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Artifacts | A Natural State - Episode 8 Bean Pot | A Natural State 9

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Bean Pot | A Natural State
Episode 9
The bean pot is a traditional form that resurfaced in the Catawba potter’s repertoire in the early 1990s. Master potters used an image from an anthropological record of the early 1900s to guide their...
Carving 8

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Carving
Episode 8
No carving tool keeps an edge without occasional sharpening on a stone. Farmers and woodworkers brought hand-powered grinding wheels to the Americas during the 16th century. Many artisans and farmers...
Eastern White Cedar | A Natural State 9

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Eastern White Cedar | A Natural State
Episode 9
Decoy wood needs to be light and resistant toward water and waterborne, termite-like insects that bore into wood. Atlantic white cedar is an excellent variety of such wood, but the tree’s population...
Spotlight 1

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Spotlight
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The ability to work with wood was an asset on rural farms where lifestyles required self-sufficiency and living off the land was common. As a boy, Tom carved his toys - small boats that he floated...
Making a Duck Decoy 3

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Making a Duck Decoy
Episode 3
Ducks use their tails to signal whether they are at rest or in danger. Tom carves the tail so that it feathers slightly upward, a sign that the duck is at ease with its surroundings. The process uses...
Making a Duck Decoy 4

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Making a Duck Decoy
Episode 4
To float properly, the body of the duck must be hollowed out with a hand drill and chisel. Buoyancy and stability are achieved by combining a hollow interior with lead weights applied to the underside...
Making a Duck Decoy 2

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Making a Duck Decoy
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Tom uses keen eyes and a drawknife to carve the slope of a duck's back from the natural curve along a block of white cedar. The basic forms of a tail and the base of the neck are revealed during body...
Land - Robert Middleton | A Natural State - Episode 9 Process of Making Batik 2

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Process of Making Batik
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Arianne uses the batik process of fabric design, a traditional art she mastered while living with the Yoruba culture of Nigeria. Batik uses wax and layers of color to create vibrant images on textiles...
Tom Boozer's Tool Box | A Natural State 7

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Tom Boozer's Tool Box | A Natural State
Episode 7
Tom's toolbox is a museum of traditional woodworking implements. It contains a 150-year-old drawknife, a hatchet, his father's wood rasp, his grandfather's brace and bit, a mallet of resilient...
Culture 6

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Culture
Episode 6
Adesola Falade processes indigo and designs fabrics for Arienne’s studio and boutique, the Ibile Indigo House. Ibile (pronounced E-be-lae) is a West African word meaning, "those who are messengers...