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Why Make? Podcast

monthly conversations with makers exploring creativity and why they make

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The Tommy Simpson Documentary Update

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2022/04/21

A brief update on our progress on the Tommy project

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Why Make? Episode 39: Karen Ernst

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2022/01/27

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… and although this is definitely not a “tool talk” it is more of a How Make! than a Why Make? this time around! On Episode 39 of Why Make? we talk with Karen Ernst a maker and educator, who is currently a Professor in the Art Department at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania where she teaches woodworking and furniture design. Originally from East

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Why Make? Episode 38: Tommy Simpson

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2021/12/13

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 one of the groundbreaking artists of the modern studio furniture movement, Tommy Simpson. Tommy’s work has a whimsical bent, but that belies a serious approach to making for someone who has created a universe of unique objects in every media you can think of. Tommy along with Wendell Castle cracked the furniture atom with their 1966 exhibition in New

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Why Make? Episode 37: Bonus Make! with Ellie Richards

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2021/11/29

In this episode of Bonus Make! we continue our conversation with Ellie Richards, a furniture designer, sculptor and teacher who is currently a resident artist at the Penland School of Crafts. We talk with Ellie about her project “The Highboy’s Understory: Deconstructing the Icon” in which she examines the Winterthur, Delaware Museum, Garden and Library’s collection of high chests and other related forms. Richards plans to incorporate this research in a new line of work that responds to and

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Why Make? Episode 36: Ellie Richards

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2021/11/17

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 of Crafts in the mountains of Western North Carolina. After growing up in Pittsburgh, PA she attended the wood & furniture design programs at San Diego State University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Looking to the tradition of both woodworking and the readymade Ellie creates eclectic assemblage, installation, and objects exploring

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Why Make? Episode35: Bonus Make with Katie Hudnall

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2021/10/01

In this episode of Bonus Make we talk with Katie Hudnall, about that most important of any artists tools, the sketchbook. As a tool for organizing your thoughts, a visual expression of your daily experiences or just a place to write down a shopping list next to a cool idea for a Rube Goldberg Machine, the sketchbook is a Swiss Army Knife for most artists. Katie guides us through her sketch book ,which she also views as her portable studio, as we take a virtual studio. Look on the Podcast page of

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Why Make? Episode 34: Katie Hudnall

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2021/09/23

In Episode 34 of Why Make we talk with artist, woodworker and educator Katie Hudnall, currently living in Madison Wisconsin she is an assistant professor of art at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Katie began in the arts as someone who loved to draw and was able to morph her drawing language into a unique woodworking style, despite her admitted lack of finer woodworking skills. Hudnall relies mostly on recycled, used and found materials, slotted screws and various other fasteners to create

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Why Make? Episode 33: Andy Buck

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2021/08/22

In Episode 33 of Why Make? we talk with furniture maker, sculptor, and educator, Andy Buck. Andy is currently a full professor in the School for American Crafts in the College of Art and Design at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He has also taught at the Oregon College of Art & Craft, and given workshops at Anderson Ranch, Haystack, Penland and Peters Valley. Andy’s work has always seemed to embody fun and whimsical forms but we step behind the whimsy to talk about the serious ideas he is

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Why Make? Episode 32: Bonus Make! with Adam Manley

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2021/07/31

Episode 32 of Why Make? is a Bonus Make! as we continue our conversation with Adam Manley and talk about his 2018 solo exhibition, Ordinary Rendition.

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Why Make? Episode 31: Adam Manley

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2021/07/19

On Episode 31 of Why Make? we are joined by Adam Manley a San Diego, California based maker and educator. We talk with Adam about everything under the hot California sun including his large-scale sculpture and installations, his furniture and functional objects, and teaching San Diego State University as an assistant professor in their Furniture design and woodworking program.

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Why Make? Episode 30: Bonus Make with Michael Puryear

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2021/06/23

Episode 30 of Why Make? is a Bonus Make! We discuss with Michael Puryear the evolution and creation of his Dan chair, his interpretation of a classic African low chair, which is now a part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture.

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Why Make? Episode 29: Michael Puryear

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2021/06/10

On Episode 29 of Why Make? we talk with Michael Puryear a consummate New York based furniture maker with an elegant understated aesthetic. Please join us on one makers journey as we find out what inspires and motivates Michael Puryear.

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Why Make? Episode 28: Maggie Sasso

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2021/05/03

On Episode 28 of the Why Make? podcast we talk with artist Maggie Sasso, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin based maker producing maritime influenced installation work. Maggie’s conceptual bodies of work examines material culture in relation to our collective past using comedy and levity to navigate through the harsh realities of modern life. Although Maggie has a background in contemporary craft, including woodworking and metal smithing, most of her current work is in fiber… resulting from an a-ha moment she

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Why Make? Episode 27: John Nakashima

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2021/03/08

In Episode 27 of Why Make? we talk with John Nakashima and discuss his new documentary George Nakashima, Woodworker about his uncle George Nakashima We talk with John about making the stunning new documentary, his life long relationship with his uncle George and the 20 year journey that has taken in making the film. So grab a handplane or a chisel, pop your earbuds in and get to work on that air dried slab of walnut you just acquired… and hold on for a Why Make? history lesson!

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Why Make? Episode 26: 2021 Season Introduction

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2021/02/16

In this episode we take a look back at the dumpster fire that was 2020 and the way we were able stay connected and talk about some of the wonderful conversations we had. We also give a preview of upcoming episodes in 2021 as well as talk about some Why Make side projects on the drawing board

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Why Make? Episode 25: Bonus Make! with Daniel Marinelli

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2021/01/03

Episode 25 of Why Make? is a Bonus Make! as we talk with Greenville, SC artist Daniel Marinelli about creating the new landmark sign at Penland School of Crafts. With butterflies in his stomach about creating his largest commission to date, Marinelli goes into detail about the design and fabrication of this incredible sign and the thrill of a job well done! Don’t adjust the kerning on this episodes layout, Daniel has already done it for you… so just sit back, listen and enjoy the latest Bonus

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Why Make? Episode 24: Daniel Marinelli

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2020/12/19

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Why Make? Episode 23: Bonus Make! with Cory Robinson

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2020/11/22

Why graduate school? Episode 23 of Why Make? is a Bonus Make! and we talk with artist and educator Cory Robinson about his decision to go to grad school at San Diego State University in their Furniture Design and Woodworking program and how he chose which school and program to attend. Continuing our conversation from Episode 22 we have an honest discussion about what can reasonably be accomplished in a graduate program and “get schooled” by Cory Robinson. We also talk about many of the amazing

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Why Make? Episode 22: Cory Robinson

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2020/11/05

On this episode of Why Make? we talk with Cory Robinson, an artist and educator who teaches at the Herron School of the Arts in Indianapolis Indiana. Cory grew up in small town Indiana and somehow managed to to travel the the world only to return to his alma mater and become an instructor, which was never his plan. Cory’s work encompasses painting, sculpture, furniture and design but in this episode we take a tangent as we discuss what it means to be Studio Furniture Maker and the impact of the

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Why Make? Episode 21: Sylvie Rosenthal

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2020/10/01

Sylvie Rosenthal is a Madison, Wisconsin based artist and educator. She maintains a studio practice making commission furniture, work for online sales, and fantastic genre challenging sculpture dealing with the intersecting flight patterns of the histories of trade, hybridity, materiality, queer theory, and the natural world. On Episode 21 of Why Make? we discuss her fascinating 2018 show at the Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum in Milwaukee called “House Of Risk” and the implications of taking

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