Making Problems to Solve

Johnny Tromboukis is known for his Kumiko projects, kits and jigs. He also teaches Kumiko woodworking classes, and was part of the team that brought us the giant flaming dinosaur and jackalope for the Maker Burn at Catskill Mountain Maker Camp! Check out his work on his website and Instagram.

This week I talk to Makanda (Makanda Woodshop) about carving out a creative life, overcoming, working with limitations and disability, and asking for the right help from your community. Follow Makanda and her work on Instagram.

We're back for the thrilling conclusion with Mark and Nick! We talk about creative journeys, motivation and passion, exploration, sharing, and you guessed it Maker Camp. Along the way we cover design school and learning creatively. Check out Mark on ⁠Instagram⁠. Check out Nick on ⁠Instagram⁠.

We all know Mark Adams as the black and white photographer of makers. Nick recently is probably best known for his support of the WGA+SAG strikes with his clever protest art. We have great conversation about doing your creative thing, learning and communication. We went pretty deep. This is the first half of our conversation. We'll have the conclusion next week! Check out Mark on Instagram. Check out Nick on Instagram.

Susana McDonnell is a printmaker and teacher working with colorful geometric patterns. We discussed her exploration of media from ceramics, drawing, glassblowing, and printmaking. Along the way we learn about the online printmaking community, and Susana's work being featured on Speedball product packaging and in art stores alongside their products. Checkout Susana's work on Instagram and her web site.

Caroline Landau is a glass artist who combines glass blowing with nature. We chat about their Archiving Ice and Prometheus projects which capture details and transformation in glass. We also explore art as a process, and a creative life lived in chapters. Checkout of Caroline's work on Instagram and their web site.

Dan Scrima is the proprietor of Whoashop Woodworking as well as the host of the new Make It While You Fake It Podcast! He's also working on creating a new maker space MontcoMakers. We talk about being in a band and the maker mantra "I can probably figure it out." Check out Dan on Instagram and check out the podcast!

This week my guest is Samantha Sic from Earth Found Designs. She creates nature inspired clothing and accessories, often from repurposed materials. We talked about balancing creating multiples versus making each piece unique. Check out Samantha's work on Instagram.

This episode we learn about Rebecka Jonasson a tattoo and metal artist from Sweden. She also works in painting, photography and jewelry. We explore the idea of taking time to make something, a Maker Day, once a week, or taking a little time every day. Do we finally define "Art", absolutely not, but we explore learning about art through the personality of the artist. We also discuss why rust is so great. Follow Rebecka on Instagram. Photo by Petvin Sandström

Chris from Cowdog Craftworks is my guest, he's a self-taught hand tool woodworker who tries to challenge himself on every project. We talk about making for yourself, and how creating content just might get you closer to making art. Somehow we never got around to discussing exactly what a cowdog is! Check out Chris on Instagram and Youtube.