How It's Made (2001)

Dried kelp is ground and blended into a gel before being formed into caviar-like pearls and packaged in a variety of flavours. Fibreglass h…

Bridle leather is cut, reinforced, hand-stitched and fitted with polished hardware to create traditional briefcases. Welded airframes, chem…

Recycled steel is melted, cast and rolled into long sections of train rail before being straightened and inspected. Seawater passes through…

Cockpit controls, computer-generated displays and motion systems are integrated into realistic flight simulators. Printed sheets are folded…

A complex mixture of seasonings and fermented ingredients is matured, filtered and bottled as Worcestershire sauce. Dense synthetic blanks…

Fire-resistant briar wood is drilled, carved, stained and fitted with a vulcanite mouthpiece to create a smoking pipe. Aircraft-grade alumi…

Real dishes are used to make silicone moulds from which durable plastic replica foods are cast, trimmed and hand-painted. Welded frames, mo…

Craftspeople reproduce the joinery, upholstery and finishes of full-sized furniture in miniature. Precision-machined boilers, cylinders and…

Steel blades are cut, toothed, hardened and sharpened to produce crosscut saws capable of slicing cleanly across wood grain. Organ meats, o…

Selected alligator hides are cut, reinforced, stitched and finished into luxury handbags. Sheet metal is punched, folded and joined to make…

Heavy steel parts are cut, welded and fitted with hydraulic mechanisms to create industrial grapples. Natural and synthetic ingredients are…

Insulated electrical conductors are wound around forms and heat-treated so they repeatedly return to their compact coiled shape. Traditiona…

Leather is cut, thinned, lined and stitched into wallets with precisely fitted pockets and compartments. Brass tubing is bent, joined and e…