TV Show

Raw Craft with Anthony Bourdain

Anthony Bourdain joins The Balvenie to celebrate some of America’s most talented and dedicated craftspeople. From hand-tailored suits to cast iron skillets, Raw Craft is an online film series documenting the lives and works of the committed individuals at the forefront of the American craft movement.

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2 seasons

14 episodes total

Status

Ended

First Aired

2015

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Season 1

6 episodes
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Borough Furnace
Episode 1

Borough Furnace

Episode 1 • Feb 04, 2015

Anthony Bourdain and The Balvenie visit Borough Furnace in Syracuse, New York, a metal casting workshop founded and operated by couple John Truex and Liz Seru in 2011 who make handcrafted, small batch skillets using a traditional casting process that has been updated for environmental responsibility.

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Frank Shattuck
Episode 2

Frank Shattuck

Episode 2 • Apr 28, 2015

Anthony Bourdain and The Balvenie visit the legendary “boxing tailor,” Frank Shattuck, in Upstate New York to learn what it takes to create true “bench-made suits.”

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Steve Goodson
Episode 3

Steve Goodson

Episode 3 • Jun 09, 2015

Anthony Bourdain and The Balvenie head to New Orleans, the Birthplace of Jazz, to meet legendary saxophone designer, Steve Goodson, who has been creating and restoring brass instruments for the last 40 years. In this episode Anthony is introduced to the incomparable "category five" saxophone.

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Bob Kramer
Episode 4

Bob Kramer

Episode 4 • Sep 02, 2015

Anthony Bourdain & The Balvenie head to Olympia, Washington to see firsthand how master bladesmith, Bob Kramer crafts the perfect kitchen knife from melted meteorite. Kramer is one of only one hundred twenty-two certified master bladesmiths in the U.S. and the only one who specializes in forging the word's finest kitchen knives.

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Arion Press
Episode 5

Arion Press

Episode 5 • Sep 11, 2015

Anthony Bourdain & The Balvenie head to San Francisco, California to meet with Andrew Hoyem, master typographer and printer of Arion Press. One of the last of its kind, Arion Press has only a handful of members on its staff, all fellow craftsmen dedicated to this age old process. Each works meticulously to create the books in multiple parts.

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Dufftown
Episode 6

Dufftown

Episode 6 • Oct 01, 2015

Anthony Bourdain heads to The Balvenie distillery in Dufftown, Scotland to explore the magic and tradition of whisky making practiced there since 1892. Meet the special group of Scots who have kept the age-old process of single malt whisky making alive over the generations.

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Season 2

8 episodes
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Elizabeth Brim
Episode 1

Elizabeth Brim

Episode 1 • Sep 15, 2016

Fresh off a minor jiu-jitsu ear injury, Anthony Bourdain & The Balvenie head to Penland, North Carolina to meet with Elizabeth Brim, master metalsmith and instructor at the Penland School of Crafts. Brim is one-of-a-kind in the industry and her work is noted for the creation of traditionally feminine objects created from iron. In this episode, Brim introduces an original method she developed for inflating metal.

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Mats Christeen
Episode 2

Mats Christeen

Episode 2 • Sep 29, 2016

Anthony Bourdain heads to the heart of Greenpoint, Brooklyn to meet with improvisational furniture maker, Mats Christeen. A former hockey player, turned model and owner of his small shop in Brooklyn - Foundry Wood, Mats brings a unique eye to each of his pieces. Using reclaimed wood and iron parts Mats is able to breathe new life into old materials he finds around New York City.

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Rachel Rosenkrantz
Episode 3

Rachel Rosenkrantz

Episode 3 • Oct 13, 2016

Anthony Bourdain heads to Providence, Rhode Island to meet with luthier Rachel Rosenkrantz, to learn how she makes handcrafted custom guitars. Rachel left a successful career in product design to start her own small business making tailored string instruments for musicians from her home studio, Atelier Rosenkrantz.

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Cobblers
Episode 4

Cobblers

Episode 4 • Nov 05, 2016

Anthony Bourdain and The Balvenie head to Los Angeles to meet with master cobbler, Raul Ojeda of Willie’s Shoe Service. Willie’s Shoe Service has been around since the 50’s and has been creating shoes for Hollywood films and everyday people for decades. Watch as the team constructs perfectly made custom shoes that will last a lifetime.

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Takashi
Episode 5

Takashi

Episode 5 • Sep 21, 2017

Anthony Bourdain & The Balvenie head to Bushwick, Brooklyn to meet with traditional tebori tattoo artist, Takashi. Watch as Anthony Bourdain gets inked by Takashi’s skilled handwork, the old school way. Takashi is one of only a few outside of Japan to practice the centuries old art of tebori (hand carved) tattoo.

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Max Hazan
Episode 6

Max Hazan

Episode 6 • Oct 05, 2017

Anthony Bourdain and The Balvenie head to Los Angeles, California to meet with custom motorcycle builder Max Hazan of Hazan Motorworks. Over the years Max has cemented his position as one of the industry’s most original thinkers and a craftsman of the highest order. He builds his bikes entirely from the ground up, from sketch to finished product.

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