A Craftsman's Legacy

- Season 3

(2023)

Host Eric Gorges works with master sand caster and sculptor, Scott Nelles in Northern Michigan.

Host Eric Gorges works with yarn spinner, Maple Smith, a retired school teacher who has her own Alpaca Fiber farm in Ithaca, MI.

Host Eric Gorges visits famous master ventriloquist puppet maker, Tim Selberg. Here we get to see the behind the scenes genius of creating the intricate (and maybe magical) mechanization process of puppet making.

Eric Gorges travels to Durham, NC to learn how to carve duck decoys with one a master, Ben Heinemann.

Eric Gorges finds himself at Penland School of Craft, in the mountains of North Carolina, working with renowned tool maker, Seth Gould.

Eric Gorges works with bean to bar chocolatiers Jael and Dan Rattigan in their beautiful shop in Asheville, NC.

Native American Flute Maker Geri Littlejohn teaches Eric how to make a beautiful bamboo flute.

Host Eric Gorges visits soap maker Deb Kraemer in her beautiful shop in Chicago, IL.

Host Eric Gorges travels to Nebraska to work with Vintage Cooper Jim Gaster.

In the shadows of the Rocky Mountains, Eric Gorges works with Master Penman, Jake Weidmann to create a pen, and then work on his horrible penmanship!

Master ceramist, David MacDonald teaches host Eric Gorges how to throw a bowl on the potter's wheel.

Host Eric Gorges makes a beautiful cane fly rod with husband and wife team, Jeff Wagner and Casimira Orlowski.

The tides are turned when host Eric Gorges invites Lorelei Sims, a blacksmith featured in Season 1, back to his shop to shape some metal!