In the midst of a developing digital landscape, Made by Hand is a series of films which celebrate the beautiful purity of traditional craftsmanship. As small windows into other worlds, each film focuses on portraying the uniqueness of a craft and the artist who dedicates their life to perfecting it. Although true beauty asks for no attention, Made By Hand spotlights the people who deserve a bit of it…

Farrier - This film was shot in rural Lincolnshire with the farrier Mark Trussler.

Since the COVID lockdown in the UK, I’ve been really getting into my breadmaking - for the times I couldn’t be in the workshop. This is a beautiful little video from Kinfolk about the process. song: "oil thumbprints" - bexar bexar

The setting was already intriguing. A Greek from Pontus, living in Athens is a luthier of some of the best Spanish guitars. His name is Vassilis and he is not only an accomplished luthier but also a charming human. We spend 3 days with him in his small and packed lab in Athens, where we learned a lot, laughed a lot and in general had a great time. The end result combined with the music of Edstard left everyone more than satisfied.

Directed & VFX - Spiros Rasidakis, Dimitris Ladopoulos
Director of photography - Nikos Mexis
Editing - Yiannis Kostavaras
Sound design - Nikos Tsines
Guitarist & composer - Edsart Udo De Haes edsartudodehaes.nl
Guitar maker - Vassilis Lazarides lazaridesguitars.com
Software - After Effects, FilmConvert

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This is the 3rd part of our documentary series uncovering the process of making Scandinavian Damascus steel or pattern welded knife. Our team recently has joined one of the most skilled bladesmiths in the Baltic States - Chris. This movie is a dedication to him with an honour to his skills and experience.

This is the second part of a short documentary movie that shows the whole process of how John Neeman Tools are being hand crafted.

This is a short documentary movie that shows the whole process of how John Neeman Tools are being hand crafted.

"It is a tragedy of the first magnitude that millions of people have ceased to use their hands as hands. Nature has bestowed upon us this great gift which is our hands. If the craze for machinery methods continues, it is highly likely that a time will come when we shall be so incapacitated and weak that we shall begin to curse ourselves for having forgotten the use of the living machines given to us by God."
Mahathma Ghandi

Music by Foreign Fields - "Names and Races". Special thanks to the band Foreign Fields from Nashvile (especially for Clayton Fike) for allowing to use their music as a soundtrack for our movie. foreignfields.bandcamp.com/

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In 1974, Dominican immigrant Don Antonio Martinez started a small shop in New York City selling hand rolled cigars. Thirty-eight years later his son, Jesus, carries on the tradition. The shop combines craftsmanship with community, mixing equal parts work and play.

director-producer KEEF

co-director ELIAS RESSEGATTI
director of photography JOSHUA KRASZEWSKI
editor MATT SHAPIRO
title design MANDY BROWN
composer NATHAN ROSENBERG / DOGHOUSENYC
re-recording mixer NICHOLAS MONTGOMERY
assistant re-recording mixer JOHN GUMAER
sound recordist ROBERT ALBRECHT
additional sound recording JON MOORE

special thanks
JESUS MARTINEZ / MARTINEZ CIGARS
CREW CUTS
MATT DICKEY
ALEX KAHN & MARY WOOD / FRISBIE
DAVID HAYAN / SUPERSONIC CREATIVE

Local farmer Megan Paska has witnessed beekeeping as it morphed from an illegal (and possibly crazy) habit to a sustainable, community-supported skill. Mirroring beekeeping’s own ascendance, she found more than just a living: “This is the first time in my life when I’ve just felt absolutely on the right path.”

director-producer KEEF
director of photography JOSHUA KRASZEWSKI
editor MATT SHAPIRO
title design MANDY BROWN
colorist ANDY WITKOWSKI
music ALESSANDRO CORTINI
sound recordist ROBERT ALBRECHT
re-recording mixer NICHOLAS MONTGOMERY
assistant re-recording mixer JOHN GUMAER
additional camera ELIAS RESSEGATTI & ADAM ORELLANA

special thanks
MEGAN PASKA / BROOKLYN HOMESTEADER
ANNIE NOVAK / GROWING CHEFS
EAGLE STREET ROOFTOP FARM
CREW CUTS

A project from bureauofcommongoods.com, Made by Hand is a new short film series celebrating the people who make things by hand—sustainably, locally, and with a love for their craft.

In our second film, we meet writer turned knife maker Joel Bukiewicz of Cut Brooklyn. He talks about the human element of craft, and the potential for a skill to mature into an art. And in sharing his story, he alights on the real meaning of handmade—a movement whose riches are measured in people, not cash.

director-producer KEEF
director of photography JOSHUA KRASZEWSKI
editor MATT SHAPIRO
music MICHAEL TRAINOR & NATHAN ROSENBERG
music produced at THE DOG HOUSE NYC
sound recordist ROBERT ALBRECHT
re-recording mixer NICHOLAS MONTGOMERY
assistant re-recording mixer JOHN GUMAER
gaffer ADAM ORELLANA
title design MANDY BROWN

special thanks
JOEL BUKIEWICZ & CUT BROOKLYN

A project from bureauofcommongoods.com, Made by Hand is a new short film series celebrating the people who make things by hand—sustainably, locally, and with a love for their craft.

In our inaugural film, we visit the Breuckelen Distilling Company, the first gin distiller in Brooklyn since prohibition. Founder Brad Estabrooke talks about starting from nothing and the imperfect process of perfecting a craft. His experience bears a lesson for us all: knowing you could fail brings you that much closer to success.

director-producer KEEF
director of photography JOSHUA KRASZEWSKI
editor MATT SHAPIRO
title design MANDY BROWN
music ROMAN ZEITLIN
sound recordist ROBERT ALBRECHT
re-recording mixer NICHOLAS MONTGOMERY

special thanks
BRAD ESTABROOKE & BREUCKELEN DISTILLING CO.

We arrived at the shop early in the morning as the first light entered the room. Dust particles danced through sunbeams as we began to move items around the space, debating wardrobe and the shot sequence. Nick entered and listened to what we had planned. He nodded his head, pulled a piece of beaver felt down from a shelf, set it on the table and began to work.

Worries of the wardrobe, makeup, and set dressing fell away. It didn’t matter who he was, what he was wearing, or whose hat he was making – in front of the camera camera was a man and his craft, the beauty of his work uncluttered. Watching Nick work froze our day in time and if it weren’t for the light blinking on the camera we would have had no reference to the year.

In a society that often forgets the importance of making something by hand, Nick Fouquet’s artistry is a reminder of what is at the core of this country. We left inspired and grateful to be able to capture a timeless discipline passed down through generations.

Director | Cinematographer: Dean Bradshaw
Creative Director | 1st AD: Dersu Rhodes
Editor: Chris Sowick
Assistant Editor: Charles Thi
Colorist: Juan Melara
Sound Designer: Vidar Grande
1st AC: Alek Parker
Music by Yann Tiersen

Shot in Venice, California.

A short film by Hidden Notice Films & Production House that takes a look into the world of Huntington Beach surfboard shaper Tim Stamps and his philosophy on quality and craftsmanship.

Danny discusses the evolution of his handplanes and characteristics of the Moon, Pin, and Wing Swallow tail models.

Director: Yuji Wantanabe
Camera: Jack Halloway
Production: John McCambridge and Travis Becker

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A lovely little stop motion video documentary on how Fort Standard makes their balancing blocks.

A little video from the lady legend Laura Kampf

Today we came across this little beauty of a product. Since I was young I’ve always been into skating, so when I heard about these new skateboards from these dudes in Berlin, I thought it’d definitely be worth a check out. Love the wood, love the simplicity, and love the square.

 This is what they have to say about themselves –

 HI, WE ARE EMIL.
WE MAKE SQUARE SKATEBOARDS.

We are a small band of good friends from Munich, Germany. Inspired by the movie “Back to the Future – One“ we started to build square skateboards in the beginning of 2013. Our boards are made for surfing the sidewalk, combining our skateboarding roots, and our love for surfing. Being totally stoked by riding the first prototype, we knew that this would be in our heads for a couple of time. Having made a lot more prototypes by hand and getting an awesome feedback from friends, friends friends and people on the streets, we decided to get them done by a professional skateboard manufacturer. And here you go, the first Emil is ready to roll.

THE BOARDS

We designed the boards as pure as possible. Square shape, no convex, no concarve, no concave, no rocker, no camber, and of course no batteries. Emil is a board with wheels, not more, but by no means less! We tackle the path back to basics, referring to the first days of skateboarding history, always keeping in mind to not just produce a slick, but even well performing product. Made of layered maple wood and fixed to modern trucks and wheels, our decks are back to the future! With Emil you can enjoy a relaxed ride through town or have a kick-ass surf on the sidewalk.

Surf square!

Emil,
Munich, April 2014

 Have you got a lot of old camera lenses lying around? Are you a photographer that used old school film camera but has taken the direction of the digital age, left with old camera bodies, lenses and stacks of film lying around the place? Well, this is your man –

Stefaan duPont of Miles & Miles collects old/broken camera lenses and builds bracelets from the various different elements.

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Love the way form follows sound and the simplicity of the slip casting process to musical instrument. I would absolutely over to make a few things using slip casting.

Designed by Roy Yahalomi
Cinematography: Itay Morag
Directed and Edited by Tal Hadar

Original music, production & mix: Nadav D. Yahalomi, Nir Yatzkan
Recording technicians: Eliran Kalisky, Nadav d. Yahalomi
Mastering: Avi Elbaz

Ernest Wright & Sons of Sheffield, is one of the last remaining hand manufacturer of scissors . The film documents ‘ Putter ‘ Cliff Denton literally a putter togetherer of scissors . This Film is part of Storying Sheffield , part funded by the Arts & Humanities department under Professor Brendan Stone at The University of Sheffield . Music and Sound Design by The Black Dog .