Hands

1978 · Documentary

A unique, multi-award winning series of thirty-seven documentries on Irish crafts capturing the final years of traditional rural and urban life in Ireland during the seventies and eighties.

1.Textiles - Wool Spinning 2.Textiles - Patchwork 3.Textiles - Lace 4.Textiles - Embroidery 5.Textiles - Donegal Weavers 6.Textiles - Dublin Woollen Mill 7.Textiles - Donegal Carpets 8.Textiles - Tailor 9.Textiles - English Silk 10.Wood - Carriage Building 11.Wood - Cavan Cabinetmakers 12.Wood - Cavan Cooper 13.Wood - Leitrim Chair Maker John Surlis 14.Wood - Dublin’s Viking Longship 15.Wood - Harp Making 16.Wood - Hurl Making 17.Wood - Irish Spinningwheel Making 18.Wood - Shannon One Design 19.Ceramics - Carley’s Bridge Potteries 20.Ceramics - Belleek Potteries 21.Ceramics - Clay Pipe Works 22.Metal - A Dublin Silversmith 23.Metal - Powers Of The Metal 24.Stone 25.Leather - Dublin’s Workhorses 26.Leather - Shoe Making 27.Leather - A Dublin Bookbinder 28.Leather - The Saddler 29.Leather - Curraghs 30.Willow, Rush & Straw - Rushwork 31.Willow, Rush & Straw - Basketmaking 32.Willow, Rush & Straw - Wexford Thatcher 33.Miscellaneous - Fermanagh Country 34.Miscellaneous - Stoneground 35.Miscellaneous - A Dublin Candlemaker 36.Miscellaneous - Of Bees & Bee Skeps 37.Miscellaneous - Lighthouse Crafts