Intelligent Hands: Death of the Craftsmen (Crafts Documentary) | Real Stories

This documentary delves into the lives and work of five extraordinary craftsmen and women from different corners of the globe: a jewellery-maker in Mumbai, a dress designer in Taipei, a Luthier (guitar-maker) in New York, a bag-maker in Moscow and finally a bell founder in France. Operating at the very pinnacle of their professions, their relationship with Craft shines a light on its true value, and what we stand to lose if it becomes a thing of the past. Further, the film explores the inextricable link between each individual’s craft and their culture: how every craft is both a product of, and also opens a window into, that particular culture.
All around the world, highly skilled, traditional crafts are under threat: be it from the march of technological progress, mass manufacturing, or profound economic and cultural change, rare hand-made crafts are dying out.
But does it really matter? And if so, why?
Above all, the documentary seeks to reveal the depth of knowledge, the dedication and the skill behind the processes of these five characters
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[@nightfallstarbright8294]

My fav so far, very sad that we are losing crafts as tech takes over. Craftspeople are just not appreciated anymore

[@vickidianacoghlan8946]

Something made with the hands is made with love.

[@Fineb]

08:11 "An artisan doesn't need money" = BIG problem that often times people doing the hands work, isn't payed sufficiently to survive.

[@towananelson2113]

Beautiful story...I never learned to knit and crochet as my Mom and Grandmom. I see the importance today.

[@Fineb]

I highly recommend learning. It's such a good destressing activity

[@blackcorp0001]

Great video, should be shown to school children as an example of skill and dedication to ones craft

[@blackcorp0001]

More documentaries please, this was awesome !

[@Little_Bitz]

I can’t believe you added Rick Kelly’s guitars in there. He is amazing and makes the most beautiful and sought after guitars here in NYC. He is so good he is overwhelmed with the amounts of orders he receives and a single custom guitar from him can take anywhere from 1-3 and even 4 years to be made. Most places who make beauty’s like that are at a minimum of 5year wait and priced insanely high. He should really charge more for his work but he is a very modest guy.

[@Gia_Mc_Fia]

Making your crafts and selling them on Etsy is at least an option now.

[@ChrisCross2014]

You are correct; painted a couple of painting and sold them on Etsy.

[@javierpacheco8234]

I wish craftsmanship in anything became a trend. It makes things feel unique.

[@chrismalcomson7640]

I have the same attitude toward design. I'm a miniature marquetry designer and cabinet maker and draw up all my designs using a pencil and paper.. When I'm in full flow I can draw a 5000 piece inlay straight out of my head in a few hours. My collectors and students think I'm a genius but I think I've only scratched the surface. Being a perfectionist is very demanding but maybe thats what you need to push forward.. The hard part being a craftsman is making a living. Most craftspeople are not good business people.

[@Neijtji]

Absolutely inspirational! Patience is one of the most precious traits you can have.

[@xstreemfishing]

Absolutely brilliant! This needs a million views and likes. Bravo!

[@isabelkramen6533]

Thank you for this wonder salute to artists globally.

[@Elhastezy888]

:-D I LoVe You "Real Stories"

[@talesfromthescrypt]

The guitar craftsman made me cry

[@chelseasummers2365]

Excellent program

[@looopaa9783]

i always felt so disillusioned by the education system and university and even by jobs in general, nothing had any ceremony, any beauty, any culture. even “trades” in australia aw mechanised and drained of culture, everything is disconnected and heartless. i wish to find a master craftsman to learn from

[@dcallan812]

Great. My dad was a plumber and people think "oh so can fix my toilet" Well he could but was also able to make hand beaten lead pipes and gutters used in old historic buildings like Hampton Court etc. Its sad to see the artisans dropping off the map. at some point it will be needed for restoration work or will it just be 3d printed and installed by robots..

[@milkybar06]

That is just the way things are going. They have found that although they could recreate the Saturn V rocket what is missing is the hand written notes and those memories of the people who created it. We now take for granted that information on designs and ideas will all be recorded somewhere. I don't know that it is sad. It is just that we craft things in a different way now. Instead of hand crafting we might 3d print something. It's about economies scale, flexibility in production as well as cost saving. When I was young there were still companies employing secretary pools typing out multiple copies of paper then came photocopiers, faxes and the internet. Same as there are no more home deliveries of milk or bread. The paperboy is also going that way too as people get their news online.

[@dcallan812]

@@milkybar06 Your right but somethings are just best left to a person to do. I dont fancy flying with only a robot and a ground linked pilot in a call center as the back up. Self driving cars spook me out and I dont think I would ever buy one. 👍👍

[@vickidianacoghlan8946]

My heart goes out now to the bell makersof Notre Dame. Im assuming this was filmed before the tragic fire.

[@milkybar06]

Yes i'm sure they will now be appreciated.

[@AwokenMinds]

Great documentary

[@letuswrap]

Fascinating

[@b01tact10n]

Awesome Documentary! I live in a remote part of Alaska, I make my own Nosler tipped hunting ammo specific for big game. Reloading consistent loads is very important to me because moose season comes once a year😁

[@misterhope5241]

‘Artisans don’t want money. They want respect’. You got that half right. Of course they want and need money! They must be shown respect by being well remunerated. Perhaps we should show you respect by not paying you!

[@3tapsnu0ut87]

Apprenticeship's were invaluable and now they have almost vanished, replaced by student debt! It is the slow strangulation of the creativity of our own futures. That HAS to be a crime!

[@deirdrestewart4394]

OUTSTANDING !The Carpenter such a gifted man likewise the jeweller craftsman the uniqueness time effort put into all of these designs money couldnt buy sad to see this particular trade is suffering the ART " Must say enjoyed in this vid but all content was interesting to watch!

[@riyazkhan8269]

Nice story truths of life others

[@Tadzio5050]

Though the loss of these skills is sad it should also be noted that many of the people who toiled away at these crafts around the world worked for little to nothing and many of them died in poverty. Not to mention the innovations made by workers only to me stolen. The whole picture would be appreciated.

[@samuelhunt3400]

They were self-reliant. They were rich. Today, we die in poverty being enslaved to corporations. Which is a better poverty? One is freedom, the other slavery.

[@kaseythompson4670]

If India wants to be considered a developed nation, they would do well to not limit your artisan training to males only.

[@anuradhahazarika5090]

Why makes think that such training is reserved for the male populace?

[@joaquin48dedios82]

The guitar apprentice, God sure created a beautiful human.

[@cutedoglilangel799]

Love dogs so delightful 😍

[@AbdulAbdul-qp4yo]

Good luck

[@Chikyel]

WEEEE!!!

[@khadijahammad9446]

I read the title as "death by the craftsman" so I was expecting this to be some sort of murder documentary

[@Noortje394]

Lmao same 🤣

[@MoeWhiskey]

makes me to go out and hug the tree

[@fortunatetalisman]

that Taiwanese "Fashion Designer's" designs looked like a potato sack

[@Enaflo]

always waiting for new episodes you can check on me too

[@turalmz]

Anyone knows the music at the beginning? like in @2:49

[@michaelroy6046]

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo im not lost in the 38479287 comments

[@michaelroy6046]

top of the world up here its nice

[@jacobmead6082]

Very unflattering thumbnail

[@benjimilo8583]

Awed poor the cows they so skinny and carried fk damn heavy why hits him with the hardest stick can't go on watching :(

[@riowin272]

Moors built that land. Indians just colonized it. Look it up it been proven. You moved in a house already built and said you built it. Interesting

[@vickidianacoghlan8946]

Taiwanese Culture, tell that to the CCP.

[@lynnrolaf7422]

Stop making these videos without English voice overs. I LISTEN to these i don't read them. I'm done until you do.

[@PistolPat]

Wow, didn't even say "Please"... Lynn, this channel does not produce these documentaries. They simply upload them, at no cost to you.

[@sandrabentley1420]

No, no voiceovers please! Greatly distracts from the content, hearing original language and English together, disaster. This documentary was perfect.

[@xstreemfishing]

Maybe you should learn to read or speak other languages instead of expecting the world to conform to you.

[@lynnrolaf7422]

@@xstreemfishingThe program is in English. I am NOT asking to have a foreign language channel do voice overs in English, I am asking for an English speaking program to provide English voice overs for those of us who listen to these programs. They provide English sub titles, so the programmers are directing this show towards an English speaking audience. If you can speak all the languages they used in this story, great for you 👐, but some of us don't posess that skill, and I am one of those people. Go troll someone else, you haven't shamed me, just made yourself look petty.

[@xstreemfishing]

@@lynnrolaf7422 I am not trolling you or shaming you. Maybe instead of announcing that you are leaving you could just leave.