Handcrafted America - Episode Guide

Host Jill Wagner meets a clockmaker who keeps a dying art ticking, a seventh generation chair maker and a female blacksmith who shapes iron while defying stereotypes.

Host Jill Wagner meets a young woman steeped in quilt-making traditions, a gunsmith who makes flintlock rifles and a gifted stone carver.

Host Jill Wagner meets a glass blower who makes colorful drinking glasses; a bicycle maker has a seven-year waiting list; a book publisher prints books on his 100-year-old printing press.

Host Jill Wagner meets a fifth-generation leatherworker, a celebrated guitar maker and an architect who gave up designing buildings to make shoes.

Host Jill Wagner meets husband-and-wife bladesmiths who forge their own knives, a master woodworker and a talented leatherworker who makes handbags worthy of the red carpet.

Host Jill Wagner travels to Illinois to meet a couple who fashions pens from reclaimed wood; in California, she hangs out with a custom cowboy boot maker; Wagner visits a New Mexico business, where vintage doors get a new lease on life.

Host Jill Wagner visits a New Jersey ceramicist who scratches designs into pottery; in Wisconsin, she meets a woodworker who makes wood flow like fabric; Wagner watches a Minnesota lamp maker make new lamps from old machine parts.

Host Jill Wagner visits a Minnesota weaver who makes rugs with geometric designs; in San Francisco, she learns how to make handcrafted sunglasses; in New Jersey, Wagner meets a man who left a career in engineering to make billiard tables.

Host Jill Wagner meets a Minnesota artist who makes stained-glass panels; in New Jersey, she visits an entrepreneur who makes vintage baseballs and footballs; Wagner helps a Wisconsin woodworker make intricate jewelry boxes.

Host Jill Wagner visits the Milwaukee studio of husband-and-wife hat makers; in California, Wagner meets two artisans who use exotic woods to make precision longbows and surfboards.

Jill visits a North Carolina clothing designer who makes custom blue jeans; in Boston, Jill learns how to create elaborate designs using thin sheets of wood veneer; in Oregon, she meets a man who makes custom steel bed frames.

Jill Wagner visits a Massachusetts silversmith who makes heirloom flatware; in North Carolina, Jill meets a craftsman who builds amazing aviaries; in Oregon, Jill learns how to make traditional bamboo fly rods.

Jill Wagner visits a North Carolina woodworker who turns whiskey barrels into rustic outdoor furniture; in Boston, artisans turn precious metals into world-class flutes; in Oregon, Jill transforms old rags into fine handmade papers.

Host Jill Wagner visits an Arizona glass blower who creates colorful chandeliers; in Oregon, Jill meets a craftsman who makes iron garden tools; in California, Jill visits a leather maker who carves exquisite saddles.

Host Jill Wagner visits a Texas metal worker who makes cowboy spurs; in California, Jill meets a custom hiking boot maker; in Oregon, Jill meets a family from Mexico making durable backpacks from all-American materials.

In New York, Jill Wagner meets an award-winning kayak builder; in Arizona, Jill learns how a craftsman makes Old World-style brass door knockers; in Texas, the grandson of a saddle maker carves incredible wood rocking horses.

In New York, Jill Wagner meets a violin maker whose instruments are played around the globe; in California, Jill visits a sheep farm where wool is spun into yards of yarn; in Arizona, she improves her golf swing with a custom brass putter.

Jill Wagner travels to Wisconsin to meet an award-winning cuckoo clock maker; in Maine, Jill helps hand turn custom baseball bats from native hardwood trees; in Oregon, she visits one of the last leather work glove makers in the country.

Jill Wagner meets a cowboy hat maker living in an Old West town in Arizona; in Maine, Jill visits a piano maker with a passion for the sound of old wood pianos; in Wisconsin, she meets a tinsmith who makes authentic 1800s coffeepots.

In Arkansas, host Jill Wagner meets a woodworker who whittles stately rocking chairs; in Tennessee, she meets a man who produces classic 1930s banjos; in Indiana, Wagner visits a fourth generation fishing hoop net maker.

In Arkansas, Jill Wagner visits a man who turns broomcorn into handmade brooms; in Tennessee, Jill meets a craftsman who makes copper and antler kitchenware; in Hawaii, she meets an artisan who crafts traditional Pahu drums from coconut trees.

Host Jill Wagner gathers willow and learns how to turn it into custom furniture; in Colorado, Jill helps make custom, handcrafted skis; in Arkansas, Jill meets a father and son who craft end-grain cutting boards using an innovative technique.

Jill Wagner visits a father-and-son team in Tennessee who make leather riding chinks; in Hawaii, Jill meets one of the only woodworkers in the world turning Koa chess sets; in New Hampshire, she visits a coppersmith who crafts custom weather vanes.

In Colorado, host Jill Wagner meets a team of Western belt buckle makers; in Vermont, Jill visits a maker using modern technology to revive the distinct sound of 19th-century music boxes; in Indiana, she meets a knife-making legend.

In Wisconsin, Jill Wagner meets a metalworker making iron skillets shaped like U.S. states; in Massachusetts, Jill meets a basket weaver who creates her own designs; in Tennessee, an axe maker uses methods from the 1600s to craft his tools.

In Hawaii, host Jill Wagner catches the Aloha spirit with an outdoor torch maker; in Colorado, Jill meets one of the last traditional stained glass makers; in Texas, a father and son make wind chimes that can be customized to play any tune.

In Florida, Jill Wagner dives deep with a fisherman who makes spear guns as accurate as they are beautiful; in Nevada, a female woodworker builds one-of-a-kind wood and tile benches; in California, a metal smith makes pewter chalices fit for kings.

In New Orleans, a craftsman makes colorful stools from hurricane debris; in Alabama, a woman expertly weaves fashionable, functional baby wraps; in Nevada, a woodworker builds beautiful one-of-a-kind porch swings.

A husband-wife team recreate street tiles in New Orleans; a Georgia man makes innovative hammocks; in Nevada, a glass sculptor creates beautiful, carved glass doors.

A glassblower produces piggy banks in Florida; a California crafter makes espresso machines; in Louisiana, an artisan makes rub-boards, one of the only instruments created in America.

In South Carolina, a smith makes fire screens in the shape of natural bamboo; in Nebraska, a woodworker makes nostalgic toy cars; a Mississippi woman weaves baskets with materials found in nature.

Jill Wagner visits a fourth generation Nebraskan shoemaker; in South Carolina, a potter incorporates his backyard greenery into stoneware; in California, a couple recreates historical Spanish lanterns.

A Detroit woodworker uses electricity to ``paint'' light fixtures; in Maryland, an airline pilot finds fragile driftwood with which to make unique pens; an award-winning South Carolina hat maker is creating museum-quality sinamy hats.

Jill wades into stone-studded fishing nets from Washington, custom paddleboards from Florida, and aluminum tables from Pennsylvania.

Wood takes the spotlight as Jill visits Georgia for cedar canoes, Michigan man for Adirondack chairs, and Idaho for intricate music stands.

Jill uncovers such unique items as metal-and-glass faucets in Maryland, steamer trunks in Michigan, and shuffleboard tables in Georgia.

Jill discovers such covetable items as stainless steel purses in Pennsylvania, exotic wood razors in Maryland, and neon signs in Las Vegas.

Innovation is hot when Jill finds modern teapots in South Carolina, electric guitars in Detroit, and infinity-shaped bookcases in Georgia.

Jill is thrilled to find a Maryland woodworker creating luminarias, a Pennsylvania watchmaker making his parts, and a Washington whip maker.