Why Make? Podcast

Dec 10 2024 68 ep. 47 mins 16
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monthly conversations with makers exploring creativity and why they make

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Why Make? Episode 66: Making Basket Casket with Ellie Richards

Dec 10 2024 26 mins  
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 an idea that was brewing for years before Ellie began making the piece we talk about in this episode, and that idea was a fascination with the fantasy coffin practice that exists in Ghana. Fantasy coffins, as the word implies, are fantas

Why Make? Episode 65: Bonding with Jack Larimore

Nov 07 2024 37 mins  
In this episode of why make I talk with sculptor, furniture maker and educator Jack Larimore about how his background in landscape architecture. What led him down the path to discovering a love of design and eventually making furniture. Furthermore how a lack of a formal education In the arts really allowed him to explore sculptural ideas with few preconceived notions. Then we get

Why Make? Episode 64: Percussionist Jim Roberts

Sep 18 2024 52 mins  
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, djembe, congas, and has many recordings under his belt. He has just finished a 17 year teaching stint at Elon University where he taught percussion and directed the Elon World Percussion Ensemble. Jims journey in percussion dated to

Why Make? Episode 63: Impressions of Emma

Aug 30 2024
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 you need a little more background on Emma take a listen to episode 59 of the podcast “What is Emma” When I returned from Why Makes great adventure to Emma earlier this month and knew that upon returning I needed to sit and collect

Why Make? Episode 62: I Want to Paint the Moon with Steve Fishman

Jul 17 2024 34 mins  
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 is a printmaker and a painter in many mediums, as well as being skilled with pen and ink and the mighty pencil. He is also a teacher and someone who really knows how to think about the process of making art. So journey back with me a little bit to

Why Make? Episode 61: Jonathan Byrd, Part 2

Jun 28 2024 40 mins  
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 writer is also a story teller, a poet, a photographer, a painter, a teacher and now a student in Physics at North Carolina State University. Enjoy Part Two of our wide open discussion on a host of topics from song writing to physics wi

Why Make? Episode 60: Jonathan Byrd, Part 1

Jun 21 2024 37 mins  
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 extraordinaire, a poet, a photographer, a painter, a teacher and now a student in Physics. Erik has known Jonathan for a long time and has watched his career blossom over the years. After discovering that Jonathan had taken a hiatus

Why Make? Episode 59: What is Emma

Jun 03 2024 18 mins  
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 find out about the history of this event and to humbly ask for your help for our travel expenses .

Why Make? Episode 58: High Caliber Art with Boris Bally

Feb 26 2024 29 mins  
Welcome to the first episode of season 5 of the podcast, which we’re calling Mind of a Maker. We are going to take a slightly different approach to the podcast this season by focusing more on the creative process itself. Each episode will examine a specific piece of work or body of work of our guests and take a deep dive into how that work evolved . Also along with each podcast,

Why Make? Episode 57: Brad Reed Nelson

Dec 21 2023 64 mins  
On Episode 57 of Why Make? we talk with Brad Reed Nelson, a Glenwood Springs, Colorado woodworker, furniture maker and product designer creating magical pieces made from metal and wood. Brad, aka BRN, and his better half Ann, run Board By Design, a functional design company making such brightly colored amazingness as Knuckles, The Good Pot, Elefunction, Blokkey, Bling Pong tables