handnade on the silk road

[Mick HenshallParticipant @mickhenshall99321]

Anyone watched these progs on BBC4? 1st one was the making Atlas Silk and I loved the bandsaw the chap used for chopping up bamboo what a beast! Last night was a chap carving designs on wooden pillars rounding of the square timber reminded me of making masts ,spars and booms in my RN days when the main tools were chalk lines an adze and a draw knife, can't help reflecting that with all this computer aided production these days these hand skills are being lost, sad in my view

Mick

[Mick HenshallParticipant @mickhenshall99321]

[JAParticipant @ja]

I have yet to see the programme but I do like looking at workshops, any workshops, on the TV. One can tell an awful lot about the users and, possibly the society, by the state of the tools, etc.

The worst I have seen on the box was during a news report from Algeria during its civil war about twenty years ago. A fill-in film clip sound track went something like this – "Even with all the country's problems, traditional skills and industries are managing to survive". The clip showed a smith using a hammer during which the head came off the shaft. Monumentally sad.

JA

[KWILParticipant @kwil]

Superb programme which holds your interest and adds real value to viewing.

Edited By KWIL on 13/05/2016 10:30:17

[DodParticipant @dod]

Never heard of it but will try to view it if I can get 'ersel to stop watching stuff like deadenders etc

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