How It's Made · SEASON 16
Millefiori Glass Paperweights, Road Salt, Nutcrackers, Car Doors
Episode 1 · 2010-10-01

- Documentary
Episode overview
Slices of brightly patterned glass cane are arranged and fused within clear glass to create millefiori paperweights. The episode also follows the processing of road salt for winter de-icing, the carving and assembly of traditional character nutcrackers, and the stamping, welding and fitting of steel panels to produce complete car doors.
21 minutes
Season 16 episodes
1. Millefiori Glass Paperweights, Road Salt, Nutcrackers, Car Doors2010-10-01
2. Straight Razors, Black Pudding, Steering Wheels, Inorganic Pigments2010-10-08
3. Cast Iron Cookware, Biodiesel, Clothes Hangers, Stone Wool Insulation2010-10-15
4. Needles and Pins, Architectural Mouldings, Locomotives, Clothespins2010-10-22
5. Filigree Glass, Fish Food, Motor Homes2010-10-29
6. Surgical Instruments, Ketchup, Double-Decker Buses, Walking Sticks2010-11-05
7. Audio Vacuum Tubes, Light Bars, Wood Model Aircraft, Metal Snare Drums2010-11-12
8. Kitchen Accessories, Central Vacuums, Papier-Mâché Animals, Hydraulic Cylinders2010-11-19
9. Clay Liquor Jugs, Poultry Deli Meats, NASCAR Engines2010-11-26
10. Digital Dentistry, Nail Clippers, Poster Restoration, Canola Oil2010-12-03
11. Dial Thermometers, Hummus, Spent Fuel Containers, Straw Sombreros2010-12-10
12. Tequila, Waterbeds, Flip Flops, Silver2010-12-17
13. Composite Propane Cylinders, Salsa, Water-Pumping Windmills, Dragsters2010-12-24