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Tag Archive: Crafts / Art

Steel; The Craft

“The Pleasure of making knives for a living is…making knives for a living”. Steve Rick has been making custom metal work in Cimarron, New Mexico for longer than some people have been alive.   About[…]

Handpainting of Hangzhou

This is a story about a father and his daughter hand-paintings Hangzhou.  They set up a public Wechat account named “ Hand-painting of Hangzhou”.  With Hangzhou Street Lanes, the painting tells a story behind it.[…]

Personal

A documentary about the struggle and the joy of being an international actor in New York City.   About the Filmmaker Submitted by Elena Grosso Elena was born and raised in Italy where she obtained[…]

Be a Follower

Be a Follower is a film about a young man and his push to your children and adults the same, to get out there a be a follower. Being a follower has always in my[…]

Shaolin Monk Painter

Life is a process of self-refining, and Yanda Shifu, the monk master in Shaolin Temple, perceives writing & painting as one approach to the process. With full admiration for previous monk painters throughout thousands years[…]

Birdhouse Bill (and His Rainbow Rocks)

Meet Bill! The self-described nut who fills his retirement days by being a realtor. A bird realtor that is. Bill Larkin has built a collection of thousands of birdhouses and colorful rocks that fill his[…]

Hege’s Passion: The Norwegian National Costume

Hege has over 30 years of experience inside tailoring and clothing. Despite the wide range of activates performed by Hege, we chose to create a video about her skills surrounding the Norwegian national costume, also[…]

More Than Art

Hannah Burnworth is a hard working artist and art teacher. She inspires those around her and encourages them to think and create creatively. She wants everybody to follow their own passions after she herself followed[…]

Magic Cobra Tattoo

The owner of a tattoo shop in the Williamsburg neighborhood tells us about the passion for his work and opens the doors of his shop in the heart of Brooklyn, New York.   About the[…]

The Heidelberg Project: 30 Years of Creativity

My story started in Detroit, a city disregarded by many today. I was inspired to do a documentary on the project by Tyree Guyton because of his commitment to be part of the solution. To[…]