Episodes

1. Textiles - Wool Spinning

Textiles - Wool Spinning

2. Textiles - Patchwork

Textiles - Patchwork

3. Textiles - Lace

Textiles - Lace

4. Textiles - Embroidery

Textiles - Embroidery

5. Textiles - Donegal Weavers

Textiles - Donegal Weavers

6. Textiles - Dublin Woollen Mill

Textiles - Dublin Woollen Mill

7. Textiles - Donegal Carpets

Textiles - Donegal Carpets

8. Textiles - Tailor

Textiles - Tailor

9. Textiles - English Silk

Textiles - English Silk

10. Wood - Carriage Building

Wood - Carriage Building

11. Wood - Cavan Cabinetmakers

Wood - Cavan Cabinetmakers

12. Wood - Cavan Cooper

Wood - Cavan Cooper

13. Wood - Chair Maker John Surlis

Wood - Chair Maker John Surlis

14. Wood - Dublin’s Viking Longship

Wood - Dublin’s Viking Longship

15. Wood - Harp Making

Wood - Harp Making

16. Wood - Hurl Making

Wood - Hurl Making

17. Wood - Irish Spinningwheel Making

Wood - Irish Spinningwheel Making

18. Wood - Shannon One Design

Wood - Shannon One Design

19. Ceramics - Carley’s Bridge Potteries

Ceramics - Carley’s Bridge Potteries

20. Ceramics - Belleek Potteries

Ceramics - Belleek Potteries

21. Ceramics - Clay Pipe Works

Ceramics - Clay Pipe Works

22. Metal - A Dublin Silversmith

Metal - A Dublin Silversmith

23. Metal - Powers Of The Metal

Metal - Powers Of The Metal

24. Stone

Stone

25. Leather - Dublin’s Workhorses

Leather - Dublin’s Workhorses

26. Leather - Shoe Making

Leather - Shoe Making

27. Leather - A Dublin Bookbinder

Leather - A Dublin Bookbinder

28. Leather - The Saddler

Leather - The Saddler

29. Leather - Curraghs

Leather - Curraghs

30. Willow, Rush & Straw - Rushwork

Willow, Rush & Straw - Rushwork

31. Willow, Rush & Straw - Basketmaking

Willow, Rush & Straw - Basketmaking

32. Willow, Rush & Straw - Wexford Thatcher

Willow, Rush & Straw - Wexford Thatcher

33. Miscellaneous - Fermanagh Country

Miscellaneous - Fermanagh Country

34. Miscellaneous - Stoneground

Miscellaneous - Stoneground

35. Miscellaneous - A Dublin Candlemaker

Miscellaneous - A Dublin Candlemaker

36. Miscellaneous - Of Bees & Bee Skeps

Miscellaneous - Of Bees & Bee Skeps

37. Miscellaneous - Lighthouse Crafts

Miscellaneous - Lighthouse Crafts

Overview

A unique, multi-award winning series of thirty-seven documentries on Irish crafts capturing the final years of traditional rural and urban life in Ireland during the seventies and eighties.

Details

Cast

David Shaw-Smith

Gerrit van Gelderen

Sally Shaw-Smith