Powder Horns, Handcrafted Molds, Pierogi, Inner Tubes

11th April 2013 21 mins Season 21 Episode 2

Animal horns are cleaned, heated, shaped and polished before being fitted with plugs and pouring spouts for use as traditional powder horns. Craftspeople produce precision moulds for decorative glassware; rounds of dough are folded around savoury fillings to make pierogies; and rubber tubing is extruded, joined, fitted with valves and vulcanized into tire inner tubes.

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Season 21 · Episode 3

Lace, Antique Frame Replicas, Orchids, Unicycle Wheel Hubs

Thousands of threads are guided through specialised machinery to create complex lace patterns. Ornamental profiles are reproduced, joined and finished as replicas of antique picture frames; orchids are propagated and cultivated under carefully controlled greenhouse conditions; and metal blanks are machined and drilled into hubs for unicycle wheels.

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