Original title
Hands
Released
4/17/1978
Origin country
IE
Genre
Documentary
Production companies
RTÉ
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
1
Number of episodes
37
A unique, multi-award winning series of thirty-seven documentries on Irish crafts capturing the final years of traditional rural and urban life in Ireland during the seventies and eighties.
Textiles - Wool Spinning
Textiles - Patchwork
Textiles - Lace
Textiles - Embroidery
Textiles - Donegal Weavers
Textiles - Dublin Woollen Mill
Textiles - Donegal Carpets
Textiles - Tailor
Textiles - English Silk
Wood - Carriage Building
Wood - Cavan Cabinetmakers
Wood - Cavan Cooper
Wood - Chair Maker John Surlis
Wood - Dublin’s Viking Longship
Wood - Harp Making
Wood - Hurl Making
Wood - Irish Spinningwheel Making
Wood - Shannon One Design
Ceramics - Carley’s Bridge Potteries
Ceramics - Belleek Potteries
Ceramics - Clay Pipe Works
Metal - A Dublin Silversmith
Metal - Powers Of The Metal
Stone
Leather - Dublin’s Workhorses
Leather - Shoe Making
Leather - A Dublin Bookbinder
Leather - The Saddler
Leather - Curraghs
Willow, Rush & Straw - Rushwork
Willow, Rush & Straw - Basketmaking
Willow, Rush & Straw - Wexford Thatcher
Miscellaneous - Fermanagh Country
Miscellaneous - Stoneground
Miscellaneous - A Dublin Candlemaker
Miscellaneous - Of Bees & Bee Skeps
Miscellaneous - Lighthouse Crafts
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