I have used pine tar, also called Stockholm tar for ages but never really considered how it is made. Then this short film came my way thanks to Jakob Koster. The raw material is resinous pine wood from trunks and roots that have been cloven into small sticks and carefully stacked. The complete stack is covered with turf and set alight and it has to be tended for several days while it is burning. The stack burns slowly from the outside and inwards and while burning the wood in the stack is heated