How Things Are Made

...with Norm Pederson

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A Wooden Bucket: The White Cooper's Craft

This film is about the making of a wooden bucket from start to finish in 1850. Filmed in period costume on location in Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island, NY. The ancient craft of coopering is found in countries all over the world and uses specialized tools and regional techniques handed down from one generation to the next. These heuristic approaches to making a simple object employs math and science concepts. The finished bucket holds water and the cooper demonstrated this achievement as Thomas is initiated inteh white-cooper's trade.

(about 23 minutes)

Tyrolean Ovens And Stoves: Masonry For Baking And Heating

In South Tyrol, in the mountains of northern Italy, we observe the work of master mason whose specialty is building masonry ovens and stoves. This traditional knowledge is used to scale the construction of a baking oven that accoummodates 50 to 60 bread loaves at once.

(about 24 minutes)

Cardboard Furniture

Here is a new group of artists/designers called the Cartonnistes. Their art transforms discarded cartons into light, solid and fanciful furniture pieces. The freedom of form allowed by this construction material inspires an increasing number or artistic people to make their personal statements in a variety of styles, as a hobby or for business.

(about 31 minutes)

This video was added to our catalog on September 07, 2007 in Academic::History and Arts & Crafts::Decorating & Upholstery.

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