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The making, filmed. Fixed frame, natural light, nothing left to the machine — watch a piece come off the loom in the time it took to make.

2 films · The atelier, at length

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Watch the film once for the making, and once more for the hands.

A still from A morning at the four-hand loom

A morning at the four-hand loomWatch · 4:12 · Four hands, one cloth. A single morning at the loom, from the first pick to the finished edge of an undyed alpaca throw, with nothing left to the machine.

A still from Grading fleece by hand, before the spin

Grading fleece by hand, before the spinWatch · 3:48 · Before the spin, the colour is chosen. A film at the sorting table, where raw fleece is read by hand and graded by eye into the shades the animal already grew.