Making Problems to Solve

Chelsea Andersson is a miniaturist making tiny objects for decorating dollhouses, television, and stop-motion advertising. She was a contestant on Making It, season three, and now is renovating her mid-century modern house in her spare time! We discussed her her journey from making tiny things growing up to landscape architecture and model making, to building full-size furniture back to miniatures. Chelsea has created an online course for Domestika and recently published a book "50 Makes for Modern Minatures". Follow Chelsea on Instgram at ChelseaMakes

This week I talked to Mary Tsai from Koda Mari furniture design. She started out in architecture, making furniture on the side, then changed careers to user experience design, always keeping in mind the design of physical objects. Her work is inspired by architecture with a focus on ensuring the form is in harmony with its environment.

It's Dave Turner from Wooden Whale Company of Cape Cod. We talk about doing the same thing over and over, and keeping it entertaining, paying attention so you know what to improve, and how to stack you bones. We mentioned Paul from Copper Pig Woodworking, Paul Jackman, and Dustin Penner, who is not a Paul.

For this new year's episode I caught up with my friend Keith Woltje. He started out mainly in digital fabrication and then started learning the more traditional maker crafts. We chat about how we met as fans of Laura Kampf, and meeting without knowing it at Maker Camp! We reminisce about classic vector graphics and learn about Keith's history with maker spaces. Check out Keith on Instagram

We had a fun wide-ranging chat this week! My guest is Jeremy Foster known as Mostly Accurate (@mostlyaccruate). We covered the world-famous Diresta Go-Cart event, making art every whatever (week for example) and the life of a necessity craftsman. Photo Credit: Mark Adams Pictures

Maya Rumsey - @melissamayapottery keeps it fun while making functional ceramics such as mugs, pitchers, earrings and other jewelry. We talk about local art community, the ancient history of early Etsy, and giant printmaking, along with how to choose the perfect vessel to drink your coffee, and how to truly determine if something is actually art.

This week I am talking to Ben Cline from Cline Craft, a maker from my hown town that I first met at the Making It 100 event, 140 miles away. We talk about the benefits of a local, in-person maker community and the amazing Technocopia makerspace, along with the usual maker journey!

Hey, this week it's Matt Serio, otherwise known as Artigiano Serio, and the Maker Librarian. Matt has a great story, leading a path from Art, to the Navy, back to Art Education, to community building. It all makes sense when you look back at it! See Matt supporting all the other makers over on Instagram, he might actually be making something!

This week I talked to Dave Anderson from Atomic Airship works. He spent his career as a mechanical engineer, but always had a hand in creating physical models using the tools in the workshop. Along the way he's tried just about every making skill from glass blowing to home-built airplanes. We had a great conversation about lifelong curiosity and making. Follow Dave on Instagram.

My guest is Jill Jacobs, metal artist. She makes metal "vessels" by combining repeating shapes from uniform steel rods in unique combinations to create 3-D forms. Our conversation ranged from art to philosophy, and of course, the community of creative people who share what they do. Learn more about Jill's work on Instagram,her web site, as well as her Patreon where you can see behind the scenes and some thoughts on art and philosophy.