How It's Made · SEASON 20
Paper Fans, Walnut Oil, Copper
Episode 12 · 2013-01-17

- Documentary
Episode overview
Decorated paper is cut, folded and mounted on slender ribs to create folding fans. Shelled walnuts are ground and pressed before their oil is filtered and bottled, while copper-bearing material is processed and refined before the finished metal is formed and drawn into useful products such as electrical wire.
21 minutes
Season 20 episodes
1. Native Healing Drums, Raisins, Stereoscopic Viewers, Ribbon Microphones2012-11-01
2. Horse Bits, Oat Cereal, Turquoise Jewellery, Electric Scooters2012-11-08
3. Nail Nippers, Jade Putters, Ice Cider, Water Skis2012-11-15
4. Stagecoaches, Road Reflectors, Fire Baked Pottery, Custom Motorcycle Tanks2012-11-22
5. Replica Clay Pipes, Drinking Fountains, Orange Liqueur, Compound Bows2012-11-29
6. Tissues, Travel Trailers, Slippers, Motorcycle Helmets2012-12-06
7. U-Locks, Tepees, Croissants, Rolling Luggage2012-12-13
8. Prams, Factory-Built Homes, Wood Flutes, Bicycle Tires2012-12-20
9. Thinning Shears, Wagon Wheels, Toaster Pastries, Violin Bows2012-12-27
10. Cast Iron Tubs, Hopi Kachina Dolls, Mine Truck Engine, Memory Cards2013-01-03
11. Cycling Shoes, Yurts, Marine Plywood, Oil and Encaustic Paint2013-01-10
12. Paper Fans, Walnut Oil, Copper2013-01-17
13. Gut Strings, Absinthe, Belt Buckles, Lever Locks2013-01-24