With the increasing automation of daily life, the Country Calendar team looked at the skills and traditions of five age-old rural crafts, through the eyes of the artisans.
Episodes:
1), Bender, Bodger, Bottomer: The Windsor chair maker.
2) Half-moon and plough gauge: The harness-maker's craft.
3) Ko Tangaroa Ara Rau: The dying craft of traditional Māori fish-net making.
4) Mother of All: Hand-weaving.
5) The Nave and the Felloe: The art of wheelwrighting.
Producer FRANK TORLEY
Director B. MOREHU MCDONALD
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