Achim Schneyder

60+ portraits of craftspeople in Austria and neighboring German-speaking areas. They make organs, stuffed bears, hats, wine glasses, rocking horses, copper kettles for cheese makers...

The essays are well-written and include lots of photographs. It's nice to know that these people exist, and that if I needed their products and had the money that I could buy their products. But the articles are shallow and the book encourages moving on to the next, not understanding the current craft. in the end, it is a book for an audience, not for the doers. Servus is the publisher of the company that sells Red Bull. They are marketers not makers.… (altro)