![A Time for Making via Kanopy [Video]](http://welchwrite.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/time-making.png)
Nine artisans on secluded Gabriola Island in Canada reveal the differences between mass manufactured and authentic locally handmade crafts through intimate portraits of their work and lifestyle.
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We’ve all heard the stories of the Wild West. Saloon Brawls, duels at high noon, ladies being tied to Train Tracks by moustachioed gentlemen, Cowboys fighting Indians. But how true is any of this? To put it bluntly. Just how ‘Wild’ was the Wild West. Find out in this short animated simple history documentary.
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This is an amazing device and a well-produced video that truly gives you a feeling of what it was like to be there. — Douglas
The Sumburgh foghorn was used as part of the foghorn sound for Robert Eggers “The Lighthouse”.
![Home School: Photography Ideas & Inspiration -Simple techniques to help you create striking & dynamic photographs via Andrew Brooks On YouTube [Video]](http://welchwrite.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/photo-tips.jpg)
In this film we look at some simple ideas to help you build on your creative photography skills. Looking at how to make the most out interesting locations and also how you can explore the world using photography.
00:08 – Overview of how I work through photography ideas while shooting
04:17 – Order, form and symmetry
09:25 – Low angle perspective
12:24 – Frame within a frame
15:20 – Close-up details
19:12 – Unexpected details, patterns and textures
22:47 – Historical recording, research using photographs
24:53 – Delicate and subtle light
27:53 – Painterly landscapes
29:24 – Colours
31:12 – Minimal photography
32:26 – Low light
36:12 – Strange and playful ideas
![Mom Teaches Daughter How To Make Bao via BuzzFeedVideo on YouTube [Video]](http://welchwrite.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/bao.jpg)
Because nothing’s better than Mom’s cooking. Mama Lam stopped by the BuzzFeed office to teach Inga how to make the delicious steamed buns that were featured in Pixar’s Bao!
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![Home School: Did Ancient Rome and China Know About Each Other? via History Matters on YouTube [Video]](http://welchwrite.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/rome-china.jpg)
Did Ancient Rome or Ancient (Han) China know about each other? Did these two empires communicate, did they trade and what did they think of each other?
Rocket scientist-turned-coppersmith Jim Hamann’s devotion to cookware came from a beautiful vintage pot he found on a trip to France. After starting a business restoring copper pots and pans for others, he decided to begin handcrafting his own, honoring the methods and quality of the centuries-old tradition at his company Duparquet Copper Cookware.
An interesting link found among my daily reading
An interesting link found among my daily reading
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is the largest art gallery in the United States. It has over two million works of art in its permanent collection.
The Met 360° Project is a series of six 360° movies which allow you to explore the museum and some of its galleries. The videos include tours of the Great Hall, the Met Cloisters and the Charles Engelhard Court. As each video plays you can pan around 360°, just like you can in Google Maps Street View.
