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Kite Making

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So, here, after many months of delays (I know, I know, I promised this film would be ready for the end of March), is Kite Making Three. In a way the delays have proved a Godsend. You’ll probably notice that there’re a distinct improvement in the time-lapse shots as the film progresses. Those in the first third of the film were all shot using my home-made dolly, with which I had been more than satisfied. But during an (all-too-brief) improvement in my finances, I finally invested in a rig from…

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Vinyl Manufacturing – Weezer

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Video Documenting the process on manufacturing the (Red) Album. Shot on a Sony HVR-Z1U at Stoughton Printing & RTI in California. You can also find the vid on Weezer’s news section “Karl’s Corner” here: weezer.com/news/ or Media here: weezer.com/player/default.aspx?mid=4521&bhcp=1

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Ting Custom Fixed Gear – Adidas Originals x Chairman

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Custom built adidas fixie for our adidas x Forces of Nice art show collaboration in Hong Kong. The custom paint and illustration on the bike was done all by hand and took over 2 weeks to finish. The bike was generously donated by singlebikes.com while the front aerospoke wheel was purchased from Super Champion in Vancouver. The bike was painted with Montana Gold spray paint and illustrated with various Sharpie Poster-Paint markers. In the final process it was triple coated with both Krylon acrylic crystal clear lacquer and Montana Gold…

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Aero Wheels – R&D

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CAD (Computer-aided design), stereolithography mock-ups, and wind tunnel tests are critical aspects of aero wheel development. Engineers from Mavic present their everyday work developing high performing aero wheels. Wind tunnel tests shown are performed in the HEPIA wind tunnel, Geneva (CH).

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Handmade Suits – Rafael

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Thousands of migrants come to South Africa looking for a piece of the African Dream. They are drawn by Johannesburg which boasts the largest economy of any city on the continent. Most of them don’t make any money. But there are a few who do. Rafael, a tailor from The Republic of Congo came to the City of Gold where he now runs a small business making and selling handmade suits. This video showcases the beauty of real handwork. Music: Robert Johnson – I believe I’ll dust my broom Director…

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Stählemühle – Distillery

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When former art publisher Christoph Keller stumbled upon sleepy Stählemühle, an old dormant mill turned schnapps distillery, he took upon the task of bringing it back to life. The Aqua Vitae fruit brandies produced in small, high-quality batches have received over 170 international awards including “Brandy of the Year 2011.” Alongside Stählemühle, he additionally distills Monkey 47, named after its 47 different ingredients, with his companion Alexander Stein of Black Forest Distillers under their second label Schwarzwald Dry Gin, also awarded “Best Gin in the World” at the 2011 International Wine and Spirit…

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Nate Mucha – Why Craft

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Nate Mucha at work in the Letterpress Shop. Tell the world why you craft: whycraft.com Follow the movement on Twittter: twitter.com/WhyCraft Film and Editing: Alex Catanese Music: “Untitled 1” by Mountains (From the Daytrotter Session) Filmed on Location and Sponsored by: A Hot Mesh, LLC

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Keegan Meegan – Letterpress Printing

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One of my favorite motivational sayings, printed with woodtype on butcher paper by my friends at keeganmeegan.com. Posters available at thepressure.org. Produced by Adam R Garcia (thepressure.org) Printing by KeeganMeegan (keeganmeegan.com) Video by Noe Chavez (sandymontana.com) Music by Lazerbeak (doomtree.net) Song: “Wild Life”

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Kipp Krusa – Luthier

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This is a video I did for my friend Kipp Krusa, an amazing guitar maker in Bon Aqua, Tennessee. The music was written and performed by James Scott on a Baritone Krusa Guitar. Shot on a Canon 60D. Lenses: Nikon: 24mm f2.8 non-Ai, 35mm f2 Ai, 50mm f1.4 Ai, Canon: 100mm f2.8 Macro L IS USM I used the Technicolor Cinestyle Picture Style and finalized it with the Technicolor LUT but only set the Mix to 50%.