Raw Craft with Anthony Bourdain - Episode Eight: Mats Christeen
Vložit
- čas přidán 27. 07. 2024
- In this episode of Raw Craft, 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. Each piece of furniture is carefully constructed and uniquely original. Episode directed by filmmaker Rob Meyer. Music by Tim O'Keefe & Andy Rourke.
The Balvenie Distillery alliance with craft is a result of the brand’s choice to embrace the old way. Balvenie is dedicated to the process of using the five rare crafts of Scotch whisky making to create The Balvenie’s distinctive taste and exceptional quality. It is the only distillery that still grows its own barley, malts in its own traditional malting floor, employs coopers to tend every cask, a coppersmith to maintain the stills and a malt master to ensure the resulting spirit is consistently excellent.
Warehouse 24 offers its members access to exclusive events, early notice of new product releases and insight & knowledge from The Balvenie’s team of craftsmen. Join here: us.thebalvenie.com/warehouse2....
All parties must be 21+ to follow, like or share. The Balvenie Single Malt Scotch Whisky ©2016 Imported by William Grant & Sons, Inc. New York, NY.
I wish these were as long Parts Unkown. These episodes are very good!
Welding without a nozzle. Yup he's a carpenter. ;-)
I can't like this comment enough.
Thank You!!!
That wire looks grey, I'd bet it's inner shield that he's running.
Could be flux core. Requires no nozzle.
@@Rufio1975 5:19. Yep, clearly no gas bottle with his welder.
Anthony rocking the cauliflower ear like a true bjj player
Haha that's what I was going to comment about. He's got it bandaged up in the previous episode.
Anything with Bourdain, I'm watching. He could dissect frogs with chopsticks or give tours of crackhouses, I'm there.
Dude his commentary of a crackhouse tour would be *incredible*.
With a crackhouse, you know what you're getting into. It's a story we've heard a million times. But this one, it's different.
heyandy x
Hahahaaa! Perfect.
"We all know where to get the best fois gras and which LA chef is making the best new street tacos, but the art of freebase cocaine requires a more intrepid spirit. This is the story of hole-in-the-wall... literally."
Now I want a tour of a crackhouse
"cutty spots, with host anthony bourdain"
You guys are going to blow up. Tv show quality videography right here.
i was just going to say that too, this one was VERY well put together
just love the serie!
What a perfect show ! In honor of a great man, I just did a portrait painting of him....😍😍😍
Glad to see some new episodes!
I notice Tony is getting some cauliflower ear from his BJJ. Badge of honor. :-D
This video series is very inspiring!
Awesome. This series is amazing.
love this show
This series is so good, I'm going to go buy a bottle of Balvenie. And I don't drink scotch.
lol, beer & whisky @ 7.20 - love it!, miss ya AB.
That is a FUXKING AWESOME TABLE
that table at the end is fuckin' sick
This is awesome. Love this series.
The man has many talents. Hockey, woodworking and metalworking. Too bad he doesn't use eye protection other than a welding hood. It would be a shame to lose his sight.
Where is the finished product?
Wasn't really convinced by the first 8 minutes. Like, selfmade artist, from an hockey player ? Got nothing against hockey but a selfmade artist always rings to my ear like someone made the wrong choice somewhere and said it was "art"... But damn. That table at 8:45 ? I'd buy it, for sure. Looks pro, durable, unique as it gets, fonctional. Probably expensive but damn good looking, this guy did the right choice building furniture !
Really hope I'm wording this in a non-dickish way. This is the last episode i watched and I'm glad it wasn't the first or i probably wouldn't have been so engaged in the rest of the series.
The rest of the makers have spent years dedicating themselves entirely. Suffering for their art and in the
process developing, then perfecting a skill.
And while I'm happy as hell for this guy; that he gets to enjoy making a living doing what he
loves, and making some pretty neat looking things if i may say so, i
still can't help but think he sorta jumped the line without putting in
the work. As a long time carpenter turned metalworker I think it's fairly evident: in the work space and his technique.
Just using an angle grinder with a cut off wheel and the guard removed is insanity and i would like to think that no one with any kind of experience in the fabrication world would do that.
But again, not trying to throw shade on this guy, he's going for it and that counts for a lot. Especially in Brooklyn; where no one rides for free.
whatever works. do it.
Brett Mayfield Even if it’s dangerous and there are safer methods?
Sweet cauli Tony!!
beautiful drinking table!
"Welding is not rocket science" maybe not but that sure as hell isn't welding lol. That is popcorn!
why have i only found this now??
A B~~ love ya man.
The first comment in the section by someone since he died. It's like people won't watch his stuff, or at least comment, now that he killed himself. Wtf?
this guy is like a cliche of "the man girls desire" ... a good lookin guy who is a model, hockey player and is very hands on with carpentry why essentially creating art with the furniture he makes so he is creative too ... lol are you fuckin kidding me
wish these were 30min each :(
I see your point, Taylor, but without time constraints, the shows are meatier, to the point. 8-10-12 minutes, whatever, the right length is determined by the quality of the content and just plain intuitive, subjective scripting and editing . Elizabeth Brimm and Bob Kramer, both killer shows, are TRT 12:00+. Borough Furnace, one of the finest, is just six minutes, which is just right. Format flexibility is a great creative tool.
best episode of course! eller hur?
I love to see people following their calling. Most people work a job they hate so they can have a nice big house, send their kids to college, and retire with a pension. But if you're not following your calling you're already dead, so what's the point???
lots of dead walking around... but there is always tomorrow
And he’s gone now. What was it Anthony? Family, career, commitments, getting old, the placement of ur existence In The cosmos...be at peace sir, be at peace.
They are welding without the gas lens - without gas!
I never noticed that Tony was getting grapplers ear from all his time on the matt during his training
He looks at Anthony in a different way
I don't know if being a model has a lot about passion involved in it ... Still a surreal and cool life path though.
this dude has skills
Mat's got a Brad Renfro vibe
Från Gnaget till modell till möbelsnickare
Wonder if he stayed after covid
That table is fucking gorgeous.
damn thats a good looking dude
Ned Kelly's Remains To Be Returned To..
rip anthony
There is more of this than most folks would know and it's nothing new. It just got to Brooklyn and has a pretty face.
Mr. Google returned no results for a search of "Swedish National Carpentry Team"
That being said, not a very good episode of an otherwise excellent series.
Mike handy Agreed
probably really called something else
Google Worldskills and you will find some info about the competition.
It's held in Abu Dhabi this year, the teams are made out of under 23 year olds who have a coach who'll help then innovate.
Improvisational? One of a kind?
Guess A.B. has never looked around you tube....
cabbldr Right? Pretty sure this is exactly the sort of stuff that the opening sequence dismisses as watering down the word "handcrafted".
Well, he appears to meet all the criteria: he's white, pretty, and a man who lives in hipsterville Brooklyn.
Beck Lane Did you miss the other episodes or something?
There really isn't a bevy of diversity in the series.
Beck Lane If all you're seeing is hipster white guys, I'd encourage you to look past the veneer. I suspect there are far more white men that fit the thesis of the show purely as a result of historical gender roles and population (it's US based).
The difference between this and other shows in the series is that Mats don't actually know what his doing, the other guys we seen was outstanding at their craft, and Mats just wings it. I'm not very impressed.
SonicBastard Agree 100%.
I am a self taught furniture maker who wings it, and my clients are very impressed. Get over yourself.
I don't having anything against Mats and what he is doing, he is probably a talented designer, but if you compare his craft skills to others in the series, you can see the difference in skill. I'm not picking on Mats, I'm picking on the series.
Thors artist brother noone talks about at dinner.
Mats is no doubt a nice guy but he does not belong in this series with all the other remarkable people. An old-school craftsman he is not. He is just one more dude who up-cycles & makes cool shit.
30 secs in and im like who is this douchebag that throws in 'but i moved to new york to be a model'
I have to agree with you!
I was going to reply because I just found this series and I love Anthony's work but I'll keep my comments to myself since I'm from Idaho and I'm betting I'd just get slammed. I love Anthony's content but there are too many trolls in the comments
Lewis Mooney what an odd comment. what’s being from Idaho have to do with anything and who would have known had you not said anything? Way to play the preemptive victim..
Yeah Welding is Rocket Science, do you think they stay together launching because they just stack them right? This guy is simply a good looking guy with a unique accent so people buy his junk and call it art.
Bespoke furniture maker lol
Ah geez, that grinder with no guard.. Shards of cutoff wheels are eyeball-seeking projectiles.
I'm sorry, that isn't how you weld. Other than that, bad ass
Anthony, you managed to get your ear cauliflowered!! Try to stay away from headlocks, will you? Not a good look.
Aimer Cab I'm surprised one of his contracts doesn't have something to say about stuff like that.
Badge of honor for a man with a philosophy like his.
Bourdain should feature Tommy Gunn the adult actor, he is actually a very talented fabricator who can build a entire tall truck from the ground up with only a picture in his mind. very amazing.
Meh
Anybody else think his furniture is rubbish?
Tony got really old in a 10 year period ...
I'm not a fan of his design process where he makes something based on what he has in the shop. It's good for sustainability, but I feel like it results in very bland, almost lazy looking products.
If you guys really want to showcase furniture making at the highest level, please do a segment on Sam Maloof's work. He's not with us anymore, but his shop is still making furniture as he originally envisioned it.
He must be producing some shitty welds without a nozzle on that mig gun. How is he concentrating any shielding gas on that puddle? Stick with wood, buddy.
eh,I like this show but this episode was so-so
I like what he's doing... but there are far more talented carpenter's doing the same thing, not only in NYC but all over the US.
aka The Hipster Carpenter lol
he is nordic for sure...just by reading the description it was obvious he is a Swede!!! SVENSKA!!!!!!!!!
The guy is just incredible hot. That's enough for me.
This old looking guy looks playboy
Angle grinder, cutoff disk, no guard, and no face shield; not going to be good looking for too much longer.
This is the worst Raw Craft yet. This guy does what dozens of other NYC makers do. Hell, Jimmy Diresta had a TV show about it years ago. Not bagging on Mats, but if RC is supposed to be about sifting through the myriad people "throwing around the term", they ought to find more unique stories than this. Total bummer.
Agree, this was weak
Entirely different from Frank Shattuck, who spent 15 years studying with old masters before thinking he had earned the right to call himself a tailor and make a suit. Dilettantes versus real craftsmen.
This was a MORE unique story than the rest which were just classic occupations like Cobbler, Brewer, Printer.
Not saying I enjoyed it more but you can't say the others were more original, just because you're jaded when it comes to NYC carpenters.
Jesus was a carpenter.
We respect craftsmen for their commendable discipline, time investment, and commitment. We appreciate the time and effort they put in to bring things into existence. Frank Shattuck doesn't have to reinvent anything to earn immense appreciation and respect. But if all you're after is new and shiny, you wouldn't get that.
Yeah. Please don't use an angle grinder like that.
I have been a professional woodworker for 35 plus years, including working for Colonial Williamsburg, and I can tell you this guy is no craftsman. He is a reflection of the post modern society we have created where there is no right or wrong way just do what feels good and his work is a reflection of that philosophy. Too bad! Worst show in the raw craft series
Kenneth Nuttle, agreed.
A craftsman is somebody who crafts things, at least for me. He does that, so I consider him a craftsman.
What the fuck Anthony? Why dude?
pretentious and uninteresting this one...
I wish Mats success with his business, but he’s certainly is not a master Craftsmen. Bespoke furniture like he creates only needs a very basic level of self taught skill.
Welding may not be rocket science at the level he requires, but the skill for a Tig welder, welding gas pipelines can take years master.
Sheep (modern amerikans)....get no meaning fm....craft...
Go back to modeling dude...
Concrete and old boards slapped together does not make him a craftsman.
....um, are the only artists and craftsmen willing to be filmed white and male?? There has got to be at least a couple other talented choices out there.
there are a few women in the series too, ep 1, 5, 7 and 9 for example
.........yup.
......yup, "a few" - thats my point. And then theres the complete lack of color....utter complete lack of anyone who isnt white. I dont even know how you successful accomplish NOT finding a variety of people to represent arts and crafts.
Beck Lane
well, you did ask if there ONLY were white male and female artists and craftsmen.
I answered your question. Now youre on your own. No point for me to get involved in this discussion. And this is youtube. Prepare for hate.
Good look on your quest!
You do realize how stupid you sound saying there's only white males being featured when out of 10 episodes, 4 of them are women... There is a "lack of color" I guess, but I doubt they're purposely refusing to feature people of color. Get over yourself, this was probably the worst episode exactly because they went and did it about a craft that is neither dying nor did they actually show anything be made, which is what would happen if they just start featuring everyone you can find just to have diversity on the show. I'm sure I can find several millions POC that paint, would any of them make for an interesting episode? I'd say chances are 0 in a million.
Stick to modeling Mats.
This hipster is the worst!!!
this is just a guy throwing shit together. Don't really see the craft
I'll bet the stuff you build is waaaay better.
all hard, flat, cold surfaces... of course he's a swede
Superficial fluff, shame.