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The Soft Side of Steel – driven from a blacksmith’s perspective with a tailor’s ideology

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The ‘The Soft Side of Steel’ project is a research into fabrication processes and a study of material properties. The project transforms an existing material, steel fibres into flexible sheets, which are explored within the traditional fields of textiles and metalwork. The process started from a unconventional and immediate engagement with materials and tools, cumulating in a refined process involving and partnering up with diverse parties within the industry of manufacturing and production. The project explores alternative processes of making and challenges existing manufacturers in the industry to work in…

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sunglasses manufacture : retrosuperfuture

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A quick look into sunglasses manufacturer “super” factory from cellulose bids for the frame, to custom made lenses, to fully functioning sunglasses follow the manufacturing and assembly of those made in Italy eyewear pieces.

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Khanh Adams, fishing rod custom builder

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Short biopic of Khanh Adams, local bay area rod builder and angler. from his own words : Started in Summer 2014, after my friend’s father had stopped wrapping rods and retired. Before,I watched him wrap rods growing up so it came easy to me. I needed a new hobby to keep me busy in my free time when I’m not out on the water fishing. I built my first bass Rod with a little start up Rod wrapping kit in my small bedroom. I eventually started advertising myself and looked…

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manufacturing Hope cranks

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Step inside Hope Technology’s factory and see the manufacturing process for their new cranks. Forged and CNC machined 7000 series aluminium alloy crank arms Read more at http://www.bikemag.com/videos/hope-cranks-behind-scenes/#jbxPIcy9W9RLmWOZ.99 Photography by Duncan Phipott

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The Making of “Schwarzes Gold”

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One material, one form – one story. To me, a product should not attract attention through overloaded design. Instead, it’s about the thought – the idea – coupled with intelligent design, which helps bring the product into existence. The product’s final design should be about elaborating things more deeply and understanding the world around us better. In short, it’s about designing a better future. An example of this is the product development of “Schwarzes Gold:” “Schwarzes Gold” does not begin with its material nor end with its form. The lamp…

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Schwood eyewear process and unique material choices.

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Based in Portland, Oregon Shwood creates handcrafted wooden eyewear using fine exotic hardwoods. Shwood’s in-house manufacturing process merges precision technology with classic skilled craftsmanship to create a timeless art form. Every step from veneering and precision lens cutting, to shaping and finishing is conducted in our own Portland-based workshop to promise an entirely handcrafted eyewear piece. Inspiration is easily found but rarely encapsulated. Schwood new stabilization process freezes the beauty of nature in time and preserves natural elements in their current state. Using high-pressure resin casting and their hand-made processing technique, they’ve…

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The Art of Making a Nixie Tube

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The nixie tube is a vintage display device which had been used until 70s when it was replaced with LED displays. The complex knowledge of manufacture of nixie tubes literally died with tube factory’s engineers, glassblowers and machine operators. I discovered nixie tubes in 2011 and since then, I’ve devoted all my time to studies of nixie tubes and its manufacturing processes. After years of intensive work, with help of many people, I eventually succeeded and have revived the knowledge and equipment for production of nixie tubes.

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japanese yosegi art: wooden mosaic

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The Japanese yosegi art consist of of gluing different essences of colored wood and cutting it into thin sheets for decoration. Hatajuku (Hakone) – Japan – Mr Yamada Shiroyuki, yosegi craftman (wooden mosaic)

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Bronze casting-lost wax technique

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A short animation made for the “Hadrian” Exhibition in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, December 2015. The film shows the bronze casting process in an artistic yet simple method, a combination of stop motion and 2D animation. The preparation process included a research and a constant dialogue with the curator and the restoration department of the museum as well as a visit in a bronze casting workshop. The head used in the film was a plaster replica of the original Hadrian’s bronze statue found in Tel-Shalem, Israel, 117-138 CE.