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  1. Woven Lives: Contemporary Textiles from Ancient Oaxacan Traditions (2012)

    aka: Vidas Enretejidas

    Director
    Carolyn Kallenborne
    Subject
    Anthropology; Crafts
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 76 minutes), £162.00

    Examines how traditional art and design play an active role in the cultural sustainability of the Zapotec communities in Oaxaca. Traces the development of the weaving process from the first people in the...

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  2. Typeface (2011)

    Subject
    Crafts; Design; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 60 minutes), $24.99

    The Hamilton Wood Type Museum in rural Two Rivers, Wisconsin, receives very few visitors except for one weekend a month when carloads of artisans arrive to attend printmaking workshops led by, and filled...

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  3. Masters of Jewellery 2008 (2010)

    Subject
    Crafts; Design
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 220 minutes), £162.00

    A series of programmes about the jewellers behind the most exquisite, multi-million-dollar collections of flawless stones, meticulous cuts and virtuoso craft. Interviews with the world’s most famous and...

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  4. Weave Me a Rainbow - Scotland’s Textile Industries (2010)

    Subject
    Crafts; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 105 minutes), £12.99

    WEAVE ME A RAINBOW is the first in a series of three DVDs providing a retrospective of Scotland’s great textile companies. It consists of a compilation of five films, never previously released on home...

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  5. Closer to Home: The Restoration of Leighton House Museum (2010)

    Director
    Frederique Cifuentes Morgan
    Subject
    Architecture; Crafts
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 55 minutes)

    From October 2008 - April 2010, Leighton House Museum closed for extensive restoration and refurbishment. This was an important moment in the history of the house, reinstating the historic interiors to as...

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  6. Life on the Edge III: Nottingham Lace (2010)

    Subject
    Crafts; Geography; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 26 minutes), £35.00

    With unemployment rising across Europe, why isn’t there more demand to learn the specialist craft skills that once brought wealth and fame to the industrial heartlands of the UK? Across the developing...

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  7. A Passion for Pots (2009)

    aka: A Passion for Pots: Phil Rogers, Potter

    Director
    Charles Mapleston
    Subject
    Art; Crafts
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (222 minutes), £10.00

    This documentary follows ceramic artist Phil Rogers on trips to Japan and the USA and shows him making and firing pots in his native Wales. Two hours of additional material shows him throwing, glazing firing...

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  8. Textiles: The Next Generation (2008)

    Subject
    Crafts; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £49.00 (DVD), £20.00 (1 Year Digital Licence), £49.00 (3 Year Digital Licence)

    As new technology and cutting edge processes combine with traditional textiles to create a new generation of more technical products than ever before, this DVD, filmed with some of the world’s most...

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  9. Dry Stone Walling: Techniques in Action (2008)

    Director
    Andy Radford
    Subject
    Crafts
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 82), £19.99

    Filmed in north Wales, this DVD provides a practical guide to building and repairing dry stone walls.

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  10. Artist Blacksmithing: Techniques in Action (2007)

    Subject
    Art; Crafts
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 2 PAL, 154 minutes), £29.99

    ARTIST BLACKSMITHING explains the fundamental techniques of working with hot iron and steel, and suggests how those techniques can be used creatively in designs. Set in Peter Parkinson’s own workshop, it...

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