The traditional trade of tinsmithing demonstrated by Australian tinsmith John Yard. Filmed by DOP Kim Batterham with Mark Thomson for the Institute of Backyard Studies (www.ibys.org) and supported by the National Museum of Australia.
Tinsmith
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tinsmith, sometimes known as a whitesmith, tinner, tinker, tinman, or
tinplate worker is a person who makes and repairs things made of tin or
other light metals. By extension it can also refer to the person who
deals in tinware, or tin plate. Tinsmith was a common occupation in
pre-industrial times.
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Neat.
ReplyDeleteI love the old lanterns - I only have one.
DeleteI wish I could work with metal. Wood can bend - but it's a pain.
ReplyDeleteI'd probably cut my fingers off with the tin snips....
DeleteThat is very interesting...Like you, I could see me minus a few digits if I tried that:))
ReplyDeleteI think the tinsmith said it perfectly toward the end of the video. "I get a lot of pleasure out of making stuff."
ReplyDeleteI can make a lot of stuff, but the work he did making the horn was amazing, and far beyond my abilities.