Crafting a Revolution

Episode 240 – Thelma of TK Woodworking

Episode 240 – Thelma of TK Woodworking Thelma is a lover of all projects. She is a self-described small town, part-time woodworker that hates sanding and is always looking for ways to improve her skillset. It all started with a

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Episode 239 – Valerie Berlage

Episode 239 – Valerie Berlage Valerie Berlage is a woodworker, artist, and owner of Lauraine Lillie Studios based out of Western North Carolina. She developed her craft and business name from her grandparents who taught her how to make. Tune

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Episode 238 – Nicole Crowder

Episode 238 – Nicole Crowder Nicole Crowder Upholstery is a Black-owned furniture and upholstery studio creating commissioned, generational, one-of-a-kind pieces of furniture and home furnishings like meditation pillows, poufs and more. Nicole’s work has been commissioned by the leading hotel

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Episode 237 – Polilla Cooperative

Episode 237 – Polilla Cooperative Rosi and Annikki work together as Polilla Cooperative, an artisanal carpentry business in Mexico. They have found in carpentry, a trade traditionally viewed as a male practice, that as queer women their access to the

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Episode 236 – Rachel David

Episode 236 – Rachel David Rachel David, raised in Maryland and resident of North Carolina, is a blacksmith, sculptor, designer and maker. Her metalwork practice is holistic, encompassing art, furniture, architectural elements, activism, collaborations and gardening. The work focuses on

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Episode 235 – Sieng, Crafty at Heart

Episode 235 – Sieng, Crafty at Heart Sieng, Crafty at Heart, is a nurse, wife, Mom, and maker. Her maker journey started when she made a teeter-totter for her kids with the help of a local woodworker. After that, she

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Episode 234 – Allie Katz, Geeky Faye Art

Episode 234 – Allie Katz, Geeky Faye Art Allie Katz is a classically trained fine artist with a passion for 3D and digital art, which translates to never being good at doing just one thing. They created Geeky Faye Art

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Episode 233 – Jean Gray Mohs

Episode 233 – Jean Gray Mohs Jean Gray Mohs is an abstract artist that uses inter-disciplinary techniques to create dynamic and colorful sculptures using materials such as wood, threads, cardboard and more. She is based out of North Carolina, is

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Episode 232 – Stephanie of Uncommon Outpost

Episode 232 – Stephanie of Uncommon Outpost Stephanie of Uncommon Outpost is an artist, maker, and general collector of hobbies. She has tackled pretty much everything between car mechanics to sewing, pushing herself to always take her projects outside the

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Episode 231 – Annie Evelyn

Episode 231 – Annie Evelyn Joy, laughter, and the unexpected are at the heart of Annie Evelyn’s work. Employing a range of materials (handmade paper flowers to Swarovski Crystals) and processes (tessellating metal pieces to create soft upholstered seating or

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Episode 230 – Ceramicist Alex Simon

Episode 230 – Ceramicist Alex Simon Alex is a queer sparkle queen, ceramic artist, Jewnicorn, community enthusiast, rhinestoner, dog-mom, and extroverted-Aries who is currently making magic and art in Portland, OR.  Everything she makes is about her unique experience in

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Episode 229 – Uruba Slaughter

Episode 229 – Uruba Slaughter Born in New York City and currently residing in St. Louis, Uruba is a professional artist whose focus is abstractions. Her use of custom and unique textures and acrylic colors enables her to portray visions

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Episode 228 – Christina Vincent

Episode 228 – Christina Vincent Christina is a Maine native, now living on North Haven, an unabridged island in Maine’s archipelago.  Her mission is to create innovative pieces coupled with artistic applications while highlighting the beauty of natural wood. Christina

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Episode 226 – Craft Equity

Episode 226 – Craft Equity We are a group of queer and racially diverse craft artists who work in each of the traditional mediums (clay, glass, metals, wood, and textiles). With Craft Equity, we want to provide a space of

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Episode 225 – Pam Robinson

Episode 225 – Pam Robinson Pam Robinson is a metalsmith, goldsmith, jewelry maker and designer based out of Chicago, IL. She is the owner of Garnet Studios and is the Education Director for national non-profit The Furniture Society. In this

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Episode 224 – Sherry Shine

Episode 224 – Sherry Shine Sherry has always loved to draw and create. While in high school became a strong mentor for her. She then went to college and studies Business. Many years later, she met a quilter and she

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Episode 223 – Joanie Sprague

Episode 223 – Joanie Sprague Joanie is a carpenter, maker, DIY expert, and handy ma’am. She went from America’s Next Top Model to being a carpenter on TV. Perhaps not the traditional path, yet she loves working with her hands

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Episode 222 – Ann Johnson, Sole Sister

Episode 222 – Ann Johnson, Sole Sister Ann Johnson is a mixed media artist and a professor at Prairie View A&M University in Texas. Her passion for exploring issues particularly in the Black community has led her to create series

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Episode 220 – Jocelyn, Cheeky DIY home

Episode 220 – Jocelyn, Cheeky DIY home Jocelyn is a lover of all home DIYs. When her and her husband closed on their home in 2019, she automatically knew that there were updates going to be made. After getting painting

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Episode 218 – Tania Made

Episode 218 – Tania Made Tania lives in Southern California, slowly building out her workshop one tool at a time. After a series of traumatic life events, and finding herself in a depression, she found her way to woodworking. It

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Episode 217 – Becky Blanco

Episode 217 – Becky Blanco Becky is a Cuban American living her best life with her wife in their new to them home. She found herself looking to fill her time with something that brings her joy and came into

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Episode 216 – Aspen Golann

Episode 216 – Aspen Golann To furniture maker and artist Aspen Golann it’s more than just a tenon – seemingly simple details have a vast backstory and implications within a larger social narrative that Golann can’t help but see with

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Episode 215 – Beth Walker, Joinery Journal

Episode 215 – Beth Walker, Joinery Journal Beth is an artist, a teacher, and a bench jointer. While in art school, she actually started her informal education in the construction and carpentry trade as well. She used these informal skills

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Episode 214 – Morgan Meyer, Wood Art Woman

Episode 214 – Morgan Meyer, Wood Art Woman Morgan is a woodworker and artist living just outside the twin cities in Minnesota.  Morgan has always been creative, yet after graduating college she went the corporate route. She was doing well

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Episode 213 – Molly Prewitt

Episode 213 – Molly Prewitt Molly is a wife and Mom and is a general contractor in Santa Fe building designer homes. On the weekends, Molly and her husband do projects in their own home. She graduated college with a

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Episode 212 – Laun Los Angeles

Episode 212 – Laun Los Angeles Laun is a collaborative design firm marrying glamour and delight with the built world. In 2018, friends Rachel Bullock and Molly Purnell brought together their backgrounds in woodworking, metal working and architecture to build

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Episode 210 – Andrea de Leon

Episode 210 – Andrea de Leon Andrea is a Mexican-American artist based in Texas. She obtained her BFA in Studio Arts from the University of Texas and has received multiple awards, including residencies at Ox Bow School of Art and

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Episode 209 – Scout Cartagena

Episode 209 – Scout Cartagena Scout is a multidisciplinary artist, practicing crafts such as printmaking, glass, and audio and video work. She draws from mental health and her personal narrative as a queer black woman to create a strong thread

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Episode 208 – Kirtan Tom, Allied Woodshop

Episode 208 – Kirtan Tom, Allied Woodshop Kirtan is a woodworker and furniture designer based in Los Angeles. She fell in love with woodworking in Brooklyn, New York, and promptly quit her day job to focus on it full-time. She

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Episode 207 – New Co-host Katie Thompson

Episode 207 – New Co-host Katie Thompson I am excited to learn more about Katie Thompson, founder of the Women of Woodworking project in addition to editor and chief of the monthly online journal, Pen and Chisel. I first chatted

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Episode 206 – Marite of Crazy Happy Casa

Episode 206 – Marite of Crazy Happy Casa Marite is a wife, mom, and all around DIYer.  Marite went the college route and then into the corporate world. She really found herself though working to make her house feel like

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Episode 205 – Delia Dante

Episode 205 – Delia Dante Delia Dante is an award winning metal art and glass enamel artist currently living and working in Idaho. Her fine art gallery, Enamel and Welding studio is in the heart of downtown Boise. Delia discovered

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Episode 203 – Tamar of Woodworker Rehab

Episode 203 – Tamar of Woodworker Rehab Tamar is a former Olympic figure skater, coach, and recent Wharton MBA graduate. As an athlete, she sustained multiple overuse injuries which forced her out of the sport sooner than she would have

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Episode 202 – Leilany Velasquez

Episode 202 – Leilany Velasquez Leilany is a maker with a passion for both woodworking and mental health. She started woodworking about two years ago and it came very unexpectedly, sort of as something the help work through time as

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Episode 201 – Seven Bailey

Episode 201 – Seven Bailey Seven is a welder, fabricator, and weld inspector living and working in the twin cities. Seven has been in love with welding since they saw the movie Flash Dance as a young child. Though they

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Episode 200 – Stacy Motte

Episode 200 – Stacy Motte Stacy is a California native who lives and works in Pennsylvania currently. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Photography and Furniture Design at California College of the Arts and her MFA at the University of

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Episode 199 – Eleanor Rose

Episode 199 – Eleanor Rose Eleanor is a woodworker, sculpture artist and tool maker. From a small rural town in California, with no real exposure to art, to going to art school in New York, Eleanor enjoyed creating. It took

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Episode 198 – Tay Crib

Episode 198 – Tay Crib Taylor, or Tay, is a degreed architect and designer who found her way to woodworking and turning during the pandemic. She has really always enjoyed working with her hands, perhaps why she pivoted into construction

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Episode 197 – Ruth Amos

Episode 197 – Ruth Amos Ruth Amos is an engineer, inventor and entrepreneur. When she is not travelling giving inspirational and motivational speeches, you can find her as managing director of her first invention and company, Stairsteady, or building fun

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Episode 196 – Ladies Who Wood

Episode 196 – Ladies Who Wood The duo, Ladies Who Wood, is comprised of Stacy Motte and Eleanor Ingrid Rose. Stacy and Eleanor have known each other since they both lived in San Francisco.  They then attended grad school at

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Episode 195 – Adriana, Texas DIY Mama

Episode 195 – Adriana, Texas DIY Mama Adriana is a wife, mom, and DIYer. She spent her childhood fascinated by watching her Uncle, who was a finish carpenter, use all of his power tools on the weekend. She would later

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Episode 193 – Lisa Laughy

Episode 193 – Lisa Laughy Lisa is a traditional wood carver with a strong background in design and painting. She has spent over 15 years carving, in addition to the decades that she has worked as a designer and illustrator.

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Episode 191 – Julia Harrison

Episode 191 – Julia Harrison Julia has been making things for longer than she can remember, and her parents have the archival evidence to prove it. Announcing that she needed some privacy, she would shut the door to her room

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Episode 190 – Aylin Ozdemir

Episode 190 – Aylin Ozdemir Aylin is 24 and from Austria. She is currently a multimedia student, graduating in September. Multimedia and animation is a change from starting out in fashion design. Which is a change from taking woodworking all

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Episode 189 – Tamara Harding, Mara Made Designs

Episode 189 – Tamara Harding, Mara Made Designs After years of working in the corporate world, Tamara Harding decided to delve into her creative talents. The inspiring Jamaican creator brought together her love of working with tools, design, and helping

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Episode 188 – Briana Trujillo

Episode 188 – Briana Trujillo Bi-national artist, Briana Trujillo, moves between two places: the United States and Mexico. She is inspired by life in both places where people migrate constantly. Her work embraces traditional fine woodworking skills but is infused

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Episode 186 – Phoebe Kuo

Episode 186 – Phoebe Kuo Phoebe is a studio woodworker from San Francisco, CA, currently based in Evanston, IL, who makes site-specific sculpture using traditional furniture making techniques. She was born in California to Taiwanese-American mathematicians, and grew up navigating

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Episode 185 – Pottery by Osa Atoe

Episode 185 – Pottery by Osa Atoe Pottery by Osa grew out of her kitchen in New Orleans in 2015 and has since expanded to a full sized studio space at her home in Florida. She took her first pottery

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Episode 184 – Tamara Robertson

Episode 184 – Tamara Robertson Prior to joining the mainstream maker movement, Tamara spent a decade in corporate engineering where she was pivotal in creating Women in Leadership mentorship programs.  During this time she noted a lack of women so in

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Episode 183 – Joyce Lin

Episode 183 – Joyce Lin Joyce Lin is an artist and designer passionate about making furniture and sculptural objects that deconstruct material, form, and the ever-shifting relationship between humans and their environment. Joyce currently lives and works in Houston, TX

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Episode 182 – Sandy of Ellee Home

Episode 182 – Sandy of Ellee Home Sandy has enjoyed design and making her spaces her own for as long as she can remember. She started Ellee Home with a vision to build a small and mighty community for real

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Episode 181 – Trustina of Gourds by Fafa

Episode 181 – Trustina of Gourds by Fafa Gourd bowls are an integral part of the culture of the people of the Northern region of Ghana, where Trustina comes from. They are used to serve anything from refreshing water to

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Episode 180 – Karoline Hinz

Episode 180 – Karoline Hinz Karoline is a passionate prop maker working in Berlin, Germany. She started with an apprenticeship position at Deutsche Oper Berlin. Where she had the chance to produce various sculptures and props for different projects such

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Episode 179 – DQ Flowers

Episode 179 – DQ Flowers DQ Flowers is a new woodworker and turner living in Florida. DQ grew up expressing her creativity through writing and photography. She stumbled upon woodworking through YouTube. Upon discovering the world of woodworking and makers

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Episode 178 – Amanda, the Sawdust Woman

Episode 178 – Amanda, the Sawdust Woman Amanda grew up in Texas and was influenced by her grandfather and father, who are both woodworkers. Watching them restore antique clocks with the greatest attention to detail, seeing them rebuild antique furniture

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Episode 177 – Anna Laxague

Episode 177 – Anna Laxague Raised in the Sierra Nevada, Cascades and Northwest Coast, Anna has always been surrounded by views of massive mountains, big trees, and rushing rivers. A family hobby of carving scenes from the days of fishing,

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Episode 176 – Irene Lin Wei

Episode 176 – Irene Lin Wei Irene Wei is a pith flower maker and furniture designer whose work is deeply rooted in community and culture. Irene received her BFA in Furniture Design and a Concentration in Nature Culture Sustainability Studies

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Wonder Women 176 – Daej of Daej Designs

Wonder Women 176 – Daej of Daej Designs Based in Toronto, founder and principle designer, Daej Hamilton started this company at 22 years old. Luxuriating in her 11th year of woodworking, her pieces reflect the timeless, mid-century, modern aesthetic. Using

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Wonder Women 175 – Karla Diaz

Wonder Women 175 – Karla Diaz Karla is a Mexican designer and woodworker currently living in LA with her wife. Karla grew up in Mexico City and went to school for business administration. One night, she just started sketching and

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Wonder Women 173 – Sylvie Rosenthal

Wonder Women 173 – Sylvie Rosenthal Sylvie started building at age six, at the Eli Whitney Museum where she made circuses, catapults, rockets and robots. She actually started working there as well. She did receive a BFA and MFA and

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Wonder Women 172 – Author Laura Morrison

Wonder Women 172 – Author Laura Morrison Laura lives in the Metro Detroit area with her husband, kiddos, cats, bees, tortoise, vegetable garden, books, and (depending on the season) some monarch butterflies in various stages of development and/or some neonatal

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Wonder Women 169 – Leah Aripotch

Wonder Women 169 – Leah Aripotch LEAH WAS BORN AND RAISED IN MONTAUK, NEW YORK IN 1987. SHE RECEIVED HER BFA IN FINE ART SCULPTURE FROM ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY IN LATE 2012. WHILE THERE, SHE EARNED THE DISTINCTION OF

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Wonder Women 166 – Karen Ernst

Wonder Women 166 – Karen Ernst Karen is a professor in the art department at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, where she has been teaching all levels of Woodworking and Furniture Design since 2004. She holds a BA in Studio art

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Wonder Women 165 – Kelly Parker

Wonder Women 165 – Kelly Parker Kelly Parker is a woodworker and furniture maker whose work is all about transformation and discovery. Kelly first started woodworking when in High School as an art elective. She then went on to get

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Wonder Women 164 – Consuelo of Latinas Welding Guild

Wonder Women 164 – Consuelo of Latinas Welding Guild Consuelo, a Guatemalan-born functional artist and welder has a goal to empower women personally, creatively and economically through welding. She established the Latinas Welding Guild as a non-profit organization in 2017. 

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Wonder Women 163 – Sophie Glenn

Wonder Women 163 – Sophie Glenn Born and raised in New York City, Sophie received her BFA in Sculpture and Drawing from SUNY Purchase College, and her MFA in Furniture Design and Woodworking from San Diego State University.  She has

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Wonder Women 161 – Sarah Marriage

Wonder Women 161 – Sarah Marriage Sarah is a maker of fine furniture and other wooden objects. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and raised in Anchorage, Alaska, she studied architecture at Princeton University and fine woodworking at The Krenov School of

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Episode 124 – Amanda of Lovingly Amanda

Episode 124 – Amanda of Lovingly Amanda Amanda is a Mom and Apprentice Luthier near Nashville, TN. In her childhood, she did sports and gymnastics. She did not play any instruments. She was introduced to instrument when she decided to

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Wonder Women 029 – Rachel of Moody Makes

Wonder Women 029 – Rachel of Moody Makes Rachel is a teacher, student and woodworker. Originally from California, she now lives on the East coast with her Wife. Though she was a creative child, she did not have much exposure

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Wonder Women 035 – Taji of Melanated Maker DIY

Wonder Women 035 – Taji of Melanated Maker DIY Taji is a wife, project manager, woodworker, carpenter, and DIY enthusiast. She spent her childhood and early adulthood really trying all the things, searching for that “thing” that would be her

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Episode 122 – Nickole of Repnmyhood

Episode 122 – Nickole of Repnmyhood Nickole is a wife, mom of four, maker, and soon to be shop owner. While being a stay at home mom, Nickole got her start in the world of making with “Mom with a

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Episode 121 – Lauren Mollica

Episode 121 – Lauren Mollica Lauren is a wife, mom, and woodworker making beautiful jewelry displays. Lauren fell in love with the scroll saw in her 7th grade wood shop class. Then after college and working for some years in

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Wonder Women 033 – Naomi of Overlook Woods

Wonder Women 033 – Naomi of Overlook Woods Naomi is the artist, designer and maker behind Overlook Woods. She fell in love with woodworking while studying at Pratt Institute and realized that is what she wanted to do for work.

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Wonder Women 031 – Lexie Moore

Wonder Women 031 – Lexie Moore Lexie is a furniture maker from Tennessee. She has a bachelors of fine are with a concentration in wood.  She is currently participating in a residency program. Lexie’s work has been featured nationally.  The

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Episode 118 – Meera Crow

Episode 118 – Meera Crow Meera is a wife, mother, and former opera singer turned woodworker. Meera’s first passion was singing and opera. However, after becoming a mother she realized that the life of an opera singer and one of

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Wonder Women 029 – Kim of Made Mod

Wonder Women 029 – Kim of Made Mod Kim owns and runs two companies, one is a gym, the other is a business built around making. She predominately makes various types of pegboards for homes and commercial spaces. Though she

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Wonder Women 28 – Sam of DIY Huntress

Wonder Women 28 – Sam of DIY Huntress Sam is a psychologist and do-it-yourselfer from New York. She specializes in basic woodworking projects, home improvement ideas, and creative crafts all on a strict budget and while working a full time

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Episode 115 – Theresa Applegate

Episode 115 – Theresa Applegate Theresa is a self described metalsmith, artist and educator. She is also a wife and Mom. Theresa graduated from art school with a BFA and later returned to get a masters degree in art education

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Wonder Women 025 – Boa of Oi Studio

Wonder Women 025 – Boa of Oi Studio Boa is the founder and creative director of OI Studio. She studied graphics at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her passion for all things beautiful led her to the

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Episode 112 – Erika of Madera by Erika

Episode 112 – Erika of Madera by Erika Erika is a wife, mom of 4, and fine furniture maker.  Erika started her journey with 7th grade shop class in 2002 and has continued since then. She built several furniture pieces

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Wonder Women 024 – Erica Ehrenbard

Wonder Women 024 – Erica Ehrenbard Erica is a sculptor based in Philadelphia with a practice that spans fine art, design, research, and metal fabrication. Her artwork can be found in galleries as well as public and private spaces, and

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Wonder Women 23 – Dana of Herdesk

Wonder Women 23 – Dana of Herdesk Dana is the founder of herdesk and Positive Equation. Herdesk is a responsibly-made desk designed by and for women, built in the U.S. Prior to COVID, Dana was using a cheaply-made desk that

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Wonder Women 022 – Katy of Keene Lane Co.

Wonder Women 022 – Katy of Keene Lane Co. Katy designs, builds and sews original, one-of-a-kind furniture and home decor. Her skills grew from a young age. Katy’s mother was an artist who instilled creativity as early as she can

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Wonder Women 018 – Roxanne of Suite City Woman

Wonder Women 018 – Roxanne of Suite City Woman Roxanne is a maker, restorer, re-imagineer, small business owner and blogger. She makes well-crafted, small-batch, artisanal products such as furniture using scrap leather and natural sustainable fibers. She also creates miniature

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Wonder Women 017 – Barbie the Welder

Wonder Women 017 – Barbie the Welder Barbie the welder is an American metal sculptor. She grew up in New York, learning from her parents the art of being able to make or fix something yourself. She started her career

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Wonder Women 015 – Sami of Sami Lee Studio

Wonder Women 015 – Sami of Sami Lee Studio Sami works full time as a content creator for Avid CNC while also running a side business, Maoke Made, a feminist fabrication company, AND designing and making her own furniture. Bored

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Wonder Women 013 – Sara Bendrick

Wonder Women 013 – Sara Bendrick Sara Bendrick is a designer, licensed contractor & T.V. Host for the DIY Network.  She has a bachelors in landscape architecture from Cal Poly SLO and when not filming ‘I Hate my Yard’ or

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Wonder Women 012 – Ashley Minney

Wonder Women 012 – Ashley Minney Ashley Minney is a self proclaimed jane of all trades, master of none. She really enjoys being able to experiment with different mediums and different ways of making. She produces content around what she

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Wonder Women 011 – Laura Kampf

Wonder Women 011 – Laura Kampf Laura Kampf is an amazing maker in Germany. She actually went to school and got a design degree for making video and other media content for companies. It took her some time after discovering,

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2020 Highlights 03 – Laura Kampf

2020 Highlights 03 – Laura Kampf This episode originally aired as episode 011 of the Wonder Women series. If you are a member of the maker community then you are very familiar with this guest, Laura Kampf. Laura has a

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Episode 110 – Danielle of Tuft Interiors

Episode 110 – Danielle of Tuft Interiors Danielle is a wife, mom of two littles, designer and maker. Not too long ago Danielle was running her own brick and mortar store where she showcased and sold her own designs along

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Episode 108 – Sarah of The Created Home

Episode 108 – Sarah of The Created Home Sarah is a wife, mom of two, and runs her own blog dedicated to woodworking, renovating, and all things DIY. She loves to design lasting, functional, and beautiful pieces, and she is

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Episode 105 – Marielle & Lisa

Episode 105 – Marielle & Lisa Marielle & Lisa are a couple, Moms, working at The Ohio State by day, and making by evening and weekends. Between the two of them, they cover almost every craft from sewing, cooking, woodworking,

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Episode 101 – Emily of Emily Joyce Official

Episode 101 – Emily of Emily Joyce Official   Emily is a wife, mom, and enamel artist. Though she graduated college with a degree in enamel, Emily actually spent many years after college as an art teacher. Recently though, she

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Episode 99 – Brook of B.E. Happe Designs

Episode 99 – Brook of B.E. Happe Designs Brook is a wife, mom, and handmade goods business owner who is living the RV life and traveling the country with her family. Brook started crocheting hats and donating them to the

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Episode 97 – Octavia of The Timber Mom

Episode 97 – Octavia of The Timber Mom Octavia is a wife, Mom of two, and DIY woodworker. Octavia is fairly new to woodworking and DIY. She started teaching herself as a way to make things for her home and

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Wonder Women 009 – Erin of Maker Gray

Wonder Women 009 – Erin of Maker Gray Erin is a DIY furniture maker and home remodeler sharing video tutorials on YouTube. From getting a degree in art, to making music, to becoming a professional photographer, to discovering woodwork, Erin

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Wonder Women 008 – EJ of Hurricane Woodwork

Wonder Women 008 – EJ of Hurricane Woodwork EJ is a woodworker located in Philadelphia. Their main objective is to provide their clients with full service woodwork design using ethically and sustainably sourced woods. They work predominantly with reclaimed wood.

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Wonder Women 007 – Eleanor Dewey

Wonder Women 007 – Eleanor Dewey Eleanor Dewey lives with her spouse and shop cat Alfonso in the Denver, CO area. She is a talented wood turner who is close to completing her degree in fine furniture and turning. She

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Episode 94 – Tanda @TandaMadison

Episode 94 – Tanda @TandaMadison Tanda is an entrepreneur, maker and founder of Vanguard Tech. As she says, happiness is a shop full of tools and a mind full of ideas. She is fascinated with making and micro-manufacturing. As a

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Wonder Women 006 – Alexis

Wonder Women 006 – Alexis Alexis is a craftsperson and woodworker that is currently running a local maker space, Protohaven, in the Pittsburgh area. Alexis has always been creative and went to college for industrial design. After college she had

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Wonder Women 005 – Violin Maker Emma Hardy

Wonder Women 005 – Violin Maker Emma Hardy Prior to beginning training as a violin maker in 2017 at Merton College (London), Emma worked as a book cover designer and typesetter where she learned the joy of small details which

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Wonder Women 004 – Kate Duncan

It was as a pre-teen, in Junior High School that Kate Duncan was introduced to woodworking. Little did she know, that first shop class would be the beginning of an entire career in furniture making and design. Since her days

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Wonder Women 001 – Daej of Daej Designs

Wonder Women 001 – Daej of Daej Designs Based in Toronto, founder and principle designer, Daej Hamilton started this company at 22 years old. Luxuriating in her 11th year of woodworking, her pieces reflect the timeless, mid-century, modern aesthetic. Using

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Episode 82 – Bonnie the Tool Mom

Bonnie is a Mom of two, carpenter and cabinet maker by trade, and really a jane of all trades. Even as a kid Bonnie loved to make things and tinker and that never really stopped. She has worked as a

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Episode 79 – Shankevia of Sawdust & Fabric

Shankevia is a wife, mom of 3, and furniture maker. She taught herself how to woodwork while homeschooling her oldest and trying to find something to direct their energy to. Though her kids were not that interested, she definitely caught

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Episode 76 – Ceramic Artist Heidi McKay

Heidi is a spouse, mom of two, professor, ceramic artist and jewelry artist. Heidi found a love for ceramics and pottery at a young age and that has really just stayed with her. Her family was really creative when she

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Episode 75 – Michelle with a Piece of Meesh

Michelle is a wife, mom, full-time nurse practitioner and beginner woodworker. Michelle gave woodworking a try when she needed something for her own home and caught the maker bug.  She now enjoys doing pieces both for her own home as

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Episode 74 – Kristen with In Her Garage

Kristen is a wife, mom of 2 girls, a registered nurse, and a woodworker. Kristen started her woodworking career when she wanted certain pieces of furniture for her home, but could not find them for a reasonable price. Eventually she

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Episode 67 – Britt with Tangled Walnut

Britt is a wife, mom of two, is in the air national guard, and she makes wooden wall art pieces. She gets great inspiration from the mountains and the northern lights. Britt started just by creating a few pieces of

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Episode 65 – Jennifer or Miss Dewalt

Jennifer is a Mom of two, flag maker, and better known as Miss Dewalt. Jennifer makes beautiful flags for police officers, fire fighters, people in the armed forces or anyone who enjoys flags really. She had to learn how to

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Episode 63 – Katy with Karter Designs

Katy is a wife, mom to two boys, and fricken hilarious maker of signs and glass ware. Katy started Karter Designs about four years ago. It started as a way to pay for her son’s preschool and has just taken

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Episode 59 – Kendra with Dam Rad Designs

Kendra is a wife and mom of identical twin boys. After university she started a career in the construction industry.  Through hard work she found herself working in the office. Then when her boys were born she transitioned into a

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Episode 58 – Katie the Handy Mom

Katie is a wife and Mom of 1. She got her education in carpentry and was a trim carpenter for years until she decided to be a stay at home Mom with the birth of her daughter almost two years

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Episode 56 – Making a Seat at the Table

Today’s episode is a bit different. I have a chat with Laura Mays of episode 55 and Deirdre Visser about the book they are writing together and the show they curated together called Making a Seat at the Table that

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Episode 55 – Laura Mays

Laura is a mother, woodworker, teacher, curator, and author. She has a degree in architecture, but really has a drive to be much more hands on. Through a series of events she found herself in woodworking school, getting a certificate

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Wood & Resin Galaxy Clock

Wood & Resin Galaxy Clock Introduction I have quite the stack of old reclaimed barn wood in the shop. In the past, I have used it on some rustic projects. However, I really wanted to find a way to modernize

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Episode 52 – Best of Maker Mom Year 1

This episode contains clips of four different episodes from the first year. It starts with Timisha of Toolbox Divas, then Brandy of Studio Aube, then Alma of Pink Soul Studios, and last but not least Brandi of Eternal Harvest Décor.

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Episode 50 – Tamar with 3×3 Custom

Tamar is a Mom of 3 and woodworker, maker, DIYer, and content creator. Though she claims she wasn’t creative as a kid, even though she loved and played music, she has certainly made up for it as an adult. She

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Episode 47 – Elisha with Pneumatic Addict

Elisha is a wife, mom of identical twin boys, furniture maker and content creator. From her start as a hairstylist to making her first projects out of necessity of things for her home to now content creator extraordinaire, Elisha seems

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Episode 46 – Lia with Parker Place

Lia is a wife, mom of two with one on the way, former mascot and now woodworker. While staying at home with her kids she manages to squeeze in commissioned builds for her local community. With a third on the

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Replicating Custom Pieces with DIY Silicone Mold

Replicating Custom Pieces with DIY Silicone Mold  Introduction Being the owner, designer, and maker of a custom product-based business can sometimes create restraints, such as how much product that sole person can physically create while managing the other aspects of

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Episode 41 – Katie with @handmadekatie

Katie is a wife, Mom of twin boys, and maker, carpenter, aspiring plumber. Currently she is remodeling her kitchen which she has turned into a family affair. Though she has done quite a bit of making with different materials, Katie

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Episode 39 – Kate with @see.k8.saw

Kate is a wife, mom to a 3.5 year old, English teacher (dreaded by some, aka me), and wood worker. Kate and really her whole family had an interest in making, or as Kate calls it “doing” when she was

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Episode 38 – Emily with Rooted Leather

Emily is a wife, stay at home mom to 3 boys, and leather bag maker extraordinaire. The idea for the leather bag started from wanting to preserve precious memories of her little ones in the form of using a special

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Episode 33 – Cortnie with White Rabbit

Cortnie is a wife, mom of two, screen printer, and retail shop owner in Iowa City. Making the decision to go into art after three years of studying biology at the University of Iowa seems to be absolutely the right

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Episode 32 – Amy with Her Tool Belt

Amy is a wife, mom of 3, part-time mechanical engineer, woodworker, and part-time blogger.  Phew!  That made me tired just writing it! Amy has been working with her hands from the time she was small, working on her family farm. 

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Wood and Resin Light

Wood and Resin Light Introduction When you build strong relationships with the local community around you, that is when you get given hidden gems like I did with the completely ant riddled and obliviated piece of hard maple.  One of

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Episode 29 – Alma with Pink Soul Studios

Alma is a wife, stay at home boy Mom, and amazing woodworker. She has always had an interest in art and creativity that eventually became focused on woodworking. She uses those woodworking skills and creativity to create custom mallets, push

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Episode 28 – Jen Woodhouse

Jen is an Army wife and homeschooling mother of two. She and her family call Nashville, Tennessee home, but are currently stationed at Fort Hood, Texas. The House of Wood is Jen’s creative outlet for all things DIY and design, a place

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Episode 23 – Jenny with Sacred Cinder

Jenny is a Wife, Mom of two boys, and a maker.  Currently she is a stay-at-home Mom, but with her youngest starting Kindergarten in the fall she is looking forward of entering the workforce again.  She mainly makes signs and

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Episode 22 – Alicia Jackson

Alicia Jackson is a wife, mom, full time engineer, and woodworker and builder.  Alicia grew up exposed to building and construction, but it wasn’t until a need for a project at home did she venture into the world of woodworking

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Episode 19 – Char with Wooden Maven

Char is a wife, Mom of 4, two of which are twins, and a natural born builder and woodworker.  Char and her husband were both in the height of their careers when they found out they were expecting twins.  After

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Episode 18 – Anika with Anika DIY Life

Anika is a wife, mother of two and DIY blogger living in Southern California.  Anika has her doctorate in Electrical Engineering and was succeeding in that career when she started her woodworking journey.  It all started with the need for

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Episode 09 – A Talk with Tiff

Tiffany (Tiff) with Staying Inside the Grey and I talk about life as a Mom to littles, and the pressures of anxiety and depression that touch so many lives.  We chat about how making helps us work through those difficult

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Small Side Table From a Single Log

Small Side Table From a Single Log Introduction I have been dreaming of a project for quite some time now where I could utilize fire to naturally create features on a log for a side table.  The seed for this

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Episode 08 – Michelle with Artisan Woods

Michelle is a Mom of 3 girls, two of which she home schools, and an artist and maker.  She loves to flex her creativity muscles dabbling in woodworking, painting, and DIY. She also enjoys the therapeutic benefits behind making. 

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Episode 07 – Valerie from Old Soul Designs

In this episode I talk with Valerie of Old Souls Designs.  A mom of 3 boys, military wife, and woodworker extraordinaire.  You can often find this busy Mom working hard in the shop she built!  That’s right, she built her

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Episode 05 – Kay with Kay at Home

Kay is a maker working with wood and resin and she is also the mom of a young teenager.  She has been running her own business, Kay at Home, for two years now.  Before that she had another small business

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Episode 04 – Brandy Aube of Studio Aube

Brandy Aube is an amazing maker, and the first non-woodworker for the show.  She does stunning work with metal, and oh, she’s also a Mom and has a day job. Brandy talks about her childhood, growing up in a family

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Episode 01 – Introduction

In this very first episode of the Maker Mom Podcast, I bring you the story of me, your host, Katie Freeman.  Things like how I got my start in making and how I juggle a part-time job, my own business,

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How to Color Wood, Method 1

How to Color Wood, Method 1 Introduction One of my favorite parts when working on a piece, is adding the finishing touch, usually a pop of color.  There are really three tried and true ways of adding color to a

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Wood & Resin Coffee Table

Wood & Resin Coffee Table Introduction Late summer/early fall of last year (2017) I was looking for a project where I could start with a funky liveedge wood slab and incorporate some resin.  I had received some interest after showing

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Wood Wine Bar

Wood Wine Bar Where it begins… “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” This is a fantastic question for one little redwood slab.  This story starts with

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Wood & Resin End Table

Wood & Resin End Table Where is starts… Imagine yourself as a nice, strong hard maple tree chilling in the backyard of a lovely ranch home in eastern Iowa.  You love your space in the backyard—watching kids run through the

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