Sunday 24 March 2013

DIGEST: SCISSORS MADE IN SHEFFIELD, INDUSTRIAL PHOTOS IN DERBY, BROOKS AND RCA, LABOUR & WAIT



An informative short video on Ernest Wright & Son, scissor makers based in Sheffield. Many more clips from the series "Paul Martin's Handmade Revolution are available here (BBC)

A photo of the production line at Leys Malleable Castings Company. An exhibition of manufacturing photos is taking place at Format International Photography Festival in Derby, where Leys was based (Guardian)

A refreshing initiative between Brooks, the Midlands based bike saddle maker, and the Royal College of Art. The video is worth watching to see some of the solutions that the students propose (Brooks)

Retailer Labour & Wait is posting a short feature entitled 'Tools of the Trade' each month, in relation to its 2013 calendar. January sees printer Harrington and Squires in the spotlight, February's focus is Creamore Mill and in March, Welsh weavers Elvet Woolen Mill is the subject (Labour & Wait)

Thursday 21 March 2013

Sunday 17 March 2013

DIGEST: WHISKY - DEWAR'S AND GLENGOYNE

A history of Dewar's, the Scotch whisky, including detail on the brilliantly outlandish marketing ideas employed by Tommy Dewar (Class Magazine)

A photographic essay of production at The Glengoyne whisky distillery in Killearn, Scotland (Port Magazine)

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Photo by Emli Bendixen for Port