Tilting

Sobre el libro Tilting de Robert Mellin publicado por Princeton al 2008:

There is an almost elemental appeal in the rural fishing villages of Nova Scotia, Maine, and Newfoundland. Their intimate connection to nature, to the land, water, and (often harsh) weather; their reliance on ingenuity, on-hand materials, and craftsmanship; and their values of thrift and endurance serve as inspiration and as touchstones for those of us caught up in the hubbub of modern life.

Tilting, Newfoundland is a celebration of all these virtues and an eclectic documentation of the buildings, landscape, and lifestyle of this remote community on a small island far off the Canadian coast. Through photographs, firsthand historical anecdotes, and delicate pencil drawings, author Robert Mellin presents a personal account of Tilting´s houses, outbuildings, furniture, tools, fences, and docks, and, in the process, the way of life of Tilting. Mellin describes how houses are built for mobility and then launched, or moved; how houses are detailed and constructed; how cabbage houses are built out of overturned boats; and the difference between picket, paling, and riddle fences-with diagrams in case you want to build your own. Part journal, part sketchbook, part oral history, Tilting, Newfoundland is a treasure chest of a book that offers new discoveries with each reading, and a reminder of the simpler aspects of life and building.

One of the best studies of vernacular architecture and winner of the prestigious Winterset Literary Award is now available in a paperback edition. Tilting is author Robert Mellin´s personal account of the houses outbuildings furniture tools fences docks and way of life of a fishing village on a small island far off the Canadian coast. Part journal part sketchbook part oral history Tilting is a treasure chest of a book that offers new discoveries with each reading and a reminder of the simpler aspects of life and building.