WELCOME
WELCOME BACK. YOU MIGHT THINK THAT THINGS
LIKE PAPER MAPS AND CASSETTE
TAPES ARE ITEMS OF THE PAST.
BUT A NEW BOOK OUT SHOWS A
BEAUTIFUL RANGE OF TRADITIONAL
CRAFTS AND THE ARTISANS KEEPING
THEM ALIVE.
THEM ALIVE. "ALMOST LOST ARTS" AUTHOR,
EMILY, AND ONE OF THE ARTISANS
FEATURED IN THE BOOK, BRITTANY
NICOLE COX, JOIN ME NOW WITH AN
ARRAY OF AMAZING THINGS.
WHY DID YOU WANT TO PUT THIS
BOOK TOGETHER?
BOOK TOGETHER? >> THE ORIGINAL IDEA FOR THE
BOOK CAME FROM AN ARTICLE THAT
MY EDITOR AT CHRONICLE SENT ME
ABOUT THE LAST ACCORDIAN
REPAIRMAN IN NEW YORK.
HE SATLY DIDN'T MAKE THE BACK.
BUT IT SPARKED THIS IDEA THAT
THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER ARTISTS
AND ARTISANS FROM AROUND THE
WORLD WHO MUST BE KEEPING
SIMILAR ARTS ALIVE IN THE SAME
WAY.
WAY.
WAY. OR
WAY. OR FOLLOWING THE TRADITION OF
THEIR ANCESTORS HAVE REVIVED
SOMETHING THAT SPARKED THEIR
INTEREST.
INTEREST.
INTEREST. >> IT'S NOT JUST THE ARTISTS
IT'S THE CULTURE BEHIND IT.
>> IT'S OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE
AND THE WAY THEY'VE DEVOTED
THEIR LIVES TO LEARNING THAT
SKILL OR THAT TRADE IS JUST A
LOVE OF PASSION FOR ART.
AND THEIR DEDICATION TO THE
WORK THAT THEY DO.
>> WERE YOU SURPRISED AT HOW
MUCH YOU FOUND.
>> YES, I HAD A VERY LONG LIST.
AND I WAS REALLY EXCITED THAT
AT LEAST THE 20 ARTISTS THAT
ARE FEATURED SAID YES IN THE
TIME THAT I NEEDED.
BUT THERE WERE SO MANY OTHER
STORIES TO TELL.
>> A SEQUEL.
>> YES, I HOPE.
EXACTLY.
EXACTLY.
EXACTLY. >> WIND UP AND READY TO GO.
BRITTANY, WHAT DO YOU WORK ON.
>> I FIX MECHANICAL MAGIC
PIECES.
PIECES.
PIECES. MECHANICAL MUSIC AND
COMPLICATED CLOCKS AND WATCHES.
>> WOW.
>> WOW.
>> WOW. >> I ALSO MAKE THINGS AND I
PRACTICE THE ART OF ORNAMENTAL
TURNING.
TURNING.
TURNING. >> LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF YOUR
ITEMS.
ITEMS.
ITEMS. THAT HELPS US TO REALLY
UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEAN.
I AUTOMATICALLY THOUGHT OF
MUSIC BOXES AND THAT KIND OF
THING.
THING.
THING. AM
THING. AM I IN THE RIGHT AREA?
>> DEFINITELY, I THINK THE WORK
I DO IS MORE COMPLICATED THAN
YOUR AVERAGE CHILDREN'S MUSIC
BOX.
BOX.
BOX. BUT
BOX. BUT THOSE ARE FAVORITES.
THAT'S WHY I GOT INTO THIS.
>> I WAS IN SCHOOL FOR NINE
YEARS.
YEARS.
YEARS. I
YEARS. I WENT THROUGH A LOT OF
TRAINING.
TRAINING.
TRAINING. I WORKED AS A JEWELER BEFORE I
WENT ON TO STUDY METAPHYSICS.
AND A PHILOSOPHY DEGREE IN
COLLEGE.
COLLEGE.
COLLEGE. WHICH LED ME TO LOOK AT THE
OBJECTS THAT WERE MADE DURING
THE RENAISSANCE TIME WHICH WERE
BASICALLY THESE INCREDIBLY
COMPLICATED EARLY ROBOTS MADE
TO LOOK AT PHILOSOPHICAL
PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD.
>> ISN'T THAT SOMETHING?
IT'S AMAZING.
IT'S AMAZING. LETS' TALK AB THIS LITTLE BIRD
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. >>
HERE. >> THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES.
A MECHANICAL SINGING BIRD.
I'LL WIND HIM UP.
HE HAS BELLOWS AND A SLIDE
WHISTLE INSIDE.
WHISTLE INSIDE. THE BELLOWS ACT AS HIS LUNGS
AND THE SLIDE WHISTLE ACTS AS
HIS VOICE.
HIS VOICE. I'M GOING TO TURN HIM TO FACE
THIS CAMERA.
THIS CAMERA. WOW.
WOW.
WOW. SO
WOW. SO IS THIS SOMETHING YOU MADE
OR IS THIS SOMETHING RESTORED?
>> BOTH.
>> BOTH.
>> BOTH. SO THAT'S A NEW BIRD.
WHEN I GOT THE CAGE, IT DIDN'T
HAVE A BIRD AT ALL.
AND THE MECHANISM WAS MISSING A
LOT OF PARTS.
IT WAS IN ROUGH CHAIN.
SO THAT BIRD IS NEW.
MUCH MORE COLORFUL THAN YOU
WOULD TYPICALLY SEE IN ONE OF
THESE PIECES.
THESE PIECES. BUT BECAUSE HE'S MINE.
I THOUGHT --
>> YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT.
SO WHEN WOULD WE HAVE SEEN THIS
ORIGINALLY?
ORIGINALLY? >> THESE ARE MOSTLY A PRODUCT
OF THE 19th CENTURY.
SINGING BIRDS BECAME POPULAR
REALLY IN, YOU KNOW, THE EARLY
TO MIDDLE OF THE 19th CENTURY.
1820 TO 1850.
BUT THAT TRANSITIONED FROM
SMALL BOXES TO LARGER BIRD
CAGES AS A POPULAR ITEM.
AND THIS WOULD BE FROM 1880 TO
1890.
1890.
1890. >>
1890. >> TELL ME ABOUT THIS ONE.
I'M GOING TO PULL THE BIRD BACK
A LITTLE BIT.
WHAT ABOUT THIS ONE?
THIS IS A TOOL.
IF YOU NEED TO MAKE A NEW HAIR
SPRING FOR A WATCH.
IT'S THE OSCILLATOR.
THIS EGG REGULATES YOUR TIME
PIECE.
PIECE.
PIECE. TYPICALLY YOU PUT YOUR SPRING
ATTACHED TO YOUR BALANCE WHEEL.
IT WOULD BE SUSPENDED IN THIS
PART HERE ABOVE YOUR TARGET
BALANCE WHEEL.
BALANCE WHEEL. SO ONCE IT WAS ALL SET UP.
YOU WOULD HIT THAT.
AND YOU WOULD WANTED TO SEE
THAT THE BALANCE THAT YOU'RE
CALIBRATING IS OSCILLATING AT
THE SAME RATE AS THE ONE
CONTAINED INSIDE THE TOOL.
.
. >>
. >> THAT'S SO INTERESTING.
TELL ME ABOUT THE TIN TYPES UP
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. >>
HERE. >> THEY'RE BY A PHOTOGRAPHER BY
THE NAME OF ASH HI JENNINGS
BASED IN PORTLAND.
-- ASHLEY JENNINGS.
SHE SPECIALIZES IN WET PLATE
PHOTOGRAPHY.
PHOTOGRAPHY. WHATEVER THE SUBSTRATE IS, TIN
OR GLASS, YOU POUR A CHEMICAL
SUBSTANCE THAT BECOMES HEIGHT
SENSITIVE.
SENSITIVE. SOOCHONGS SO AS LONG AS IT'S
WET IT'S SENSITIVE TO LIGHT.
YOU HAVE 15 MINUTES TO EXPOSE
IT TO THE IMAGE THAT YOU WANT
TO TAKE.
TO TAKE.
TO TAKE. >> AND YOU GET ONE CHANCE.
>> ISN'T THAT SOMETHING?
BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT
THAT THAT MAKES IT MORE
PRECIOUS, RIGHT?
PRECIOUS, RIGHT? LET'S TALK ABOUT THESE.
>> THESE RUGS YOU MIGHT SEE THE
FAMILIAR YARNS FROM THE COVER
OF OUR BACK.
THIS IS BY PROFURIO GUTIERREZ.
THEY'RE BASED IN MEXICO.
THEY SPECIALIZE IN ZAPA TECH
DYEING TECHNIQUES USING NATURAL
RESOURCES AND PLANTS THAT ARE
INDIGENOUS TO THEIR REGION IN
THE SIERRA JUAREZ FOOTHILLS.
I'M
I'M GOING
I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU SMELL THIS SAMPLE OF PERRY CONE.
WHICH IS KNOWN AS MEXICAN
TARRAGON.
TARRAGON.
TARRAGON. ONE OF THE INGREDIENTS THEY USE
TO CREATE A YELLOW-GREEN.
YOU'LL SEE IT IN ONE OF THE
SOME TYPES.
SOME TYPES. IN THAT ONE ON TOP.
ISN'T THAT INCREDIBLE.
IT DOESN'T REALLY SMELL LIKE
TARRAGON BUT THIS IS ONE
EXAMPLE OF THE HERBS THEY USE.
TREE MOSS AND LIKENS AS WELL AS
POMEGRANATE AND INDIGO.
YOU'LL SEE THE INDIGO ON THIS
FRONT PIECE HERE.
AND IN THIS PIECE.
THE DARK RED COMES FROM
POMEGRANATE.
POMEGRANATE. POTENTIALLY THERE'S SOME CAR
MINE IN THERE TOO WHICH COMES
FROM BEATLES.
FROM BEATLES. IT'S REALLY INCREDIBLE.
>> YOU THINK THIS IS OLD, WE
HAVE BETTER WAYS OF DOING THIS.
AND THEN YOU READ ABOUT IT.
AND THERE'S SOMETHING SO
APPEALING ABOUT TAKING THINGS
FROM THE EARTH.
TAKING THE KNOWLEDGE WE'VE HAD
IN THE PAST AND THE
WORKMANSHIPS.
WORKMANSHIPS. CAN WE BUY SOME OF THESE
THINGS.
THINGS.
THINGS. CAN WE SUPPORT THE ARTISTS
HERE?
HERE?
HERE? DO
HERE? DO YOU HAVE A PLACE TO LOOK FOR
YOUR ITEMS ?
>> I'LL BE PART OF AN
EXHIBITION IN FEBRUARY AT A
MUSEUM CALLED MUSEUM OF
MUSEUMS.
MUSEUMS.
MUSEUMS. AND WHILE IT'S NOT A GALLERY,
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE SOME OF
MY WORK THERE.
AND THEN I THINK YOU CAN
DEFINITELY ARRANGE TO PURCHASE
THINGS FROM THE MUSEUM.
THAT WILL GIVE OUT MY
INFORMATION.
INFORMATION. >> YOU'LL LET US KNOW.
>> FASCINATING BOOK.
THERE'S A VARIETY OF ART
REPRESENTED IN HERE I THINK
PEOPLE WILL REALLY ENJOY IT.
EMILY HOLDS A BOOK LAUNCH PARTY
TOMORROW NIGHT AT 6:00.
IN SEATTLE'S PIONEER SQUARE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT FIRST, THREE LUCKY NEW DAY
VIEWERS ARE WINNING A COPY OF
"ALMOST LOST