Touch wood: five Tasmanian woodworkers

Australia, 1981

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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Credits

producer/director

Gillian Armstrong

Duration

00:32:05:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1981

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 → Documentary films - Australia

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Woodwork

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

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)

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