Wood Ways
Wood Ways is a 25-minute documentary
film exploring cultural and natural heritage, traditional arts
and crafts, and forest conservation in New Hampshire. The film
is based on an exhibition and catalog produced in 1997 by the
NH State Council on the Arts and the Center for the Humanities
at the University of New Hampshire entitled Deeply Rooted:
New Hampshire Traditions in Wood.
Wood Ways profiles four New Hampshire-based
master craftsmen who each discuss how they inherited and learned
their respective crafts: basket weaving, decoy carving, wood
carving and dog sled making. The film demonstrates their work
and reflects on issues of resource availability, forest health,
and the legacy of wood craft traditions. Several of these artists
have been featured at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and Celebrate
New Hampshire festival.
Wood Ways employs a segmented format,
with breaks in between profiles, which makes it ideal for classroom
and exhibition use.
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