Category Archives: Craft

The process of making paper from scratch…

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This is how, more than 1,000 years ago, Chinese developed a technique to make paper from bamboo

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This is how cotton was made into cloth, the ancient way

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Sashimono

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Quick and Easy Blackberry Bramble Basket

25 Sept 2013 Update: I now have a video available showing how to use large-stemmed blackberry vines! • Himalayan Blackberry Bramble Bark Basket If you saw my Tidal Art video • Tidal Art , you know that I’m fascinated with … Continue reading

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Ibach

Ibach follows the escape of a Jewish family and their piano from Nazi Germany in the 1930’s to the piano’s restoration in Philadelphia four generations later. Weaving an in-depth look at the restoration process alongside perspectives from the surviving family … Continue reading

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Engineers and builders at the professional level👏

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Scientific Principles and Craft Traditions Converge in Tauba Auerbach’s Research-Focused Practice | Colossal

JULY 6, 2023 GRACE EBERT In a new episode of Art21’s 11th season, the artist shares their profound curiosity and desire to understand the systems that undergird life. Tauba Auerbach (previously) wants “to be somewhere that isn’t a hard edge,” … Continue reading

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The birth of the steel drum: Kevin Martin at TEDxChesterRiver

Kevin Martin, musician and instructor, has a passion. For years, he has been studying, performing with, composing for, and building the only instrument created in the 20th century: the steel drum. Kevin’s talk and performance gives us insight into the … Continue reading

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Documentary – How to make Steel Drums 1956 (Remastered)

This is an important documentary about the birth of the Steeldrums….the very root of the instrument of the 21st century, The Handpan! I took the freedom of make a little remastering of the audio and video as well as synchronizing … Continue reading

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