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HandmadeIn pictures: Master craftsmen

Admire in exquisite detail their skilled craftsmanship. Some photographs courtesy of Gavin Bush.

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Owen in the workshop

BBC Four Goes Slow

  • Owen in the workshop
  • “Forging soul into steel”
  • Owen shapes a modern Damascus knife
  • “When I hear the furnace going,” says Michael, “I feel compelled to be making glass.”
  • Shaping the glass
  • Only one chance to set!
  • Michael’s finished ‘Summer Pitcher’
  • Jim Steele in workshop
  • “Like a suspension bridge,” says Jim “every part reinforces the other. It is the only chair that is constructed in this way.”
  • Craftsman Jim Steele with his finished Windsor chair

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  • Handmade

    Series filmed without voiceover or music so the focus is entirely on the craft process.

    BBC Four

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