Joinery, Joists and Gender: A History of Woodworking for the 21st Century is Deirdre Visser's first published book that explores the history of the many roles women have held in the shop, to explore equity, economics, sustainability, and community in the field of woodworking.
- Author: Deirdre Visser
- Published by: Routledge
- 368 pages
San Francisco native Deirdre Visser is a curator, educator, visual artist, and woodworker in the city’s Mission District. As Curator of The Arts at CIIS since 2010, Visser connects history to the present to look for common themes and engage historical context in a deeper understanding of the challenges we face today. She also has an active visual practice engaged with the arts as a form of civic participation, working collaboratively for the past decade with the Skywatchers Ensemble in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district.
