Ten years ago, we wandered around the village of Straja when we came to the house of the renowned barrel maker, Popescu Gheorghe. At the time, he was 91 years old but still able to walk and do his job, though not as quickly as he could in his younger years, but still, he was able to complete an object within weeks, if not days. His barrels looked flawless. With the thought that in the future we wouldn’t find such objects elsewhere but in museums, we bought ourselves a few objects, and we made a short video. In 2017, at the respectable age of 93, the barrel maker passed away. (Read the full story Barrel Making Traditional Artisans – Master Cooper ‘ s Wooden Barrels )   “The day he died he left a jug unfinished. That day he was planning to place the second hoop. For three years the jug stayed under the workbench. Then, one day, I decided to finish it myself. I knew so much just from watching my father. I knew every step of the process”, remembers his son, Popescu Petru. And then the miracle happened. His son, who had been a carpenter, and a constructor but never … Continue reading Meticulous Barrel Maker Made a Perfect Butter Churn VIDEO