Striking Women by Latifa Sayadi (Women Blacksmiths)

Description

Striking Women was put together by the Berlin artist, Latifa Sayadi, with contributions from women all over the world. It gives special reasons for every viewer to admire it as a living salute to smithing women surpassing all countries, continents, styles, methods, and concepts.

Latifa Sayadi is a Tunisian/German artist blacksmith and sculptor based in Berlin, Germany. There she runs a workshop where she creates her sculptures and commissioned pieces.

She is also interested in exposing the works of female blacksmith’s. In 2008 she finished and published her documentary film about women blacksmiths, Queens of Iron.

This book is a ‘striking’ testimonial to women’s great contribution to artist blacksmithing!

Hardcover, 8 1/4" x 10 1/4", Pages 215, Photos 214

Featured Smiths: 

Henriette Abitz

Wendy Alford

Bex Clark

Colleen du Pon

Lisa Elias

Roberta Elliott

Bianca Fattler

Rebekah Frank

Nana Furuya

Sandra Geruschkat

Najet Gherissi

Breon Gilleran

Bethan Griffiths

Mary Hackett

Katharina Hahn

Christine Holt

Annie Jansen-Thielen

Paula J. Jenson

Miranda Jones

Eveline Kesseli

Katja Kleutges

Kristina Kozak

Nancy Linkin

Annabel Liquori

Catharine Lloyd

Shawn Lovell

Ulla Lutz

Corrina Sephora Mensoff

Lynda Metcalfe

Kathrin Meyer

Marsha Nelson

Lauren Osmolski

Laura Parker

Edda Sandstede

Latifa Sayadi

Bex Simon

Kelly Smyth

Kiki Sting

Shelley Thomas

Cara Wassenberg

Orit Winberg

Tessa Wittman

Maja Zbinden-Jermann

Marja Zilcher