November 8, 2021
Aja Smart is the designer, owner, and maker behind Strand Texture - a fiber art brand established in 2019. Aja is a self-taught macrame artist and weave...
The Miniviews series
This series profiles a wide variety of makers, asking these talented individuals two questions. That's it, two questions. These text, maker interviews are quick and to-the-point, all while providing insight from a wide variety of truly talented individuals!
As makers, we all need to support each other in getting out there and making things. With that, brevity is key. That's why we're taking a two-question approach in this maker series.
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October 21, 2021
Andrew Phelan (Andy Spoons) is a musician and woodworker based in Vancouver, BC. Andy sells spoons, utensils, coffee scoops, and other hand-carved items...
October 18, 2021
Amanda Krolczyk is an artist and woodworker running Plaid Beaver Co. She creates nature-inspired home decor and art pieces made from reclaimed materials...
October 10, 2021
V Susan (Susan) runs Mellowpine DIY - a woodworking tutorials content site, YouTube channel, and resource for others to learn from. Check this interview...
April 16, 2021
Nicole Band is the owner of Solstice Woodworks where she makes unique, wooden wall art - geometric and scenic, nature-inspired home decor. Nicole's crea...
January 25, 2021
David Potsiadlo, otherwise known as Song Notes on YouTube, shares guitar tutorial videos and PDF chord charts that teach other guitar players. From lear...
January 17, 2021
Cristina Romero is a creative - illustrator, ceramist, graphic designer, and on. Howdy Studios is her business where she sells handmade ceramics, shirt...
November 16, 2020
Chereen Leong Schwarz is an outdoorswoman, wife, chef, and owner of Smeeny Beanie Knits. Colorado shines through in her products like handmade beanies a...
November 14, 2020
Daryl vanderGroef is a woodworker and firefighter from Montana. Daryl builds handcrafted, custom ukeleles sold on Etsy as 'de Houtwinkel' (the woodshop)...
November 11, 2020
Lena Njoku is an educator, wife, mother, and a macrame maker! She sells handmade macrame plant hangers, wall hangings, and custom orders. Check this int...
October 30, 2020
April Frost is a macrame maker and instructor. She sells PDF guides, DIY macrame kits, and other goods on Etsy. Check this interview out.
April 17, 2020
Ruslan Golovko is a maker - metal working, woodworking, motorcycle custom mods, and beyond. He's the owner of the coffee trailer that he built-out and o...
April 16, 2020
Dianna Allen is an advocate for entrepreneurship. She creates handmade candles and sprays with her business and brand TERRA, and is also a freelance pro...
January 10, 2020
Halley Immelt is a mother, full-time designer, & pottery maker. She creates home decor, mugs, wall art, vases, and more, selling this handmade pottery a...
January 5, 2020
Johnny Tromboukis is a fine woodworker from New York City running JT Woodworks. JT makes modern housewares, furniture, and more pieces that are influenc...
October 28, 2019
Char Miller-King — a mother, woodworker, and owner of Wooden Maven Designs — teaches woodworking at Atlanta-area makerspaces, as well as sharing DIY pro...
October 25, 2019
KC Mack creates leather goods from repurposed, vintage baseball gloves and mitts. Mack Provisions sells handmade wallets, key clips, and other unique le...
October 5, 2019
Rose Le Veque is a third-generation potter who apprenticed with her family and now runs her own pottery studio selling handmade, functional pottery that...
August 25, 2019
Marvin Jobs is a leatherworker. Owner of Cavalier Goods Co., a leather design studio making handmade wallets, journal covers, belts, and more. Marvin al...
August 25, 2019
Jessica Brewer is a jewelry maker and outdoorswoman - horseback riding, hunting, and fly fishing. The earrings Jess creates as Maiden Montana Jewelry ar...
July 30, 2019
Giaco Whatever is a multi-faceted maker. YouTuber with projects hand-making tools, shop build-outs, and more. Creator behind Maker Knife, the successful...
May 28, 2019
Ryan Popoff, founder of Popov Leather - a handmade leather goods co. making wallets, passport covers, coasters, hat patches, and more. Hear how what sta...
March 18, 2019
Tamar Hannah, founder of 3x3 Custom - woodworking and DIY plans and videos for furniture, home decor, and more. She is a Mother of 3, a designer, builde...
March 15, 2019
Nes Croft - hip-hop musician, guitar player, software engineer, and maker! Check out the debut album 3rd House with lyrics highlighting travels to Egypt...
March 8, 2019
David Roost, founder of Roostmade Co. is a woodworker, digital designer, and creative entrepreneur. Roostmade sells organic wood finishes that protect c...
February 4, 2019
Anne-Laure Le Cunff an entrepreneur, ex-Googler, and a neuroscience student. She is the founder of Ness Labs, is running Maker Mag, and is the author of...
January 23, 2019
Jason Hibbs is a woodworker and owner of Bourbon Moth Woodworking. Custom, handmade furniture and wood decor products, alongside woodworking video conte...
January 12, 2019
Bria Hammock is a designer, painter, artist, mother, business owner - a maker! Bria runs Go Slo - a Wyoming based apparel and lifestyle company. Check o...
December 13, 2018
Caleb Wojcik runs DIY Video Guy, creating resources for filmmakers, videographers, and photographers. He also owns a studio, clients include: ConvertKit...
December 13, 2018
Sadie Mae John is a DIYer and woodworker behind The Awesome Orange. This one-woman shop from Tempe, AZ creates custom home furniture/decor as well as DI...
December 13, 2018
Ben Stafford is an illustrator and designer who's creative process focuses on communicating complex ideas in a simple form. Select clients include: Nati...
December 12, 2018
Meghan Baker is a woodworker behind Sweet Aloha Designs. Creating custom built furniture and wood home decor with a farmhouse chic style, content for ot...
December 4, 2018
Adam Beasley is a woodworker, DIYer, & business owner of Lazy Guy DIY. From woodworking tool review videos to DIY projects for home to home improvement ...
November 28, 2018
Jenny Duke is woodworker and business owner who creates custom home decor items under the name Sacred Cinder. Jenny designs and builds amazing wood prod...
November 14, 2018
Interview with Connie Chi - a branding and design specialist and Founder/CEO of The Chi Group. Connie focuses on humanizing brands through unique and au...
November 12, 2018
Interview with Tanner Claridge - designer and leather worker - Claridge Leather. Hand-stitched, handmade custom leather goods from NW Montana. Inspirati...
November 2, 2018
Interview with David Stine - a woodworker and craftsman, crafting furniture by hand with sustainably-harvested hardwoods. Raw materials that he harvests...
October 28, 2018
Interview with Ryan James Savin of Little King Goods leather handmade goods out of Ontario, Canada. Leather worker, family man, photographer, maker, and...
October 20, 2018
Tiffany Zadi, full-time designer and leathersmith creating jewelry and leather goods as Heist Studio. Ethical and free-range bison leather from Colorad...
October 19, 2018
Interview with Justin Ringle of indie folk band Horse Feathers. Oregon-based musician with indie label Kill Rock Stars, his vocals and focus on strings ...
October 9, 2018
Chris Coyier, entrepreneur, designer, and front-end web developer behind CSS-Tricks, CodePen, ShopTalk Show, and much more in the tech industry.
October 3, 2018
Nathan Martin, hard-working founder of Go Forth Goods - handmade leather good company out of Marietta, GA. Learn of his marketing, branding, and photogr...
September 19, 2018
Heidi Joy runs Muskoka Folk creating woodworking and DIY tutorials. Avid Tea drinker, proud Muskokan (Ontario), custom wood sign maker, and DIYer. Check...
September 12, 2018
Matt & Lucky Bob run a father and son carpentry shop in Burlington, VT. Whether client work or home repairs, they enjoy quality time together just as mu...
September 6, 2018
Corrie Ladd runs bones&blooms creating naturally-inspired, organic jewelry. Precious metal worker, linoleum block textile printer, and silversmith - Cor...
August 24, 2018
Colin Wright makes a full-time living from authoring books. This entrepreneur writes at Exile Lifestyle, runs the Let's Know Things podcast, is often do...
July 25, 2018
Laura Serino, of Island Apothecary is hand-crafting 100% organic and naturally-derived oils off the coast in Maine. From beard oils, body and eye oils, ...
July 4, 2018
Justin runs Gold Bark Leather, a website he started that helps and educates leather working beginners become skilled in the art of leather work. Justin ...
June 21, 2018
Alexandra Climent, formerly of Sustainably Sliced, is a woodworker making pieces primarily made of exotic and rare woods sustainably imported from the j...
June 10, 2018
Kelsey Brannan is the founder of Premiere Gal where she produces content that teaches video editing, production, and all things media. She is making ful...
June 9, 2018
Caleb Stumberg, of Second Son Woodworks is doing Nonprofit work by day and is a maker + woodworker by night, based out of Helena, MT. These maker interv...
May 30, 2018
Parker (and Whitney) Lichfield own and operate leather goods business Stock & Barrel. This is a family-run company that they started back in 2012. They'...
May 23, 2018
Tyler Cain, of Cain Productions is dedicated to music. He's creating videos and writing songs, as an artist and musician himself, as well as producing G...
May 16, 2018
Evan Howard, of Terra Rosa Gear is creating outdoor-inspired goods for your next adventure. From lightweight, packable tarp shelters, sleeping gear, and...
May 13, 2018
Odin Clack, of Odin Leather Goods is creating amazing, classic standards and one-off custom pieces out of leather in the heart of Texas. A true craftsma...
May 11, 2018
Sofia Michailidou, of Reuse Create Remake is handcrafting unique serving boards, trays, cutting boards, and so much more. A look into the work of this m...
May 11, 2018
Jeff Mack, of Jeff Mack Designs creates amazing, custom woodworking pieces that blend metal + wood in a well-designed fashion. From amazing wood slab co...
May 4, 2018
Matthew Brewer, of Worn Standard is first-and-foremost a family man: a husband, a father. Outside of working his full-time sales job, he finds solace in...
April 27, 2018
Drew Short, of Rock-n H Woodshop is a family man, woodworker, and maker. He's creating useful content and projects that we can all learn from. The Rock-...
April 23, 2018
Learn more about Dylan and Molly - young entrepreneurs, woodworkers, and makers creating woodworking videos, doing custom client work, and more under th...
April 23, 2018
Matt Micucci, of Offerman Woodshop is a straight-forward guy. Matt spends his days as a woodworker and is a damn fine kazoo maker, to boot - check out h...
April 18, 2018
Anne Briggs, of Anne of All Trades has been honing her skills in the woodworking craft for quite a few years now. A major advocate of education at place...
April 17, 2018
Ken Zakovich, of TIMBR Design Co. is creating very unique wood goods. Utilizing his type and lettering design skills, coupled with the power of Inventab...
April 17, 2018
Matt Pierce, of Wood&Faulk is creating timeless waxed canvas and leather goods. The aesthetic and design behind the products reminds me of Scandinavian ...
April 11, 2018
Maker interview from Minni, woodworker behind The Minimalist Maker who is producing very aesthetically clean woodworking and DIY videos, as well as sell...
April 7, 2018
Brad Rodriguez has been publishing woodworking tutorials and DIY content since early 2015 and since mid-2017 has been doing so full-time. Learn why the ...
April 4, 2018
Jake Carnley, founder and chief candlemaker behind Great Bear Wax Co. of Birmingham, Alabama. He runs a company that pours candles with fragrances inspi...
April 3, 2018
Bob Clagett is a maker. A software industry veteran who left his day-job to pursue making things, full-time, for a living. Learn why the maker behind I ...
April 3, 2018
See this interview with Sam Raimondi - woodworker, crafter, and DIYer - DIY Huntress. Working and collaborating with brands and companies like Kreg, Rus...
March 30, 2018
Cat Bates is a Maine-based artist and jewelry maker. With a degree Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design from Maine College of Art and has apprenticed with a...
March 29, 2018
Maker and founder of Manready Mercantile, T.S. (Travis) Weaver. Manready Mecantile was founded in November of 2012 by T.S. Weaver. This family-owned com...
March 27, 2018
Husband-and-wife duo Evan and Katelyn are creating woodworking pieces, concrete, home decor, and more. Their videos and channel display a wide variety o...
December 4, 2017
Jonty from Hampson Woods. The makers behind Hampson Woods obviously connect to their craft on a deeper, organic level - it's heartfelt, genuine, and mea...
December 3, 2017
Chris Hughes, Artifact Bag Co. All Artifact goods carry a lifetime guarantee against defects in workmanship or materials. They fully adopt their Buy it ...
November 28, 2017
Justin Kauffman, photographer and traveler. Justin has built a very impressive following, particularly on Instagram. These maker interviews are quick an...
November 20, 2017
Chris Salomone of Foureyes Furniture interview. Foureyes is producing woodworking content with a production quality and an overall aesthetic that is unm...
October 1, 2016
Check out this interview with woodworker and former NFL player, John Malecki. Woodworking, metalworking, custom pieces, and more! John Malecki and team ...
May 18, 2016
Pete Sveen, DIY Pete interview. Woodworking, concrete projects, do it yourself inspiration, and more. If you haven’t heard of DIY Pete, then you need to...