to the Shaker communal industries, M. Stephen Miller has edited and contributed to many books and articles about the Shakers and their products. Soft cover, 190 pages, published by the University Press of New England, lavishly illustrated in full color. -
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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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 -
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. -
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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. -
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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.
