One of the things that I like and admire about Phil Harding is that he is not hesitant to express his delight upon learning a new skill or about a new process.
When I first saw Stewart on one these shows I thought him a superfluous interjection , after viewing many of the episodes I realize he is the most interlectually skilled and perceptive of all the cast .
I thought he was standoffish and not very likeable. Now I think he is great and has a good sense of humor, what he brought to the team is always incredibly valuable.
I would love to work with, and/or study under Phil! He's such a delight, and teaches so well, and is so ready to learn more!! He has the gift to make an ordinary life Amazing.
I loved this episode. My degree is in Printing & Publishing and I was fortunate enough to come at the end of the block press and into the digital age so I was able to learn both methods. Block press is still basically used in what we call silk design which is basically making T-shirts.
This episode reminds me of the wood carvers in Taiwan when my furniture was made. There were three carvers. The first one did the basic, or surface carving. The second did the mid level work, and the third did the deep carving and detail work. They then placed the carved, camphor wood panels into the teak furniture. It was amazing and produced beautiful pieces of furniture. My secretary desk is a work of art.
When I was in India in 2012 I saw exactly this process of using wood blocks to make colored patterns on cloth. In fact, you could buy some of the old wood blocks and I did. They showed the process of using the different blocks, one after another with different colors, to create the whole image,
I loved the reaction of Phil to the dying of the fabric. He reminded me of young daughter as she learns a new skill and how proud she is. Phil appreciates the skilled labor it took and still takes when running a mom/pop business unlike a major production company. One of the other members is too snooty for me.
What is fascinating is to imagine the processes by which people learned the chemistry of dyes and dyeing! It’s easy to think of people dunking cloth in crushed berries or snails, but the discovery and understanding how each dye differs from another…..
I went to the Liberty museum in the early nineties. They told us there that a worker was not expected to work on a printing block for the whole time as they were more likely to make a costly mistake , therefore the task was broken down i.e. they would work for a couple of hours in the morning on it when they were fresh and then be transferred to another task in the afternoon.
hi in reality if you kept making mistakes you got fired. that's standard employment practise to this day and was much more harshly enforced at the time this factory was I use. the story you got is a bit of bull with no historical evidence to support it.
XD ! Omg the times I have sat in that very spot ( trench 1 ) over the years and gazed at the Waterwheel and watched young lads fishing for Chub Under the Meretun Way road bridge , and never watched this episode , although I had heard about it . I watched Time Team religiously as Teenager . To see all my favourite Time Team faces digging @ Merton Abbey Mills today is surreal. The big hall where Phil was trying to print used to be one giant Craft/Market hall in the Early 2000's and I bought most of my Jewery and Power Beads there , now it's all independent food outlets, preferred it as it was . That Giant car park at the back where they used to hold Car Boots is gone now . A massive Premier Inn hotel now " Hiddeous Carbunkle ! " and a Pizza Hut or KFC is it now . Yukk ! Submerged Ganesh and a Coconut !
Im an imaging technician and printing is a part of it. Its not all that different in some ways. Obv digital or screen printing is sorts diff but theres plenty of methods that are basically th same.
I think it's funny that they say no one makes woodcuts anymore. When I was in college I took a semester in block printing - maybe they only continue this practice in the US?
No one In 'This Country' he says. i.e UK.The world does extend beyond America, strangely. In fact if it wasn't for them having a lunatic as a POTUS, most of us live quite happily without even giving the place a thought. And block printing is Still done in India and other countries as an extant industry, not just a quaint hobby.
Remember that Morris -- who had Liberty print his silks. Wanted to avoid Petroleum - based dyes. Would it were there were practical jobs still available.
If we manage to survive into a post-fossil fuel age through clean energy technology and controlled artificial intelligence (i.e. in the interests of the population), I think there will be opportunities for such in the future.
Apparently us old timers who could effectively have been hippies (pst - they no longer exist and haven't for awhile now) have all become curmudgeons just like all those old squares who didn't like our ways; at the time...so shaddup y'self....smh
Ann Curran A few episodes before this one, Carenza was clearly pregnant in one shot, so she was most likely on maternity leave. Mick the Dig transformed into "Mick the Twig" in a previous episode, as he left the show to become a specialist in dendrochronology (dating using wood). As for Professor Aston, he probably just had to be somewhere else when this episode was being filmed. Sometimes real-life commitments interfere :)
+Ann Curran You have Mick the Dig, then there is "Mick the Look" (Mick Aston). It's funny to listen to Prof. Aston: "Oh look over there look, and there's more over here look."
+TAsatorT then Mick the Dig becomes Mick the twig later in the show history.. he gets a hair cut, and a degree.. and i think he moved to teh USA in 2010.
He probably does. it's like Joules in Joolz Guides, exploring London, he "Dresses Up" i find it funny that people today find it strange when back in the day it was every day dress.
It's not socialism if your workers and the huge majority of the society consisting mostly of lower class representatives cannot afford to buy your product or service, while you're becoming filthy rich. Arts and Crafts was no socialist movement. The workers producing the higher than machine-made quality wares were still underpaid and had no labor rights and worked in very health-damaging conditions and wore rags themselves. So what of it, that they served as apprentices for 7 or more years and were actual artists in their own job. They had to agree to everything otherwise they would land in the street just as anyone else from their caste, with a line of people waiting under the door to replace them. No worries if they did their highly specialized job wrong in the beginning - they would have it deducted from their already meager pay anyway. And no one below the middle class was able to buy their produce anyway. The whole movement was as socialist as Margaret Thatcher was.
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One of the things that I like and admire about Phil Harding is that he is not hesitant to express his delight upon learning a new skill or about a new process.
When I first saw Stewart on one these shows I thought him a superfluous interjection , after viewing many of the episodes I realize he is the most interlectually skilled and perceptive of all the cast .
I thought he was standoffish and not very likeable. Now I think he is great and has a good sense of humor, what he brought to the team is always incredibly valuable.
Yep, always listen closely to what stuart has to say. Then watch the others confirm it late on day 3.
I absolutely agree with your opinion on Stewart. Thanks
My second time through the series and I'm convinced that he is the most integral part of the show.
I agree. That man can read a landscape!
seeing the magic light up on Phil's face, when that fabric turned blue, made my 2020 suddenly better. I do love that dear man.
These episodes just make me smile! Such wonderful people! Stewart's a genius!😊
Never underestimate Stewart's knowledge of a landscape! He'll win every time!
2020 workers in India are still printing silk with press blocks. This is an amazing episode. Thank you Time Team for all the adventures.
I would love to work with, and/or study under Phil! He's such a delight, and teaches so well, and is so ready to learn more!! He has the gift to make an ordinary life Amazing.
Well said!
Contact Wessex archaeology and get his lecture schedule if he still gives them.
The arts and crafts expert looks just like I would imagine a British arts and crafts expert would look like.
I loved this episode. My degree is in Printing & Publishing and I was fortunate enough to come at the end of the block press and into the digital age so I was able to learn both methods. Block press is still basically used in what we call silk design which is basically making T-shirts.
I love how they bring craftsman to do experimental archeology.
This episode reminds me of the wood carvers in Taiwan when my furniture was made. There were three carvers. The first one did the basic, or surface carving. The second did the mid level work, and the third did the deep carving and detail work. They then placed the carved, camphor wood panels into the teak furniture. It was amazing and produced beautiful pieces of furniture. My secretary desk is a work of art.
This show helps me so much. Thank you for the upload
I love Tony’s teasing, and how everyone takes it as good natured sport.
When I was in India in 2012 I saw exactly this process of using wood blocks to make colored patterns on cloth. In fact, you could buy some of the old wood blocks and I did. They showed the process of using the different blocks, one after another with different colors, to create the whole image,
I loved the reaction of Phil to the dying of the fabric. He reminded me of young daughter as she learns a new skill and how proud she is. Phil appreciates the skilled labor it took and still takes when running a mom/pop business unlike a major production company. One of the other members is too snooty for me.
What is fascinating is to imagine the processes by which people learned the chemistry of dyes and dyeing! It’s easy to think of people dunking cloth in crushed berries or snails, but the discovery and understanding how each dye differs from another…..
That river is absolutely beautiful.
What a superb example of industrial archaeology!
i wish i had one-tenth of phil harding's enthusiastic curiosity andwonder
Love this series. Great show.
Stewart was so professional,
... That guy stretched my Charm School Training.
I remember helping wash things on the Merton Abbey dig in the late 1980s, when I was at school.
The cover shot for this video... Phils facial expression cracks me up. I absolutely adore time team. ❤❤
Stephen Calloway could have been the love child of Stephen Fry & Oscar Wilde. A great modern day 'Dandy'...Kudos.
Well, he is "steeped in his period".
Lovely to see an expert come on site dressed to the nines
Thank you very much for uploading all these.
This is a great show. Now wishing I was an Archaeologist!
I went to the Liberty museum in the early nineties. They told us there that a worker was not expected to work on a printing block for the whole time as they were more likely to make a costly mistake , therefore the task was broken down i.e. they would work for a couple of hours in the morning on it when they were fresh and then be transferred to another task in the afternoon.
hi in reality if you kept making mistakes you got fired. that's standard employment practise to this day and was much more harshly enforced at the time this factory was I use. the story you got is a bit of bull with no historical evidence to support it.
fred maybe you got your wires crossed .and your the one full of bull..🙈🙉🙊😂😂😂
XD ! Omg the times I have sat in that very spot ( trench 1 ) over the years and gazed at the Waterwheel and watched young lads fishing for Chub Under the Meretun Way road bridge , and never watched this episode , although I had heard about it . I watched Time Team religiously as Teenager . To see all my favourite Time Team faces digging @ Merton Abbey Mills today is surreal. The big hall where Phil was trying to print used to be one giant Craft/Market hall in the Early 2000's and I bought most of my Jewery and Power Beads there , now it's all independent food outlets, preferred it as it was . That Giant car park at the back where they used to hold Car Boots is gone now . A massive Premier Inn hotel now " Hiddeous Carbunkle ! " and a Pizza Hut or KFC is it now . Yukk !
Submerged Ganesh and a Coconut !
I love hearing stories like that. Imagine all the generations before us that have had memories there also; even before there were buildings...
Oh yeah! Liberty of London fabric! Floral prints galore!
Thanks for posting
an especially brilliant video...it was great to see Phil doing block printing, so, only 6 and 3/4 years to go Phil :)
Stewart just ninjaing his way to revenge on that dude that dismissed him as unnecessary!! I always liked Stewart, but this, *chefs kiss*
my husband's grandparents were silk weavers. Highly skilled, as the thread generally was rather fine and relatively easily broken.
Stewart doin Stewart things
Block orinting became a niche art technique. It absolutely never died in england or anywhere else.
Very interesting with the different thoughts of why, what, when and how. So nice they were not having to dig in the rain as usual😉
The dignity of labour ❤
Where does Stewart get all of those fantastic maps and pictures? What historical archive is near for each of these shows. Amazing
That river must have been very polluted.... I'm guessing it's somewhat cleaned up by now?
I imagine the local poor children were rather oddly colored.
The site of trench 1 is here on Google Earth:
51.413519°N 0.183752°W
Trench two is here:
51.412955ºN, 0.184238ºW
+Stannous Flouride You are way off mate...try 51,24'49"05 N & 0.11'01"61W
David Hum
Those divers look very much like koi carps in a stream.
Still catching up on this great series.
Kerry Ely's first credit as Site Supervisor, a role he continues to the end.
I love the way Tony dig in. I was wondering when I first saw the show.
Fun episode!
@ 5.30 Tony had to be thinking of Stephen Fry
There are block printers in the UK Tony. There is a factory that reproduces wallpapers for the national trust.
the was one of my favorites since it included the arts and crafts movement
1:42 A plan so cunning you could brush your teeth with it
Im an imaging technician and printing is a part of it. Its not all that different in some ways. Obv digital or screen printing is sorts diff but theres plenty of methods that are basically th same.
Anyone notice at 21.55 they listed a clock in the property. As to show how important clocks were back than. Haha
Look hard enough around Merton and you might just find a rhyme for orange.
Do tell, for those of us who are voyage-to-Merton challenged.
"Stewart's quest to beat the archeologists" I thought it was Time 'Team'.
I LOVE Time Team!!
I think it's funny that they say no one makes woodcuts anymore. When I was in college I took a semester in block printing - maybe they only continue this practice in the US?
India, south Asia, southeast Asia, prob. Indonesia
No one In 'This Country' he says. i.e UK.The world does extend beyond America, strangely. In fact if it wasn't for them having a lunatic as a POTUS, most of us live quite happily without even giving the place a thought. And block printing is Still done in India and other countries as an extant industry, not just a quaint hobby.
@Russian Bot #568984 And your point is? It would help if we knew who you are referring to; we are not mind readers
Batik in Indonesien und der - Blaudruck - In Deutschland wurden auch so gemacht. Mit - Blöcken - und keiner - Rolle - auf einer Maschine.
Remember that Morris -- who had Liberty print his silks. Wanted to avoid Petroleum - based dyes. Would it were there were practical jobs still available.
If we manage to survive into a post-fossil fuel age through clean energy technology and controlled artificial intelligence (i.e. in the interests of the population), I think there will be opportunities for such in the future.
@@cathjj840 shut up hippy...
Apparently us old timers who could effectively have been hippies (pst - they no longer exist and haven't for awhile now) have all become curmudgeons just like all those old squares who didn't like our ways; at the time...so shaddup y'self....smh
where is Mick the Dig? Carenza?
No Mick Aston either.
Ann Curran A few episodes before this one, Carenza was clearly pregnant in one shot, so she was most likely on maternity leave. Mick the Dig transformed into "Mick the Twig" in a previous episode, as he left the show to become a specialist in dendrochronology (dating using wood). As for Professor Aston, he probably just had to be somewhere else when this episode was being filmed. Sometimes real-life commitments interfere :)
Ann Curran they also ajust the crew depending on specialization. a roman dig will inevitably get Guy de la beduaie and such.
+Ann Curran You have Mick the Dig, then there is "Mick the Look" (Mick Aston). It's funny to listen to Prof. Aston: "Oh look over there look, and there's more over here look."
+TAsatorT then Mick the Dig becomes Mick the twig later in the show history.. he gets a hair cut, and a degree.. and i think he moved to teh USA in 2010.
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Was here Nov 2019
Is it possible that the buildings they were searching for were destroyed in the blitz?
No. The blitz was decades after
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Is that Phil’s daughter with him at 3:35?
stone the crows! they do look alike.
I did'nt even noticed it until now... (And did'nt know that he had a daughter oO)
Phil never had children. It is a shame that man's DNA didn't get passed on to another generation. He is one of a kind.
The whole thing but especially the fabric stamping, is very much Indian.
"reminants"
what's with the Colonel Sander historian
He lives his specialty according to Tony's commentary - whether he does it all the time, you might have to look that up.
"He's steeped in his period"
He probably does. it's like Joules in Joolz Guides, exploring London, he "Dresses Up" i find it funny that people today find it strange when back in the day it was every day dress.
Pauldjreadman Some people find it disconcerting when others express their individuality and personality.
The industrial archaeology episodes are among my least favorite, and even then are more interesting than anything else on tv.
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It's not socialism if your workers and the huge majority of the society consisting mostly of lower class representatives cannot afford to buy your product or service, while you're becoming filthy rich.
Arts and Crafts was no socialist movement. The workers producing the higher than machine-made quality wares were still underpaid and had no labor rights and worked in very health-damaging conditions and wore rags themselves. So what of it, that they served as apprentices for 7 or more years and were actual artists in their own job. They had to agree to everything otherwise they would land in the street just as anyone else from their caste, with a line of people waiting under the door to replace them. No worries if they did their highly specialized job wrong in the beginning - they would have it deducted from their already meager pay anyway. And no one below the middle class was able to buy their produce anyway. The whole movement was as socialist as Margaret Thatcher was.
PLS send me a cap and shirt ANTHONY
What is Elon Musk doing there???
Amazing people forget this is a tv show and they bury all of the "finds" before filming
yeah, no.
@@Gremriel ive seen a few now. Watching the archaeologists follow clues left my ancient people to show them where to put the finds is inspiring
@@readmycomment3157 Ok, you got me good, I'll admit... your comment could be interpreted in 2 ways, and I picked the wrong one :)