Handmade in Bolton
Shaun Greenhalgh and Dr Janina Ramirez research and remake a selection of precious objects from the past using traditional materials and methods.
Season 1
1. Visigothic Brooch
0.0Oct 7, 2019 · 30 minOxford historian Dr Janina Ramirez sets Shaun Greenhalgh, once a prolific forger, the challenge of making a jewelled eagle brooch of the kind worn by Visigoth chieftains in the Dark Ages.
2. Nottingham Alabaster
0.0Oct 9, 2019 · 30 minDr Janina Ramirez sets ex-forger Shaun Greenhalgh the challenge of making an alabaster carving of the kind mass-produced in Catholic England in the centuries before the Reformation.
3. Palissy Plate
0.0Oct 14, 2019 · 30 minEx-forger Shaun Greenhalgh is set the task of making a Renaissance animal plate of the type invented by the great French potter Bernard Palissy.
4. Rock Crystal Bottle
0.0Oct 13, 2019 · 30 minDr Janina Ramirez sets ex-forger Shaun Greenhalgh the almost impossible task of carving an Islamic bottle out of rock crystal in the style of the 10th-century Egyptian Fatimids.