Why Make? Podcast
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Why Make? Podcast
monthly conversations with makers exploring creativity and why they make
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75 episode
Why Make? Episode 72: The 2025 Fiberart International
In this episode of Why make we are going to literally talk about something close home, both my childhood home of Pittsburgh and my mom who was a fiber...
Why Make? Episode 71: Sit Like A Girl
Fully automated, remote controlled fighting tables that compete for ultimate supremacy, seems to be a good place to start any conversation. Especially...
Why Make? Episode 70: Seating Assignment
This is the story of how a seed of an idea sowed years ago becomes a ground breaking exhibition of women chair makers.
The exhibition entitled S...
Why Make? Episode 69:How Do You Measure Your Worth - A Remembrance of Paul Sasso
How Do You Measure Your Worth is a metaphorical question Paul Sasso posed in a 1990 sculpture of the same name. Paul passed on to that great measuring...
Why Make? Episode 68: What a Ferris Wheel Ride it has Been with Miranda Jones
This episode of Why Make? is brought to you by Haystack Mountain School of Crafts.Thanks to Haystack to becoming our first sponsor and partner. Hays...
Why Make? Episode 67: What If with Michael Hosulak
In this episode the last episode of 2024 a special treat, the first of our many recorded interviews from the Emma International Collaboration which to...
Why Make? Episode 66: Making Basket Casket with Ellie Richards
In this episode, we are returning to our “Mind of a Maker” mini series with furniture maker and sculptor Ellie Richards
This story starts with a...
Why Make? Episode 65: Bonding with Jack Larimore
In this episode of why make I talk with sculptor, furniture maker and educator Jack Larimore about how his background in landscape architecture. What...
Why Make? Episode 64: Percussionist Jim Roberts
On this episode of Why Make we have Jim Roberts a percussionist, producer, artist and educator who resides in Chapel Hill NC. Jim plays the drum set,...
Why Make? Episode 63: Impressions of Emma
In this episode my first impressions of the of the Emma International collaboration, which took placeJuly 31 to August 8 in Big River Saskatchewan. I...
Why Make? Episode 62: I Want to Paint the Moon with Steve Fishman
In this episode we introduce the first in our Mind of Maker series inside of the Why Make Podcast. With our guest Steve Fishman.
Steve i...
Why Make? Episode 61: Jonathan Byrd, Part 2
Episode 61 of Why Make? is the conclusion of our conversation with Carrboro, NC musician Jonathan Byrd, who, along with being an award winning song w...
Why Make? Episode 60: Jonathan Byrd, Part 1
On Episode 60 of Why Make? our guest is Jonathan Byrd a Carrboro, NC musician, who, along with being award winning song writer, is also a story teller...
Why Make? Episode 59: What is Emma
As Why Make prepares for it'e journey to the Emma International Collaboration in Northern Canada. We talk with Emma board member Brian Gladwell to fin...
Why Make? Episode 58: High Caliber Art with Boris Bally
As mentioned in the podcast here is a link to excellent book of images and essays from the
Imagine Peace Now exhibition
https://imaginepe...
Why Make? Episode 57: Brad Reed Nelson
On Episode 57 of Why Make? we talk with Brad Reed Nelson, a Glenwood Springs, Colorado woodworker, furniture maker and product designer creating magic...
Why Make? Episode 56: Boris Bally
Episode 56 of Why Make? is a conversation 50 years in the making! Erik sits down sit with his childhood friend, the amazing metalsmith, jeweler, sculp...
Why Make? Episode 55: Mia Hall
In Episode 55 of the Why Make? podcast we talk with Mia Hall, a maker, former educator and current executive director of the Penland School of Craft,...
Why Make? Episode 54: Bob Ebendorf
Retired educator, jeweler and metalsmith extraordinaire Bob Ebendorf joins us on episode 54 of the Why Make podcast. Originally from Topeka Kansas, Bo...
Why Make? Episode 53: Robert F. Lyon
Welcome to Episode 53 of Why Make? On this episode we talk with Robert Lyon, a woodturner, artist and educator who lives and works in the Columbia, SC...
Why Make? Episode 52: Katie Thompson
In Episode 52 of Why Make? we talk with Katie Thompson, an artist, writer, creative consultant and instructor based in the Low Country outside of Char...
Why Make? Episode 51: Aspen Golann
The long awaited conversation on Why Make? Podcast with artist and maker Aspen Golaan.
Why Make? Episode 50: Kimberly Winkle
On this episode of Why Make? we talk with Kim Winkle, an arts administrator full time teacher and artist. Kim is a Professor of Art and the Director o...
The Why Make? Visual Podcast with Wendy Maruyama
This video episode is part of a new experiment in creating a visual podcast series.Where we color in what our guests are talking about with images o...
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Why Make? Episode 49: Wendy Maruyama Part II
Why Make Podcast, Wendy Maruyama Episode Part II Transcript
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00:00 Robb Helmkamp
Hello and welcome to Why Make, where we ta...
Why Make? Episode 48: Wendy Maruyama Part 1
Why Make Podcast, Wendy Maruyama Episode Part 1 Transcript
Time Code
00:00 Robb Helmkamp
Hello and welcome to Why Make, where we t...
Why Make? Episode 47: James McNabb
On this episode of Why Make we talk with James McNabb a woodworker and artist who grew up in Montville, NJ overlooking New York City. James grew up in...
Why Make? Episode 46, Part 2: Melanie Falick
On this episode of Why Make? we resume our conversation with Melanie Falick an independent writer, editor, creative consultant and lifelong maker who...
Why Make? Episode 46, Part 1: Melanie Falick
Why Make Episode 46, Part 1. a podcast conversation with Melanie Falick, an independent writer, editor, creative consultant and lifelong maker .
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Why Make? Episode 45: Bonus Make! with Zeke Leonard
In this Bonus Make with Zeke Leonard we get into the nitty gritty of the relationship between making objects and musical instruments and being a music...
Why Make? Episode 44: Zeke Leonard
On this episode we talk with Zeke Leonard, a Syracuse, NY based educator, designer, musician and maker. Born in Charleston, SC Zeke started out early,...
Why Make? Episode 43: Bonus Make! Tom on Tommy
Episode 43 of Why Make? is a Bonus make? We talk with Tom Loeser about the time he spent with Tommy Simpson in 1981 during a 10 day chair making work...
Why Make? Episode 42: Tom Loeser
On Episode 42 of Why Make? we talk with Tom Loeser, an educator, furniture maker, and box maker who recently retired as the head of the Furniture Des...
Why Make? Episode 41: Christopher Schwarz
On Episode 41 of Why Make? we talk with Christopher Schwarz, a furniture maker, educator, writer and publisher who lives and works from a storefront i...
Why Make? Episode 40: Mark Del Guidice
Building sandcastles on the beaches of Massachusetts is the perfect way to start a life long love with making which Mark Del Guidice continues to this...
Why Make? Episode 39: Karen Ernst
This episode is a special edition of sorts where we actually talk about the process of making instead of getting all existential like we usually do… a...
Why Make? Episode 38: Tommy Simpson
Welcome to the 2021 holiday episode of Why Make. For the end of our third season we have something extra special in store for you… a conversation with...
Why Make? Episode 37: Bonus Make! with Ellie Richards
In this episode of Bonus Make! we continue our conversation with Ellie Richards, a furniture designer, sculptor and teacher who is currently a residen...
Why Make? Episode 36: Ellie Richards
In Episode 36 Why Make? we talk with furniture designer, sculptor and teacher Ellie Richards who is currently a resident artist at the Penland School...