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An instructional video showing how to make knots. The first part is made for US coastguard training and demonstrates common nautical knots, while part 2 demonstrates a wider range of knots for everyday use,...
The videos in the SURVIVING TRADITIONS series have all been filmed on location in countries where craft traditions still survive. This film has been made with the cooperation of the local people. It is not a...
Looks at chair design from two slightly different perspectives. One is presented by Julian Pratt, Co-ordinator Furniture Programs, RMIT University. His is a fairly standard ‘by-the-book’ approach. The...
Introduces basic techniques for repairing china and porcelain ornaments. Step-by-step instructions cover: preparing for work; materials required; repairing a broken plate - cleaning, glueing, filling,...
Examines the role of crafts in culture and brings together makers and their materials, skills and products. Uses individual objects, diagrams, text and video footage of practising makers to look at the...
Ajrakh is the last type of cloth to be made by the mordant-resist process, which was used for over 1000 years in India; its detailed patterns were introduced by the Moghuls and are reputed to be of Sufi...
Looks at various wood products to see how they are manufactured and used: chipboard, plywood, laminated veneer lumber, particle board, medium density fibreboard. Also discusses considerations in design.
Demonstrates how waste materials can be used to create imaginative transformations. Features the work of textile artists, designers and manufacturing companies. The materials used range from plastic bottles...
The Indian decorative embroidery art of morror work (shisha) is thought to have been developed by the wife of Shah Jahan, who built the Jah Mahal in her honour. Since the time of the Moghuls the women of...
Based on the touring exhibition ‘New Directions: the Art of the Feltmaker’, organised by the International Feltmakers Association, the slides show innovative work by major textile artists who have used...
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