Artisan Media
Aaron Petersen shows the blacksmithing techniques involved to forge a Rams Head Fire Tool.
It is about two brothers who are leather craftsmen. The film focuses on their motivation as well as their relationship. It is really engaging, funny, inspiring, and from my own film maker perspective it is also a very well shot and constructed piece.
Every year 12 students enrol on a one year course to change their lives. At the David Savage Atelier not everyone succeeds. “It takes hard work, perspiration, deep practice and inspiration.”
Artisan Media visited David at his International Woodworking School in Devon, England, to find out more. This short film reveals some of the school’s secrets: It is a remarkably inspiring place!
This great film, made by William Taylor, follows Kate Malone at her studio in London, England, as she builds a group of large scale ceramic pots for an exhibition.
Our road trip continued, meeting and filming with the incredibly talented Fine Furniture Maker and Teacher, David Savage. Next day we met up with David Charlesworth, an English Gentleman as well as an inspiring woodwork teacher. Finally, heading back north, we called in to shoot a short film with Jeremy Atkinson, England’s last surviving traditional clog maker. Quite a filming trip!
This week’s featured video is The Carpenter, a beautifully shot short film by Dimitris Ladopoulos (Greece).
Dave and Lynwen are just back from a week long filming road trip in the south of England. We met up with some really inspiring craftsmen along the way; some of England’s finest woodworkers and England’s “last surviving” Clog Maker. But first call was to Tom Clark’s workshops in Somerset.
In case you are wondering what the Artisan team get up to when they are not actually making films and books about master craftspeople – well – what we tend to do is make other films. One of these has it’s TV premiere tomorrow in the UK.
Ieuan demonstrates his simple technique for sharpening tungsten tipped chisels.
Beware. His method to test for sharpness is definitely not for the squeamish!
The journey from a “normal job” to self employed craftsman is never easy. Here Peter discusses his own journey, from electrical engineer to successful self employed basket maker.
