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I really recommend this book! It's a series of short chapters exploring 'material intelligence', or how we understand, experience, and engage with physical objects. It looks at how things are made, and what properties they have, but also what meanings we give them. It's thoughtful and insightful, and really interesting. It would be great for museum curators and people studying material culture, but I think anyone would find it fascinating! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

"Craft, at its best, provides material evidence of the limits of human capability, often showing that we can accomplish much more than we might have thought. It is, in this respect, deeply optimistic. It serves as a constant reminder of what humans can achieve when we put our mind to something and follow through."

As a museum curator, interested in the impact and meaning of physical objects, this fab book on materiality is really making me happy!