About five men who live in Tasmania and earn their living by working with wood. David Ralph makes small souvenir animals and furniture from horizontal wood; Kevin Perkins makes furniture which allows the natural shape of the wood to be shown; Merv Gray and Peter Mevre make bowls and spheres, and Peter Taylor sculptural pieces.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
014706
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Wood products
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Woodwork
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Workmanship
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Tasmania - Social life and customs
Crafts & Visual Arts → Arts and crafts movement
Crafts & Visual Arts → Carving (Decorative arts)
Crafts & Visual Arts → Handicraft - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Woodwork
Crafts & Visual Arts → Workmanship
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - presentation
U-Matic (low band); Access Print (Section 1)