Sound & Dialect

Dialect pronunciations, workshop sounds and interview audio.

6 records, automatically grouped from all sections.

The act of swinging the ram to drive in the wedges and squeeze out oil—the heaviest work in the oil mill.

The hair-sorting step in brush making, and also the work station where it is done.

The process of treading the clay over and over until it is even and pliant; the finished clay is called shuni (well-tempered clay).

Clay tempered just right: it neither sticks to the hands nor cracks when kneaded.

The stiffest tuft of hair from a rabbit's back; only a few dozen strands go into a single brush.

Both seed roasting and kiln firing depend on exact heat control—a touch too much or too little and it fails.