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The Soul of a Tree, by George Nakashima
Price: $48 plus $10 shipping and handling for each book ($25 overseas)
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Nature Form & Spirit: The Life and Legacy of George Nakashima, by Mira Nakashima
Price: $75 plus $10 shipping and handling for each book ($25 overseas)
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Catalog with Prices (Classic and Keisho)
Price: $20 (shipping and tax included; add $5 for overseas shipping)
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The Soul of a Tree
by George Nakashima
Product Details
ISBN: 0870119036
Format: Paperback, 224pp
Pub. Date: October 1981
Publisher: Kodansha International
Partly autobiographical, partly a how-to book for woodworkers, George Nakashima's single literary opus has inspired generations of architects, furniture-makers, and collectors around the world. In this lavishly illustrated volume, George Nakashima gives us an intimate look at his artistry, philosophy, and personal history.
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Nature, Form, and Spirit: The Life and Legacy of George Nakashima
By Mira Nakashima
Product Details
ISBN: 0-8109-4536-3
Publ. Date: November 2003
Format: Hardback, 265 ill., 160 in full color; 276 pages, 11 1/2 x 10 1/2"
An Intimate Portrait of Renowned Furniture Designer George Nakashima.
Acclaimed furniture designer George Nakashima (1905-1990) made boldly original pieces prized for their superb craftsmanship and their organic use of the natural lines and grain of wood. Today his beautiful creations are avidly sought by private collectors and are housed in museum collections all over the world. NATURE, FORM, AND SPIRIT: The Life and Legacy of George Nakashima (Abrams; $75.00; November 2003) -written by his daughter, the noted designer Mira Nakashima, is the most revealing look we have ever had at this woodworking genius and his profound influence on contemporary design.
Mira Nakashima chronicles not only the furniture designs for which her father was best known, but also his equally fine work as an architect. Illustrated with a wealth of photographs never before published and containing much new information from the Nakashima studio archives, Nature, Form and Spirit was timed to coincide with an exhibition at the Mingei International Museum in San Diego in 2003, the Japanese-American National Museum in 2004, and celebrates an ongoing relationship with the Moderne Gallery in Philadelphia. In exploring his personal and philosophic journey, Mira Nakashima provides a remarkable look at the development of an artist whose reverence for nature was at the heart of his creative work.
James A. Michener Memorial Room
This room was designed by Mira as a memorial to her father in 1993
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Mira Nakashima attended Harvard University and received a Masters degree in architecture from Waseda University in Tokyo. She worked for twenty years with her father, George Nakashima, as a colleague and designer in his workshop. Since her father's death in 1990, she has been the creative director of the Nakashima studio, in New Hope, PA, where she continues to produce her father's classic furniture designs and to design and produce her own work as well. She lives with her husband across from the studio compound in New Hope, Pennsylvania.
Quote from reviewer:
"If you can't afford a piece of this master's furniture then the next best thing is owning this gorgeous book."
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Design Guide/Catalog
The Design Guide is a reference catalog that shows you many examples of our current production photos and sketches. It represents the past and present, and guidelines for the future. Some of the older designs, once discontinued, have been revived, while the traditional ones remain unaltered.
If you want to have your own piece created, the design guide will help you choose the right direction.
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