YouTube description: It’s amazing what Anne Rosat can do with a pair of scissors. This 83-year-old artist has been depicting life in the Swiss Alps through the folk art known as papercutting for 50... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 months ago • 443 views • 2:58

YouTube description: Skiing and sledding down a mountain? Amateur hour. Try rolling through on a wooden bike. Say hello to the Velogemel, a snow bike local to the Swiss town of Grindelwald. Named for... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 11 months ago • 367 views • 3:08

YouTube description: Sabra Kauka finds great joy in making the past present. A cultural practitioner on Kauai, she teaches Hawaiian children the arts of their ancestors, including kapa. In this physically... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 11 months ago • 344 views • 4:13

YouTube description: On a small island, off the coast of Okinawa in Japan, the world’s most precious kimonos are crafted using a very unusual element: mud. The meticulous technique, which has been... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 1 month 3 weeks ago • 2,033 views • 2:50

YouTube description: For the past 30 years, Paul Francis has been crafting the perfect sound, honing his skills at a company that has been in the business of making cymbals for 400 years. Making cymbals... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 5 months 2 weeks ago • 824 views • 2:41

Kiwami(extreme) Japan with the worlds sharpest plastic bottle knife.

posted by w1ndex 1 year 6 months 3 weeks ago • 132 views • 11:11

YouTube description: Chi-Tien Lui is an electrical engineer and technician whose craft has evolved to the realm of high art. Born in China, he trained as a technician in Taiwan before moving to the... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 8 months 3 weeks ago • 1,040 views • 4:22

Breaking Bad is celebrated as one of the best TV shows of all time—but every series has to start somewhere. This video looks at how the structure of the pilot episode sets up everything the audience... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 2 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 162 views • 11:41

Here is the story of Matthew Cummings, the glass blower who is mixing art and science to craft hand-made beer glasses.

posted by Nephelimdream 3 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 1,006 views • 7:03

This master craftsman does a hell of a job with a rotary hammer. Imagine how much work he'll do when he figures out what the cord is for!

posted by newtboy 5 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 1,147 views • 52 secs

(YT description via Vice) You might not know who Arjan Roskam is, but you've probably smoked his weed. Arjan's been breeding some of the most famous marijuana strains in the world—like White Widow,... continue reading