Handmade in Bolton
External Rating33%
201930 minEnded

Handmade in Bolton

Network:BBC Four

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S01E04 - "Rock Crystal Bottle"

Aired on Oct 13, 2019, 6:30 PM

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Description

Shaun Greenhalgh and Dr Janina Ramirez research and remake a selection of precious objects from the past using traditional materials and methods.

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Status
Ended
Language
English
Runtime
30 min
Premiered
October 7, 2019
Ended
October 13, 2019
Schedule
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday at 7:30 PM

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Episodes (1 Season · 4 Episodes)

Visigothic Brooch

Oxford historian Dr Janina Ramirez sets Shaun Greenhalgh, once a prolific forger, the challenge of making a jewelled eagle brooch of the kind worn by Visigoth chieftains in the Dark Ages.

Oct 7, 2019

30 min

Nottingham Alabaster

Dr Janina Ramirez sets ex-forger Shaun Greenhalgh the challenge of making an alabaster carving of the kind mass-produced in Catholic England in the centuries before the Reformation.

Oct 9, 2019

30 min

Palissy Plate

Ex-forger Shaun Greenhalgh is set the task of making a Renaissance animal plate of the type invented by the great French potter Bernard Palissy.

Oct 10, 2019

30 min

Rock Crystal Bottle

Dr Janina Ramirez sets ex-forger Shaun Greenhalgh the almost impossible task of carving an Islamic bottle out of rock crystal in the style of the 10th-century Egyptian Fatimids.

Oct 13, 2019

30 min

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