Previews + Extras
ORIGINS episode preview
S2 E1 - 30s
Watch a preview of the Origins episode, which focuses on the origins of the American craft movement and features artists who tie their work to early craft techniques and pass these techniques to others in a continuum of creativity. Artists featured include blacksmith Philip Simmons, potter Vernon Owens, Kiowa beadworker Teri Greeves, weaver Jim Bassler, and glass artist Paul Stankard.
Beadworker Teri Greeves on her son's naming outfit
S2 E1 - 1m 10s
Beadworker Teri Greeves shows us the outfit made for her son's naming ceremony. Teri Greeves is featured in the ORIGINS episode of Craft in America.
Jim Bassler on cochineal
S2 E1 - 2m 49s
Weaver Jim Bassler talks about cochineal and demonstrates a resist-dye technique. ORIGINS episode PBS premiere: October 7, 2009.
Jim Bassler weaving on the loom
S2 E1 - 2m 59s
Jim Bassler weaving on the loom. ORIGINS episode PBS premiere: October 7, 2009.
Jim Bassler on Peruvian textiles
S2 E1 - 57s
Jim Bassler, weaver and professor, talks to his students about a Nasca period (200 BC - 700 AD) Peruvian textile, a seemingly simple yet sophisticated process of weaving. ORIGINS episode PBS premiere: October 7, 2009.
Jim Bassler weaves by hand
S2 E1 - 37s
Jim Bassler weaves by hand. ORIGINS episode PBS premiere: October 7, 2009.
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