Hands On

Based on Sylvia Thompson’s widely read column for the Irish Times, this beautiful book celebrates the wealth of crafts practised and taught throughout Ireland.

Sylvia Thompson is an author and award winning journalist who writes principally on health and environmental issues for the Irish Times. She also interviews Irish craftspeople and is always impressed by their skill and commitment to creating beautiful objects. This book grew out of a weekly column on learning craft in the Irish Times during the Year of Craft, 2011. Her previous books include Test-Driving Complementary Therapies and When Food Becomes Your Enemy. She has an honors degree in psychology from Trinity College Dublin and a Graduate Diploma in Journalism from Dublin City University.