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Education is nothing without inspiration and these unique documentary style DVD videos presented by Jeremy Broun keep this vital craft alive.
Furniture Today
Furniture Today is 106 minute two-part DVD on the best work of today set against a historical backcloth of furniture design dating back to the Magna Carta. It puts the unrivalled work of today in context and includes milestones of 20th Century design, The Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau and IKEA. With over 800 topic references, 400 plus images and 14 video clips including interviews with top makers Furniture Today is an in-depth and very comprehensive document on the subject and focuses on the Designer Maker revolution of the past thirty years or so from the perspective of one of its practitioners. For full details visit www.furnituretoday.supanet.com
Part One & Part Two £39.95 inc P & P (UK)
Five ways to fashion wood DVD/18 mins/£19.95
An ex-social worker finds his niche in the woods, a genius woodworker who made his first chair at the age of six, a working mother who shows there is more to furniture design than mortice & tenon joints, a maker who combines business acumen with a little magic and the portrayal of a woodworker who has no hands. An award winning documentary.
Designing in wood DVD/15 mins/£19.95
Design is a much misunderstood term and can be merely a commercial ploy or stick on label for some products. This fast moving film explores the concept of design using a novel student project as a vehicle for establishing a useful designing and making vocabulary. A digitally re-edited version of So you call that a dovetail ! An award winning film
Both films won the Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers 'Ambrose Heal Award' 1988
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