A Craftsman's Legacy - Season 1

A Craftsman's Legacy - Season 1

Season 1

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Episodes13
DatesSept. 4, 2014 - Nov. 27, 2014
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Episodes

The Woodworker
Season 1Episode 130 min

The Woodworker

John Wilson is a writer, a teacher and a woodworker. Host Eric Gorges visits John at his home shop and learns how to make a shoulder plane. Eric learns the history of shop made tools, how to home temper tool-steel and the importance of salt in the woodshop.

Sept. 4, 2014
The Glassblower
Season 1Episode 230 min

The Glassblower

Host Eric Gorges visits a friend, April Wagner. April is a glass blower who works in abstract art. Eric learns how hot a glass studio is and how to make a glass cup. Eric and April discuss the connection between making a sacrifice when starting up a business and the give and take that successful craft people have to make and the rewards that eventually come.

Sept. 11, 2014
The Guitar Maker
Season 1Episode 330 min

The Guitar Maker

Bryan Galloup builds guitars and runs a school to teach others the craft of guitar making. Host Eric Gorges visits the school and learns what it takes to build a guitar from scratch. The discussion about the tonal properties of wood, steam bending and some of the key steps of guitar building.

Sept. 18, 2014
The Stone Carver
Season 1Episode 430 min

The Stone Carver

Host Eric Gorges visits with Walter Arnold. Walter is an accomplished stone carver who started his career at a very early age. Eric learns a little about what it takes to carve lime stone and marble. The history of stone carving and early days of Walter's apprenticeship in Italy, including kicking around the same quarry that Michelangelo went shopping for his marble.

Sept. 25, 2014
The Goldsmith
Season 1Episode 530 min

The Goldsmith

Host Eric Gorges visits a goldsmith in the mountains. Susan McDonough works in a small studio on her family's farm. Eric makes a silver ring using a technique over 3000 years old. The conversation turns to the paths that craftpeople take in their journey. It's neither straight nor connected. Some people take years to end up doing what they want. Along the way skills in Kitchens, Bakeries, School Bus Driving, EMT, Firefighter and Librarians are not unique. Susan just happened to hit all of those careers in her journey.

Okt. 2, 2014
The Potter
Season 1Episode 630 min

The Potter

Akira discovered his love of pottery later in life. Eric makes a ceramic teapot. Eric and Akira discuss the serendipity that leads craftsmen to their craft. Akira started his career as an accomplished photographer in Japan, then another successful career in New York as a recording studio owner and a session banjo player before deciding that Pottery was his true passion.

Okt. 9, 2014
The Saddle Maker
Season 1Episode 730 min

The Saddle Maker

Host Eric Gorges visits the Caldwell ranch and learns how saddles are made. Charon and Tom Caldwell embody the craftperson who knows when it's time to strike out on their own. After years of successfully working for a top saddle maker, they charted their own paths and created a revolution in the way that saddles are fitted to the horse.

Okt. 16, 2014
The Gun Maker
Season 1Episode 830 min

The Gun Maker

Mike Brooks builds long rifles based on designs over 100 years old. Host Eric Gorges discovers the history of a long rifle and shoots one. Eric learns that the old ways of the gunsmith are alive and well. Building skills that brought the long riffle to the American south and heartland are the same methods that are used today.

Okt. 23, 2014
The Blacksmith
Season 1Episode 930 min

The Blacksmith

Host Eric Gorges visits with Lorelei Sims, a talented blacksmith working in a mostly male-dominated trade and learns how to make a dagger. Their conversation reveals the blacksmith's way of life - communal, family-oriented and often, an extension of home life.

Okt. 30, 2014
The Blade Maker
Season 1Episode 1030 min

The Blade Maker

Knife-maker Tim Zowada's creations start with sand collected from Lake Superior. Host Eric Gorges visits with Tim and makes a knife.

Nov. 6, 2014
The Book Maker
Season 1Episode 1130 min

The Book Maker

Chad Pastotnik makes fine art books. Host Eric Gorges visits Chad's studio to learn about 400-year-old printing and binding techniques.

Nov. 13, 2014
The Boat Maker
Season 1Episode 1230 min

The Boat Maker

John Yothers builds beautiful and very functional wooden boats. Host Eric Gorges learns the proper way to blueprint a boat and also what goes into building a boat from scratch.

Nov. 20, 2014
The Basket Weaver
Season 1Episode 1330 min

The Basket Weaver

Host Eric Gorges visits with Ron Paquin, a Native American who teaches others the fine craft of bark basket weaving. Eric and Ron both build baskets together.

Nov. 27, 2014

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