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Craft in America

Exploring the historical relevance of craft, the interdependent relationship of craft artists to their media and the natural world, and the social and emotional connections that crafts embody.
20073 episodesTV-PG
Special Interest•Documentary
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Memory
    May 29, 2007
    55min
    TV-PG
    Woodworker Sam Maloof, furniture maker Garry Knox Bennett, basket makers Mary Jackson and Pat Courtney Gold, and blacksmith Tom Joyce ensure that creating from nature with one’s hands does not become a thing of the past.
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  2. S1 E2 - Landscape
    May 29, 2007
    54min
    TV-PG
    Featuring craft artists Jan Yager, Kit Carson, David Gurney, Richard Notkin, George Nakashima and Mira Nakashima, whose art is both a reflection of and commentary on the environment in which they live.
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  3. S1 E3 - Community
    May 29, 2007
    54min
    TV-PG
    Groups give strength to craft artists and their work, as schools, religions, societies, or just friends bring together people to create. Featuring glass artists Jamex and Einar de la Torre, potter Sarah Jaeger, and more.
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