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Craft in America

ORIGINS episode preview

Origins Episode Preview

10/07/2009 | Rating NR

Craft in America

ORIGINS episode preview

Preview: Season 2 Episode 1 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions

Origins Episode Preview

Watch a preview of the Origins episode, which focuses on the origins of the American craft movement and features artists who tie their work to early craft techniques and pass these techniques to others in a continuum of creativity. Artists featured include blacksmith Philip Simmons, potter Vernon Owens, Kiowa beadworker Teri Greeves, weaver Jim Bassler, and glass artist Paul Stankard.

10/07/2009 | Rating NR

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Beadworker Teri Greeves on her son's naming outfit

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Clip: S2 Ep1 | 1m 10s | Beadworker Teri Greeves shows us the outfit made for her son's naming ceremony. (1m 10s)

Jim Bassler on cochineal

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Clip: S2 Ep1 | 2m 49s | Weaver Jim Bassler talks about cochineal and demonstrates a resist-dye technique. (2m 49s)

Jim Bassler on Peruvian textiles

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Clip: S2 Ep1 | 57s | Jim Bassler, weaver and professor, on Peruvian textiles (57s)

Jim Bassler weaves by hand

Clip: S2 Ep1 | 37s | Jim Bassler weaves by hand (37s)

Jim Bassler weaving on the loom

Clip: S2 Ep1 | 2m 59s | Jim Bassler weaving on the loom (2m 59s)

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