This is what I call a proper TV show.. thank you for putting the time in to share it. I think its a real shame, infact a crime that traditional ways of life and culture are being lost for ever due to modern fast paced trends, fashions and waste based consumerism that we live under today. All the years of learning and passing down the skillful handy work.. just flushed down the drain and forgotten. If there was ever a Nuclear war or a similar catastrophe, all the skills that are shown in this Hands TV series would be a godsend to survivors.. But not many folk wold be able to adapt to the traditional skills which might cause blisters and backace.. So until that time comes, we will carry on allowing machines robots and artificial intelligence do all the work to make our lives easier.. and lead us into a future which is less wholesome, happy and without a sense of pride and acheivement that these folk must have felt while they lived their simple lives.
margaret you are right if you showed a person today how to do this they'd be alot better off that somebody who needs a robot to do their work for them. just laziness tbh from people these people knew hard work and hard play not some crappy expletive ridden drug referencing rap song and drinking to you pass out and taking drugs too but listening to traditional irish music and having several drinks only before you headed home to the kids and got to bed early and i'm only 30 and thats the sort of ireland i strive for and wish for old ireland
@@johnj.anthonymcquade6876 Well said John.. Its good to know that the younger generation are not all sheep who follow the immoral ways of the modern world. The world has gone bad, drugs violence, pedophiles, terrorism, corrupt politicians etc.. all make the world an unruly place to live.. and to top it off, the way folk have turned idle due to technology has just made us seem redundant and useless now..
Today's world is unnatural. Just as all our structures will be beaten away by the ages, so too will our unnatural modern way of living. Man is man, and there is nothing in the world that can change that. Things will return to the way they were 1000 years ago.
@@deekang6244 Yes.. I must apologise for this terrible mistake. You obviously know the world is crime free, everyone has plenty of jobs, there is no such thing as a Heroin addict and knife crime is just a total lie made up by bored Newspaper editors.. Oh and Social services is just a group of people who turn a blind eye to child rape and neglect.. but no of course things like that don't go on in the world.. silly me, I must get out more because I am missing out on this perfect peaceful world.
It was so important to my grandmother that raised me in her old age, to buy me a Beleek tea set for a wedding gift when I was just a child as a future wedding gift from her home. I treasure it.
I came upon this by chance. What amazing skill and such a relaxing film to watch with a gentle commentary and some beautiful, evocative music. An absolute joy.
And blast loud music whilst they talk, driving us totally crazy!! I choose a lovely video about crafts or arts and then I think I got the wrong video as this horrid music starts playing and it won't go away! I do appreciate here when this chap with a pleasant voice tells us what we need to know. I know there's some music but at least it's appropriate and it's not drowning this man's voice. I so wish there was a button in the settings I could just click and eliminate all music in the videos I'm watching. ( I'd keep the beautiful music here, though ) I'm so glad this is so beautifully made! Such a priceless program.
Hmmm, Hands.... am i dreaming? Seem to remember this program quite a few decades ago. Loved it then and hoped to see it again. Great it's back!!! Thanks
Yeah modern health and safety would have a brain aneurysm watching this. Can't blame them though, I've seen a person pulled through a 6 inch gap by a drill....
They did that for the filming, as it was such a big thing those days and people were brought up to dress up as a way of showing respect. On the normal day they'd protect their home clothing as much as possible, long aprons and sleeve protectors were worn to cover even old pair of trousers and a worn out wooly . ☺️
Hello from an antrim couple now living here in france, my late mother in law passed away a few years ago "but one day while staying at her house in muckamore she gave us a few pieces of your very fine wares" We have them here in our old kitchen dresser, what fine art crafts these are and having found this program on the internet we now know she had very good taste, thank you for the program its made our day.
danny your welcome back to ireland anytime chara we need our people back to make ireland a united working 32 county republic my friend not a political statement i'm making to cause devision it would be a perfect place to have all our people living here and working here in good old ireland type jobs like these i know people from greystone in antrim next to muckamore i think it is anyway my dreams to move from belfast to a small village in the north west in donegal and have the money to buy a small bungalow with land and a workshed next to it and money enough still to fund someone or afew ppl to teach me metal work from years meet a girl get married and have a family of my own with afew pints at the weekend i'd gladly die a happy man if i could do that for the rest of my life in a united ireland outside the eu
I absolutely LOVED this presentation! Literally brought tears to my eyes seeing all these artisans in action! I know this was made at least 3 decades ago, but May God Bless Them All! Thank you so much for sharing! I'm going to subscribe and watch your other videos!
Anyone who revived this style of programming could reap a fortune. It’s the perfect antidote to covid and division. The world would be a better place if we all worked at looms, where there’s too much noise for talking and you just have to settle for step dancing instead.
Handweaving is not as noisy, close to silent, but when weaving a complex pattern unless using a dobby loom, one is counting the whole while. Very satisfying and rewarding.
I used to be a buyer for a department store in the 70's and one of my favorite things to buy for my department was Belleek. Absolutely beautiful to see and touch.
This is wonderful! My cousin gave me a little Belleek dog when I came to visit her in the 80's. My mom had a beautiful little basket that she'd given her mother many decades before. It's now mine. So beautiful!
Seeing these men work makes me realize my own uselessness...it's art, it's skill, it's discipline, it's perseverance, it's dedication...it's truly amazing....
Why do we not get the lovely irish pottery in Australia? I never knew how artistic the irish can make in china wear. Why are they not up there with the chinease and the english china craft???
I just was amazed of the wonderful workmanship that it takes to get one of these beautiful items done. I've done some greenware,so I really appreciate the talent that goes into this. Thanks for sharing.
"Oh those poor two weaving brothers having no one to continue their legacy!" Today no one would give such commentery. And the scene with their neighbour's boys. It was as if the director has set on a quest of finding them wives...
Beannacht / Blessing On the day when the weight deadens on your shoulders and you stumble, may the clay dance to balance you. And when your eyes freeze behind the grey window and the ghost of loss gets into you, may a flock of colours, indigo, red, green and azure blue, come to awaken in you a meadow of delight. When the canvas frays in the currach of thought and a stain of ocean blackens beneath you, may there come across the waters a path of yellow moonlight to bring you safely home. May the nourishment of the earth be yours, may the clarity of light be yours, may the fluency of the ocean be yours, may the protection of the ancestors be yours. And so may a slow wind work these words of love around you, an invisible cloak to mind your life. John O-Donohue
Does anyone know if you can buy this on DVD ? My dad would love watching this and so would most OAPs I think. Jack Hargreaves used to do a similar show but English in the 70s and 80s.. I think this show is more educational and very well made too.
Does anyone know what the name of the series was, I think it was shown in the 70's where Craft men worked silently throughout the series. No music, no talking, just the sound of men using their tools
Always wanted to Irish - why? Beyond Hiberno Saxon gospel books in Art History and James Joyce...Currently John Banville and Edna Obrien and The Pogues and one piece of Laleek...my forebears hail from Scotland and England but I must have had another life...in Ireland...I just feel it...Namaste from Canada
For a minute I thought from the salt dish the olive oil was kept that it looked like a set i had but either I did not look in the right place or I was mistaken. It has the shape of swains?
This is what I call a proper TV show.. thank you for putting the time in to share it. I think its a real shame, infact a crime that traditional ways of life and culture are being lost for ever due to modern fast paced trends, fashions and waste based consumerism that we live under today. All the years of learning and passing down the skillful handy work.. just flushed down the drain and forgotten. If there was ever a Nuclear war or a similar catastrophe, all the skills that are shown in this Hands TV series would be a godsend to survivors.. But not many folk wold be able to adapt to the traditional skills which might cause blisters and backace.. So until that time comes, we will carry on allowing machines robots and artificial intelligence do all the work to make our lives easier.. and lead us into a future which is less wholesome, happy and without a sense of pride and acheivement that these folk must have felt while they lived their simple lives.
margaret you are right if you showed a person today how to do this they'd be alot better off that somebody who needs a robot to do their work for them. just laziness tbh from people these people knew hard work and hard play not some crappy expletive ridden drug referencing rap song and drinking to you pass out and taking drugs too but listening to traditional irish music and having several drinks only before you headed home to the kids and got to bed early and i'm only 30 and thats the sort of ireland i strive for and wish for old ireland
@@johnj.anthonymcquade6876 Well said John.. Its good to know that the younger generation are not all sheep who follow the immoral ways of the modern world. The world has gone bad, drugs violence, pedophiles, terrorism, corrupt politicians etc.. all make the world an unruly place to live.. and to top it off, the way folk have turned idle due to technology has just made us seem redundant and useless now..
Today's world is unnatural. Just as all our structures will be beaten away by the ages, so too will our unnatural modern way of living. Man is man, and there is nothing in the world that can change that. Things will return to the way they were 1000 years ago.
That is completely untrue.
You clearly have not taken the time to meet people
@@deekang6244 Yes.. I must apologise for this terrible mistake. You obviously know the world is crime free, everyone has plenty of jobs, there is no such thing as a Heroin addict and knife crime is just a total lie made up by bored Newspaper editors.. Oh and Social services is just a group of people who turn a blind eye to child rape and neglect.. but no of course things like that don't go on in the world.. silly me, I must get out more because I am missing out on this perfect peaceful world.
It was so important to my grandmother that raised me in her old age, to buy me a Beleek tea set for a wedding gift when I was just a child as a future wedding gift from her home. I treasure it.
Truly special😏
💝💝💝
I came upon this by chance. What amazing skill and such a relaxing film to watch with a gentle commentary and some beautiful, evocative music. An absolute joy.
Hi Diana
I have no words right now to explain how this happened. Some one took their ideas off the ball is I can think of
I know write ☺️me too 😁
I love the long silences where they just show actions ... Nowadays the seem to feel the need to talk incessantly through programmes.
And music in the "backround" too 💚
Ya, I can't wait to wake up to it, in like 5 months, and I'll find this comment 2:22:22 good place to leave off
@@darrenwall5439 nothing to do with knitting or crochet
And blast loud music whilst they talk, driving us totally crazy!! I choose a lovely video about crafts or arts and then I think I got the wrong video as this horrid music starts playing and it won't go away!
I do appreciate here when this chap with a pleasant voice tells us what we need to know. I know there's some music but at least it's appropriate and it's not drowning this man's voice.
I so wish there was a button in the settings I could just click and eliminate all music in the videos I'm watching. ( I'd keep the beautiful music here, though )
I'm so glad this is so beautifully made! Such a priceless program.
@@E-Kat I like crochet
Hmmm, Hands.... am i dreaming?
Seem to remember this program quite a few decades ago. Loved it then and hoped to see it again.
Great it's back!!!
Thanks
Made in 1987
Nothing beats an old craftsman wearing a tie and his best wristwatch while in the wood shop carving wood.
Yeah modern health and safety would have a brain aneurysm watching this. Can't blame them though, I've seen a person pulled through a 6 inch gap by a drill....
They did that for the filming, as it was such a big thing those days and people were brought up to dress up as a way of showing respect. On the normal day they'd protect their home clothing as much as possible, long aprons and sleeve protectors were worn to cover even old pair of trousers and a worn out wooly . ☺️
Hello from an antrim couple now living here in france, my late mother in law passed away a few years ago "but one day while staying at her house in muckamore she gave us a few pieces of your very fine wares"
We have them here in our old kitchen dresser, what fine art crafts these are and having found this program on the internet we now know she had very good taste, thank you for the program its made our day.
danny your welcome back to ireland anytime chara we need our people back to make ireland a united working 32 county republic my friend not a political statement i'm making to cause devision it would be a perfect place to have all our people living here and working here in good old ireland type jobs like these i know people from greystone in antrim next to muckamore i think it is anyway my dreams to move from belfast to a small village in the north west in donegal and have the money to buy a small bungalow with land and a workshed next to it and money enough still to fund someone or afew ppl to teach me metal work from years meet a girl get married and have a family of my own with afew pints at the weekend i'd gladly die a happy man if i could do that for the rest of my life in a united ireland outside the eu
I've watched these dozens of times, I find then inspired and keep me somewhat humble
Love the way he treasurers his grandfathers ways. Sense of traditionalisum lost on many today and the baskets are delicate and so stylish
This is how I remembered it when I was younger
I absolutely LOVED this presentation! Literally brought tears to my eyes seeing all these artisans in action! I know this was made at least 3 decades ago, but May God Bless Them All! Thank you so much for sharing! I'm going to subscribe and watch your other videos!
I'm amazed that these guys don't drop the product when walking up the stairs. I have a few pieces of beleek pottery. It's beautiful
I am certain that those ware boards do go down!
That silver kettle was on another level of mastery.
Anyone who revived this style of programming could reap a fortune. It’s the perfect antidote to covid and division. The world would be a better place if we all worked at looms, where there’s too much noise for talking and you just have to settle for step dancing instead.
Handweaving is not as noisy, close to silent, but when weaving a complex pattern unless using a dobby loom, one is counting the whole while. Very satisfying and rewarding.
Oh, how I wish my mother was still alive to see this charming film!
It's crucial that our old arts and crafts are passed on and preserved.
This brought tears to my eyes! What absolute artistry and passion!
Wouldn´t be great if all goods were made by hands? It would sort the problem of over-production and waste too.
Incredible and so Beautiful, crafted 😍
Never tire from watching these....thank you.....
Beautimous
Such a beautiful atmosphere as all truly love their craft and take great pride in the work.
Marvelous workmanship, real artists
Thank you so ,Much for uploading this great program with the wonderful narrative!
What a beauty, art and work! Great job. The silence and sounds of people making this art is incredible
thank you for this - it's wonderfully made and stands the changing times
I used to be a buyer for a department store in the 70's and one of my favorite things to buy for my department was Belleek. Absolutely beautiful to see and touch.
Wow. Just wow😏 So impressive
Really enjoyable! Thankyou! XXX
As a potter myself, I know what skill goes into that basket. It is amazing!
Fantastic Documentary. The Craftsmanship is in Very Fine Form. Thank you for Your Time in the Production and Highly Crafted Video.
This is wonderful! My cousin gave me a little Belleek dog when I came to visit her in the 80's. My mom had a beautiful little basket that she'd given her mother many decades before. It's now mine. So beautiful!
Seeing these men work makes me realize my own uselessness...it's art, it's skill, it's discipline, it's perseverance, it's dedication...it's truly amazing....
A marvellous, education, this is a grand collection .
These artisans are humanities true treasures. T hank you for the fine video.
Wonderful video!
Thank you for sharing this wonderful interesting video. Great and talented. May God continue to bless you and your channel.
Wonderful. Loved all history. Thank you.
I don't want this to end...
I know what you mean…it’s mesmerising !
Why do we not get the lovely irish pottery in Australia? I never knew how artistic the irish can make in china wear. Why are they not up there with the chinease and the english china craft???
My absolute favorite type of pottery!! So intricate, and beautiful.
Great upload thanks very much
I just was amazed of the wonderful workmanship that it takes to get one of these beautiful items done. I've done some greenware,so I really appreciate the talent that goes into this. Thanks for sharing.
They make beautiful creations. This is very inspiring if you have ever done this type of work on your own.
Amazing. Modern stuff doesn't hold a light
Ah. Donkeys years since I've seen their pottery. I used buy it for wedding gifts for friends and coworkers.
Just lovely.
I have a beautiful collection of Belleck and I very much enjoyed your video. I’m going to watch it again.
Truly enjoyed the silversmith. Exquisite tea pot.
those baskets are so beautiful.
Fascinating. I have deep respect for these artists. Thank you
Beautiful workmen ship!
How beautiful. I would love to have one. My dream. 💚💚💚💚
A good watch over these last two weeks!
This is fascinating.
Thank goodness Some of us still do these crafts.
what is it you do?
Ah, I remember _Hands_ on RTÉ. Brings back some nice memories.
Sadly the companion series _Feet_ wasn't nearly as successful.
I love the round window.
Too bad things aren’t done this way anymore!! The quality of a handmade piece is stunning🤗💕😊
Geweldige documentaire ! Groetjes uit Holland ❤️👍
I loved this, thank you!
Very nice video! We appreciate this so much.. ♥♥♥
Beautiful beautiful poetry and the Balik is poetry itself. Exquisite!🌹🌹🌹
🐼 Big Bear Hugs from a 68 yr old grandma in Kirby, Texas, USA 🐼 ❤ 🎀 ❤ 🎀 ❤ 🎀
LOVE THIS
Fascinating
Excellent, thank you. 👌💕
Excellent Presentation,
These are beautiful. Hard to find the old stuff in the US.
Thank you. Great production - in every way.😊 Mrs.🐝 Australia
Wonderful. Thank you !
BEAUTIFUL THANK YOU 🍀
Wonderful, hugely appreciated!
hello my friend from Kirk what a Wonderfull lost craft . this good antidote for covid 19 lock down
thank you
Wow that tea kettle was absolutely beautiful 😍
So much enjoyed. Wonderful.
Why haven't I found this before now?
what a total gem, thank you
Thank God there are no adverts on this, the contrast would just be too harrowing!
Bring God back to the spring and bogs oh lord.😊
"Oh those poor two weaving brothers having no one to continue their legacy!" Today no one would give such commentery. And the scene with their neighbour's boys. It was as if the director has set on a quest of finding them wives...
What has happed to us…..
was so nice of Johnny Depp to narrate. What a reconnaissance man.
LOL This was filmed in the 1970's and narrated by Benedict Kiely. Also it is renaissance.
@@lorenstribling6096 It's called humor, there's not an executive order against it yet in the US.
@@lorenstribling6096 awful uptight aren't ye? Guess all the zen playlists are not helping.
Wow amazing art
Beannacht / Blessing
On the day when
the weight deadens
on your shoulders
and you stumble,
may the clay dance
to balance you.
And when your eyes
freeze behind
the grey window
and the ghost of loss
gets into you,
may a flock of colours,
indigo, red, green
and azure blue,
come to awaken in you
a meadow of delight.
When the canvas frays
in the currach of thought
and a stain of ocean
blackens beneath you,
may there come across the waters
a path of yellow moonlight
to bring you safely home.
May the nourishment of the earth be yours,
may the clarity of light be yours,
may the fluency of the ocean be yours,
may the protection of the ancestors be yours.
And so may a slow
wind work these words
of love around you,
an invisible cloak
to mind your life.
John O-Donohue
Wonderful film
Wow. Many years ago there was a series on pbs that was similar to this called Hand and Eye.
Awesome video
That song from the beginning, I heard it from the video game Dragon Age: Inquisition. I believe it was called "Once We Were."
Well spotted! It's an old Irish tune called The South Wind, which it looks like someone put lyrics to and called Once We Were
¡ QUE BELLEZA!
Real life❤
Does anyone know if you can buy this on DVD ? My dad would love watching this and so would most OAPs I think. Jack Hargreaves used to do a similar show but English in the 70s and 80s.. I think this show is more educational and very well made too.
Hi, they are available at hands.ie €150 for 37 films on 14 DVDs
@@Paul-lf1bq cheers Paul.. I might have to save my pennies for them, i wish they had been a bit cheaper though, but thank you for the info 🙂
Does anyone know what the name of the series was, I think it was shown in the 70's where Craft men worked silently throughout the series. No music, no talking, just the sound of men using their tools
Why didn't they show this program through the lock down
They should of repeated glenroe
They would probley see it as to Irish.
Always wanted to Irish - why? Beyond Hiberno Saxon gospel books in Art History and James Joyce...Currently John Banville and Edna Obrien and The Pogues and one piece of Laleek...my forebears hail from Scotland and England but I must have had another life...in Ireland...I just feel it...Namaste from Canada
I wish I have my mothers crockery that have been discarded and old fashioned.
Fabulous
Shown mostly during the late 1970's & early 1980's repeated in the 2000's decade of course.
Hi Fergus Cleary, my friend from Belleek, hope to see you next summer!
WOW
For a minute I thought from the salt dish the olive oil was kept that it looked like a set i had but either I did not look in the right place or I was mistaken. It has the shape of swains?