How It's Made (2001)

Rubber bladders are wrapped with reinforcing material before carefully cut leather panels are fitted, stitched and finished into basketball…

Machined housings, shafts, vanes and seals are assembled into pumps that circulate hydraulic fluid through automotive power-steering system…

Stainless-steel chambers, pumps, filters and controls are assembled into equipment that extracts oils from plant material. Metal frameworks…

Standardized witness samples are prepared, documented and preserved so manufactured materials can later be tested without damaging the fini…

Moistened leather is moulded, carved, dried and coloured to create detailed three-dimensional sculptures. Compact heating elements, thermos…

Steel columns, steps and railings are measured, shaped and welded into space-saving spiral staircases. Yeast dough is mixed, divided and ba…

Discarded skateboard decks are stripped, laminated and machined into colourful electric-guitar bodies before necks, pickups and controls ar…

Molten glass is gathered, coloured and manipulated with heat and hand tools to create sculptural forms. Precision pulleys, ropes and mounti…

Ink is carefully applied to prepared fish so their scales, fins and contours can be transferred to paper using the traditional art of gyota…

Cast housings are machined and fitted with butterfly valves, shafts and electronic sensors to produce automotive throttle bodies. Limestone…

Rubber compounds are prepared, moulded and cured into resilient balls of consistent size and bounce. Upholstered seats are fitted with moto…

Specialized alloys are formed, threaded, heat-treated, coated and rigorously inspected to produce fasteners capable of withstanding aerospa…

Cabinet frames, folding supports and counterbalanced lifting mechanisms are assembled into beds that store vertically against a wall. Sheet…