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FORGE episode

Season 5 Episode 1 | 53m 10s

FORGE profiles exceptional artists forging metal magically transformed by fire. Follow Chloe Darke as she begins her career as a silversmith at Old Newbury Crafters; Iraqi war veterans Tom Pullin and Jeremiah Holland as they turn to art as an antidote to the harsh realities of war; Join sculptor Albert Paley as he prepares for Paley on Park Avenue, the most ambitious project of his 50 year career.

Aired: 10/24/13
Extras
Watch a preview of PLAY, streaming Dec 1, broadcast premiere Dec 29
Watch a preview of MINIATURES, streaming Dec 1, PBS broadcast premiere Dec 29
Alexander Girard's folk art collection at Museum of International Folk Art Museum
El Orfeon Santiago Chorus performance - bonus video from MINIATURES
Sustainability coordinator on recycling plastic through their Precious Plastic program
Miniaturist Mark Murphy shows us his miniature 1/12th scale furniture
Artist Roberto Benavidez speaks with curator and art historian on his piñatas & piñathkos
Artist Calder Kamin on how she discovered Austin Creative Reuse
Master basket weaver Nelsiwe Dlamini at International Folk Art Market
Thomas Leech on Gustave Baumann's woodblock print, The Print Shop/Printing the Democrat
All
  • All
  • Craft in America Season 15
  • Craft in America Season 14
  • Craft in America Season 13
  • Craft in America Season 12
  • QUILTS and IDENTITY
  • CALIFORNIA and VISIONARIES
  • BORDERS and NEIGHBORS
  • TEACHERS and NATURE
  • MUSIC and CELEBRATION
  • SERVICE
  • FORGE and HOLIDAY and INDUSTRY
  • THREADS and CROSSROADS
  • MESSAGES and FAMILY
  • ORIGINS and PROCESS
  • MEMORY and LANDSCAPE and COMMUNITY
PLAY celebrates the power of imagination and the child in all of us.
MINIATURES explores the world of small objects and big ideas
INSPIRATION reveals the magic and influence of craft
HOME visits artists whose environments are filled with meaning and metaphor
JEWELRY explores the history, artistry, and impact of personal adornment.
HARMONY bridges the art forms of music and craft
Artists who use narrative to communicate personal stories & universal truths.
DEMOCRACY explores how craft is intertwined with our nation’s defining principles.
Artists explore issues of gender, race, culture and place
Learn about contemporary quilters from diverse traditions