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The Violins of Cremona
Since the 16th century, Cremona’s luthiers—including Stradivari himself—have been using a particularly resonant wood from Paneveggio, known as...
Master of The Chair
In this short video, we watch Boggs use (and discuss) his wood rail bender, which does the work that normally requires two or three people. After...
Stairway to Heaven
The Minbar of Salah ad Din, a mosque in Jerusalem, has been one of the most famous examples of Islamic architecture and design in the Islamic...
I’ve Been Everywhere – COVID-19 Version
In his Covid-era remake of Johnny Cash’s classic song, “I’ve Been Everywhere,” Byrd chooses to keep a 6-foot distance from the driver of “a semi...
John Butler: Devoted Maker of Ireland’s Uilleann Pipes
Recognized by UNESCO for their long history and integral role in Irish cultural traditions, Ireland’s uilleann pipes are notoriously difficult to...
Whitehall: an homage to a classic rowboat
The Whitehalls, classic wooden rowboats designed centuries ago as working crafts, are still alive on the San Francisco Bay....
Cafe Jacqueline and the Art of the Soufflé
In San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood — where you can still feel the pulse of film noir scenes from the 1940s, and then the Beat Generation...
Watch Guillermo Rubio, a master Mexican luthier, build a guitar
Step inside a family-owned workshop in Paracho, Mexico — birthplace of the ornate, white guitar made famous by the Disney movie, “Coco,” and home...
The Ancient Mangle of Santarcangelo di Romagna
In a tiny town on Italy’s Northeastern coast, the Marchi print works may be the world’s last shop to produce handmade, rust-printed textiles from...
The Intelligent Hand
While students at The Building Crafts College of East London work, they tell Trevor Marchand, an anthropologist, why craftsmanship matters to them....
The Norwegian Sweater Keeper: A mini-documentary
Annemor Sundbø has dedicated her life to unearthing the myths and meaning behind Norwegian sweater traditions....
The Philosophy of ‘Bello’
San Patrignano, a a 40-year-old community in Italy, uses craftsmanship to rehabilitate some of Europe’s most intractable drug addicts. And its...
The Future Is Handmade
A Dutch archaeologist finds artisans and thought leaders who are redefining craft, skill and, ultimately, the real meaning of a knowledge economy....
The Tale of a Women’s Coup: How the Indigenous Women of Michoacán overthrew a Criminal Cartel
“India’s New Carpet Weavers” – A mini-doc about hand-knotted carpets
In our mini-doc, “India’s New Carpet Weavers,” visit some villages where hand-knotted carpets are made....
For Michelle Buteau, racism can make a great joke
Michelle Buteau goes transcontinental, with a hilarious take on how the Dutch use a blackface performer to celebrate Christmas....
Nate Bargatze demonstrates the art of understatement
As you can see from this video, Nate Bargatze has perfected the art of dry humor–a style that suits a country boy from Tennessee....
How do you cut gold that’s 200 times finer than a human hair?
One way Marino evaluates gold leaf is to look at it against the light. Pure gold transmits green rays; highly alloyed gold with silver transmits...
An Assistant Preps Gold Sheets For Marino’s Hammering
One way Marino evaluates gold leaf is to look at it against the light. Pure gold transmits green rays; highly alloyed gold with silver transmits...
How does someone beat gold, every day, with a 17-pound hammer?
The real secret to gold-beating the old way is in controlling the hammer’s rebound. One report from the 19th century stated that “a...
Jack Mauch making a door, with hand-roasted veneer
In this 4-minute video, watch Jack Mauch make this door, hand-roasted slat by slat....
The Lemon Tree: Kelly Carlisle’s origin story
Since 2010, Kelly Carlisle has been trying to build options for youngsters in East Oakland–using an urban farm to inspire them to engage with the...
Spencerian calligraphy, in action
Custom Namiki Falcon Resin Fountain Pen modified by John Mottishaw. He ground the nib (14k) extra fine and added flex to it (Spencerian...
The Pen Shaper: Visit with Michael Masuyama
Master Pen Shaper Michael Masuyama gives us an inside look into his studio and discusses his passion for pens and his craft....
Tour guide: Hugo Kohl
Through years of painstaking, costly, and often fruitless detective work, Hugo Kohl has rescued an era of early American jewelry manufacturing...
Watch Jennifer Kamenetz, Jewish Scribe, at work
Jennifer Kamenetz, one of the very few female Jewish scribes in the world, demonstrates the way Jewish texts are lettered–a procedure that has...
Bob Dewhurst: Vintage Sign Painter
Once a disappearing breed, painters of hand-made signs are enjoying a small renaissance. Bob Dewhurst demonstrates his work and lets us visit his...
Ancient Georgian traditional Qvevri wine-making method
Qvevri wine-making takes its name from the distinctive egg-shaped earthenware vessel — the Qvevri — in which wine is fermented and stored in...
Anthony Bourdain visits Arion Press for Raw Craft
Anthony Bourdain travels to San Francisco, California to meet with Andrew Hoyem, master typographer and printer of Arion Press. One of the last...
Bob Kramer’s “Essential Line”
Bob Kramer has relentlessly pursued cutlery excellence for over twenty years. From his humble beginnings in professional kitchens to his becoming...
Anthony Bourdain visits Bob Kramer for “Raw Craft”
Anthony Bourdain heads to Olympia, Washington to see firsthand how Bob Kramer, a certified “Master Bladesmith,” craft a kitchen knife from melted...
Bob Kramer: “The Fire Inside”
Visit Bob in his studio where he discusses how he became a Master Bladesmith and the founding of his reputation as the premier kitchen knifemaker...
Bebo, Cuba’s “maestro mecánico”
Bebo, an entirely self-taught mechanic in Cuba, demonstrates one of his inventions....
Papito and his 1957 Chevy
Jesus “Papito” Hernandez spent his “entire life” saving up $7,000 to buy this car. Then he spent 5 years reconstructing it. Watch him tell his...
Incredible Testing Machine (for guitar strings)
Salsa founder Ross Shafer, an incurable tinkerer, demonstrates his Rube Goldberg style stress testing machine, for the strings of his remarkable...
The Mind of a New Yorker Cartoonist
New Yorker cartoonist Ken Krimstein struggles through, and explains, the strange burdens of his line of work....
The ad for “Yak Bak,” a bizarre 1995 device for automating sassiness
In this ad for “Yak Bak,” early device makers mechanically guarantee that a sassy youngster will get the last word....
Alfred Pendray, Wootz Hunter: An Homage to a Remarkable Craftsman
A country blacksmith rediscovers an ancient sword making technique that has eluded the world’s greatest metal scientists for centuries....
Michael Montenegro discusses his approach to art and puppetry
Michael Montenegro, an innovative puppeteer and performer, is profiled in the summer issue of Craftsmanship Magazine....
Solo performance by Michael Montenegro
This performance by master puppeteer Michael Montenegro is a masterpiece of performance art – perhaps one of the more complex depictions of a...
Michael Montenegro, master puppeteer, at work
Michael Montenegro’s puppets seem thrown together in a rush, with a random mish-mash of material. Yet underneath the chaos, as you will see in...
Man with Bag, a hilarious show by Michael Montenegro, master puppeteer
In “Man with Bag,” master puppeteer Michael Montenegro portrays a classic, mama’s boy dork. We dare you to keep a straight face through this one....
Michael Montenegro performs “Saldania”
In this excerpt of “Saldania,” puppeteer Michael Montenegro transforms himself into a playful old man....
“Baby Gigi,” another outrageously funny routine by Michael Montenegro
In “Baby Gigi,” Michael Montenegro cracks up an audience with his rendition of a cantankerous three year-old....
Snapshots of Istanbul, Music by Niyazi Sayin
Scenes from the world of Turkish Islamic arts, accompanied by the sound of Niyazi Sayin playing the ney....
Mike Snowden plays his own composition on his favorite guitar, a well worn Punch CBG that he says “screams”
Mike Snowden performs “Little Demon,” live from his workshop, where he makes cigar-box guitars in Marietta, Georgia....
Jeff Daniels explains how he discovered Snowden’s guitars
Jeff Daniels, famed for his roles in Dumb and Dumber, Newsroom, and countless other films also happens to be a consummate musician and stand-up...
Mike Snowden makes and plays a cigar box guitar
For our first mini-documentary, Craftsmanship profiles Mike Snowden, a Marietta, Ga., musician who makes and performs on cigar box guitars....
Check out the depth and range of sound that Snowden gets of this cigar box guitar model, which has only 3 strings
Snowden performs “Porch Song” — a surprisingly rich piece of music, given the minimal three strings on this cigar-box guitar. The piece is from...
Watch Butch Morris demonstrate the art of “conduction”
Lawrence “Butch” Morris demonstrates his improvisational approach to conducting jazz, which he saw as so much his own that he defined it with a...
Kinya Pollard, “the Harpsmith,” tuning a diatonic harmonica
Watch Kinya Pollard, a.k.a. “the Harpsmith,” demonstrate how he tunes the reeds of a diatonic harmonica....
The ChromaBender: All-new Hybrid Chromatic-Diatonic Harmonica
X-Reed Harmonicas was the first company to essentially re-invent a blues harmonica designed specifically for note-bending. Here, one of its...
Charlie Musselwhite and Richard Bargel perform “Mississippi Beat Part I”
Blues Legend Charlie Musselwhite & Richard Bargel perform “Mississippi Beat Part I” at Altes Pfandhaus, Cologne, Germany March 26, 2007....
Joe Filisko and Eric Noden playing
Watch Joe Filisko, a master harmonica customizer, perform in a classic, basement Blues club with Eric Noden....