Making Problems to Solve
A weekly Arts podcast
Making Problems to Solve
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Episodes of Making Problems to Solve
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This week I talk to Angela a sewer and knitter (among other creative pursuits) about the story of her Maker Community Quilt from a simple project to use up scraps to a global collaboration. Along the way we talk about community, creativity, and
This week I chat with Leah Houghtaling, a woodworker from the Finger Lakes region of New York State. We discuss her philosophy of using every scrap as much as possible, out of respect for nature. Leah loves the process of figuring things out an
This week's I talk to 3 time returning guest Morley Kert about making YouTube videos, and keeping it fun. Morley makes creative projects and focuses on storytelling through the process in his videos. It's all about experimenting and learning by
This week is a great conversation with David Picciuto of Makesomething.tv on YouTube, who is all about exploring creativity. We chatted about his recent video with some more creative tips for honing your own personal creativity. We talk about w
Mary Doctor has created "Show and Tell for Grown-ups", a live show where presenters get five minutes to tell new friends about their particular niche interest. From an interest in musical theater and comedy, through tech, non-profit, and a bunc
This week I talked to Mark and Donna from Rockin' K Creations. They're a husband and wife team making their interesting creations mostly from wood. You might know them from the "Maker on the Street" video series documenting the "Maker Camp Make
Matt Holmes is working to bring new life to the craft of letterpress with the future of digital fabrication. We talked about the progression of letterpress from an industrial production process to its current status as a craft and art. We discu
Anna Koplik discovered her love of art and creativity when her Dad volunteered at an art center. She explored jewelry making, but ultimately found blacksmithing as her choosen form of expression. We talk about craft schools, teaching, and wheth
Brandon is a carpenter, woodworker, maker, and all-around curious person. We chatted about how the limitations of his work lead him to explore woodworking on his own. We discuss his wordworking projects including tables and furniture with cold
Jacob Griffin is a maker and leather craft artist. We talked about how he discovered leather craft, cosplay, his path into architecture, and quite a bit about his experience in the maker community. Checkout Jacob on Instagram.
This week I talk to Blaze Miskulin, Jack of All Trades, lately sharing cooking skills on his YouTube channelColloquial Kitchen. We chat about his history in theater scene building, including teaching woodworking in high school theater shops, an
Chelsea is an designer, maker, and veneer artist. We chatted about her recent feature in Fine Woodworking magazine, teaching and community work with Dykes with Drills at Community Workshop NOLA. We also discussed some of her great veneer and fu
Sarah McAnulty is a squid biologist, an artist and the founder of Skype a Scientist which connects classrooms with scientists. We chat about Sarah's involvement in public art projects Squid Facts, and #Nearbynature which encourages folks to cre
Shane and I have a great conversation about conservation and restoration of furniture and other wooden artifacts. Shane is working on a series about the various materials and techniques of wood finishing called "Finished: The Art and Science of
Woops, uploaded the wrong file! Here's the real one. Mark and Nick and I chat about the joy of working with contractors, volume printing, content creation, and potential motorcycle adventures. Mark at @markadamspicturesNick at @designisb
Looking back a little bit, looking ahead a little more. Then we chat about books a little bit. We went all over the place, this is just the first half. We'll back back next week as well. Check out my guestsMark Adams on InstagramNick Toga o
Erin Winick Anthony is the founder of science communication company STEAM Power Media which works to share the creativity in science and engineering, and help others tell their science stories. We talked about her beginnings from sewing and jou
Xyla Foxlin is a engineer by education with a passion for the arts and making things like an LED-powered party kayak, an aluminum electric violin, and a rocket-powered Christmas tree. We talked about the origins of the creative problem solving
Justin Mabie and Mark Adams chat about their motivation and creative process is recording makers at Maker Camp or in their own shop environment from a split second to a 50 minute epic story. Follow Justin's Maker Documentaries on Youtube.Chec
This time is a full episode chat with Jason Nix, layout artist for Mark Adams "Five Years of Maker Camp Book" and tool rescuer. We talk about collecting tools, and selling the ones you don't need right now, to fund the next hobby. We go on a bi
Bonus content aftershow with Jason Nix, Mark Adams, and Nick Toga where we chat about Maker Camp, Pottery ASMR, Instagram Rants, and problem-solving! You can subscribe on Patreon to never miss an aftershow!Jason NixMark AdamsNick Toga
It's a super Maker Camp retrospective with Mark Adams, Sarah from Rosie's Woodshop and Matt from Ndrizzimakes. We discuss the Catskill Mountain Maker Camp from four difference perspectives and mention a lot of cool folks along the way. Learn ab
This week I talk to Sara from Wartooth Designs about the ancient history of the maker community and art for everyone! We discuss the differences between design and art, and Lego and Playdoh! Check out Sara's work on Instagram Twitch and the We
This week I chat with Ryan Smith and Shane Mooney about the shenanigans we are going to get up to this year at the Catskill Mountain Maker Camp in the "Diresta" print tent! This year we are back with a new poster, even more block printing and n
This week we go through the maker history of Wes Swain of Geeksmithing, from his discovery of video game art with Mario Paint to school for game development to working in games and beyond to the online maker community and YouTube. We chat about
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