Handmade: Creative Focus in the Age of Distraction

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“Gary Rogowski leads us gently but indisputably upon the path to a kind of success we would possibly not have prior to now thought to be. (Hint: it involves blisters).” –Nick Offerman

In an era when there are countless competing claims on one’s attention, how does one find the internal focal point to be creative? For master furniture craftsman Gary Rogowski, the answer is in the act of creative work itself. The discipline of working with one’s hands to create unnecessarily beautiful things shapes the builder into a more complete human being.

In the tradition of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and Shop Class as Soulcraft, Rogowski’s Handmade is a profound meditation on the eternal value of manual work, creativity, human fallibility, and the stubborn pursuit of quality work. Rogowski tells his life story of how he became a craftsman and how years of persistent work have taught him patience, resilience, tolerance for failure, and a love of pursuing beauty and mastery for its own sake.

Part autobiography, part guide to creativity, and part guide to living, Handmade is a book for craftspeople, artists, and any person who seeks clarity, purpose, and creativity in their work — and it is the easiest antidote to a up to date world that thinks human labor is obsolete.

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