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To craftsmen, a motorcycle’s inner workings have their own kind of beauty
What would a motorcycle look like if you didn’t cover up its insides with bright sheets of plastic? Beautiful, says this craftsman, who is building a bike that proudly displays every tube, wire and bolt. Like the bookshelf of a scholar, the tools of his shop record the ebb and flow of his passions over the years. This film explores the intimate relationship between a man and his machines.
Producer and Director: Seth Brown
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Making
On the Norwegian coast, a tree is transformed into a boat the old-fashioned way
6 minutes
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Nature and landscape
California’s landscapes provide endless inspiration for a woodcut printmaker
10 minutes
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Food and drink
The passage of time is a peculiar thing in a 24-hour diner
14 minutes
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Design and fashion
A ceramicist puts her own bawdy spin on the folk language of pottery
14 minutes
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Art
Radical doodles – how ‘exquisite corpse’ games embodied the Surrealist movement
15 minutes
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Home
How an artist transformed a dilapidated hunting lodge into a house made of dreams
8 minutes
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History of technology
Replicating Shakespearean-era printing brings its own dramas and comedy
19 minutes
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Making
Forging a cello from pieces of wood demands its own form of virtuosity
27 minutes
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Information and communication
An animation built from road signs is a whirlwind study of flash communication
2 minutes