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1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 43 min.)) : sd., col. |
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digital rda |
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video file rda |
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Discoveries-- America |
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Discoveries-- America.
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Credits |
Directed by Jim Watt. |
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Featuring Tracy Hett, M.T. Liggett, Robert Cumpston, Jim Powers. |
| Summary |
Discoveries...America, Special Edition focuses on an extraordinary element of American culture. Talented people, interesting places and unusual things. Producers Jim & Kelly Watt introduce you to gifted metal sculptors they encountered while filming the award winning "Discoveries... America" series. Metal sculptor profiles include the following features: Tracy Hett, deftly welds and shapes brass, copper and steel into windmills, wheat, sunflowers and "anything to do with Kansas." (KS); M.T. Liggett, is a roadside artist, who uses junked farm machinery, car parts, road signs & railroad equipment for his artistic expressions (KS); Polich Tallix Foundry, can cast monumental sculpture up to 46 feet high indoors as well as conservation and restoration services. (NY); Valley Bronze, takes pride in producing art of ferric metals and precious metals as well as bronze and aluminum. (OR); Robert Cumpston, is a scrap sculptor, gave up farming for art and welds pieces of old farm machinery into life-size sculptures of animals. (IL) & Jim Powers, is a junk art sculptor and creates giant insects, buffaloes, life-size elephants, dinosaurs all out of scrap metal from junk cars. (OK) |
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Not rated. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Hett, Tracy.
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Cumpston, Robert.
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Liggett, M. T.
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Powers, Jim.
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Polich Tallix LLC.
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Valley Bronze of Oregon, Inc.
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Metal sculpture, American.
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Sculptors -- United States -- 21st century.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Watt, Kelly, 1962-
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Watt, Jim, 1943-
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Liggett, M. T.
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Hett, Tracy.
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Cumpston, Robert.
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Powers, Jim.
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hoopla digital.
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| Added Title |
Metal sculptors |
| Music No. |
MWT11677174 |
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