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 about what it's like to experience Maker Camp for the first time, and the first time with a kid in tow. Check out all the latest maker portraits from Mark at @markadamspictures Check out Sarah's work at @rosieswoodshop Matt posts occasionally at @ndrizz...
Oct 24, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 117
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 Web
Oct 17, 2024•54 min•Season 1Ep. 116
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 new for this year, tree ring printing! Come check us out this weekend! Ryan is at @smith_makes and Shane is at @mooney_woodworks
Oct 08, 2024•47 min•Season 1Ep. 115
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 his Mario Kart themed nursery and block printing techniques from the traditional to CNC router and lasers! Check out Wes on Instagram and YouTube ....
Oct 03, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 114
A freeform chat with the creative team behind the new photography book "Five Years - Maker Camp Portraits" by Mark Adams! Mark Adams took the pictures, Jason Nix did the layout, Nick provided critical feedback, I pressed the record button, and the maker community provided the inspiring people! We learn about the challenges of picking out some of the best photos from approximately 30 thousand taken over the last five Maker Camps and the process of self-publishing an art book with Amazon. Check ou...
Sep 26, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 113
Annika is an entomologist who loves talking with anyone and everyone about the fascinating, beautiful, and bizarre world of arthropods! She has painted murals around Ithaca, NY and makes block printed art featuring bugs, the plants they live with, and occasionally sharp objects. We talked about the importance of curiosity and communication in her work, including acting techniques for science communication and insect body language. Follow Annika's work on Instagram . Shoutout to Gabriel and Silas...
Sep 12, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 112
On this round of "Mark and Nick, Art, Life, the Universe, and Everything" we talk about Mark's maker portrait book, Nick's outdoor kitchen, and the most recent strike of creative workers, We also respond to Woodworking is Bullshit Podcast on perfectionism. If you are interesting in supporting the show you can help out on Patreon at patreon.com/makingproblemstosolve. Follow Mark on Instagram at @markadamspictures and follow Nick on Instagram at @designisblank ....
Sep 05, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 111
Tina has a creative family, and after an early retirement went to school for carpentry. These days she loves the scroll saw, even for unauthorized uses and makes and sells cool sewing projects. She loves music and has even taken a guitar building class at the Nazareth Guitar Institute. Of course we talked about the Catskill Mountain Maker Camp and the wonderful instructors. Check out Tina's work on @bromleywoodworking and @bromleycreative...
Aug 29, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 110
This week my guest is Shawn from Geek Builders. Shawn has been around the online making scene for a while now, sharing projects and co-hosting the Making Geeks podcast for 300 episodes. We chat about his path to becoming an animation art teacher, and learning maker skills from woodworking around the house to digital fabrication. Check out Geek Builders on Instagram and YouTube ....
Aug 15, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 109
Liz Melchor focuses on exploration and discovery in the creative process, whether it's drawing freeform monkeys or instructing a robot to create something just a little bit unexpected. We discuss the maker community and getting over the need to get perfect in the pursuit of making something new and interesting. Check out Liz's work on Instagram and her web site .
Aug 08, 2024•58 min•Season 1Ep. 108
Donovan creates maker content with an emphasis on family and storytelling. We discuss his history of building things, background in filmmaking, and his journey as a geek, a dad, and a DIY content creator. His tagline is "Build a Good Story" and his goal is to inspire people to try to make their own stuff with a story. Check out Donovan's work on Instagram and Youtube .
Aug 01, 2024•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 107
Aaron Dietzen's Instagram and Substack mailing list have the perfect title, so I re-used it for the show! Aaron is a Sketchup guy by day, and an abstract painter. 3d printer, and all-around maker the rest of the time. We chat about his artistic journey, and his goal of starting a creative conversation about inspiration. Check out Aaron on Instagram and Substack to follow along and join the conversation....
Jul 25, 2024•55 min•Season 1Ep. 106
This week is a conversation with STEAM Advocate/Engineer Tamara Robertson and Artist/Designer Rob Ray inspired by the Mad Art Cast, I attempt to bring together art and science, and it leads to an interesting conversation! We end up talking about teaching, design, curiosity and peer-review. Follow Tamara on Instagram and Youtube and check out Rob's web site ....
Jul 11, 2024•57 min•Season 1Ep. 105
This week I talked to James D'Ambrosio who leapt into the maker community last year with a gas-powered Mac G5 coffee maker, combining things every maker loves, coffee, Apple products, and unnecessary complexity. We discuss his discovery of welding and metal art, along with the evolution of his gas-powered inventions. Check out James on Instagram . Photo credit Mark Adams @markadamspictures
Jul 04, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 104
Albert Kleine is well known for sharing the joy of marquetry with his fellow woodworking enthusiasts. We talked about teaching and learning, writing a book, and over the top projects, as well as the art of marquetry. Check out Albert on Instagram.
Jun 27, 2024•56 min•Season 1Ep. 103
This time we tackle a couple of listener questions, in our usual rambling style. We might complain a teeny tiny bit about the state of social media, and ponder a bit about what might be a solution. We talk bout how/when credit or compensation is appropriate or possible for inspiration, reference, or remixing of art. As always you can follow Mark and Nick on Instagram! Thanks to Griffin Makes (sorry I forgot your name there Jacob!) and Waffle Beaver (Bryce) for the questions....
Jun 20, 2024•1 hr 49 min•Season 1Ep. 102
This Episode I talked to Cecilia from The Shop Wood Designs. We chatted about her path in woodworking from making things for her home and family to her discovery of power carving! She is making some fun and interesting work. Be sure to check it out on her Instagram . Updated Audio file.
Jun 13, 2024•56 min•Season 1Ep. 101
This week my guest is Ahsley Pieper from Shallow Creek Woodcraft. She's a studio furniture designer and maker who combines traditional practices and contemporary design in her work. We chat about using motion in her designs and creating an expressive, playful environment with furniture, and the advantages of learning from books. Check out Ashley's work on Instagram and her web site ....
Jun 06, 2024•49 min•Season 1Ep. 100
My conversation with Vern (@vernmakes) was a lot of fun! He has an interesting story that shows access to art education is really important on a creative journey. Of couse along the way we find out about his experience in the online make community and we chat a bit about Maker Camp!
May 30, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 99
We're back with Mara (like Mara-thon) from Silver Hair and Sawdust! Mara is woodworker who loves to build beautiful and useful objects for her family. We talk about her exploration of creative pursuits that lead to woodworking, marquetry, the community, and finding inspiration to learn new things through maker challenges. Check out Mara on Instagram .
May 23, 2024•49 min•Season 1Ep. 98
Mark and Nick are back for another whirlwind tour of our brains from museums to travel and reading. We answer a listener question from Griffin Makes! Send in your question for the next "Art Talk with Mark and Nick". We'll revisit the themes of trying to make art in a world of distractions periodically. Check out Nick at @designisblank and Mark at @markadamspictures...
Apr 25, 2024•49 min•Season 1Ep. 97
This week I am joined by Kim McIntyre of McIntyre furniture! In school for outdoor education, a required course "Reverence for Wood" kindled an interest in woodworking. After spending time as a wilderness expedition guide, she took the interest in woodworking back to school, and started her furniture business. We discuss her approach to problem-solving in the shop, teaching, and a bit about the Restoration Station at the Catskill Mountain Maker Camp. Kim is currently working on a custom Myrtle B...
Apr 18, 2024•55 min•Season 1Ep. 96
Johnny Tromboukis is known for his Kumiko projects, kits and jigs. He also teaches Kumiko woodworking classes, and was part of the team that brought us the giant flaming dinosaur and jackalope for the Maker Burn at Catskill Mountain Maker Camp! Check out his work on his website and Instagram .
Apr 11, 2024•45 min•Season 1Ep. 95
This week I talk to Makanda (Makanda Woodshop) about carving out a creative life, overcoming, working with limitations and disability, and asking for the right help from your community. Follow Makanda and her work on Instagram.
Apr 04, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 94
We're back for the thrilling conclusion with Mark and Nick! We talk about creative journeys, motivation and passion, exploration, sharing, and you guessed it Maker Camp. Along the way we cover design school and learning creatively. Check out Mark on Instagram . Check out Nick on Instagram .
Mar 28, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 93
We all know Mark Adams as the black and white photographer of makers. Nick recently is probably best known for his support of the WGA+SAG strikes with his clever protest art. We have great conversation about doing your creative thing, learning and communication. We went pretty deep. This is the first half of our conversation. We'll have the conclusion next week! Check out Mark on Instagram . Check out Nick on Instagram ....
Mar 21, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 92
Susana McDonnell is a printmaker and teacher working with colorful geometric patterns. We discussed her exploration of media from ceramics, drawing, glassblowing, and printmaking. Along the way we learn about the online printmaking community, and Susana's work being featured on Speedball product packaging and in art stores alongside their products. Checkout Susana's work on Instagram and her web site ....
Mar 14, 2024•55 min•Season 1Ep. 91
Caroline Landau is a glass artist who combines glass blowing with nature. We chat about their Archiving Ice and Prometheus projects which capture details and transformation in glass. We also explore art as a process, and a creative life lived in chapters. Checkout of Caroline's work on Instagram and their web site .
Mar 07, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 90
Dan Scrima is the proprietor of Whoashop Woodworking as well as the host of the new Make It While You Fake It Podcast! He's also working on creating a new maker space MontcoMakers. We talk about being in a band and the maker mantra "I can probably figure it out." Check out Dan on Instagram and check out the podcast !
Feb 29, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 89
This week my guest is Samantha Sic from Earth Found Designs. She creates nature inspired clothing and accessories, often from repurposed materials. We talked about balancing creating multiples versus making each piece unique. Check out Samantha's work on Instagram .
Feb 22, 2024•44 min•Season 1Ep. 88
