Why Make? Podcast

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, Madis…

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 t…

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 per…

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 ins…

In Episode 27 of Why Make? we talk with filmmaker John Nakashima and discuss his new documentary George Nakashima, Woodworker about his uncle, George Nakashima

John unfolds about the making of his n…

In Episode 26, our 2021 Season Introduction, we take a look back at the dumpster fire that was 2020 and the multitude of ways we were able stay healthy, talking and connected. We look back at about s…

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 Craft.

With butterflies in his stomach about …

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 Furnit…

On Episode 22 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 after trave…

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 deali…

Straight from the editing room workbench we are continuing with our newest feature in the Why Make? Bonus Make! These are pieces and parts from our initial conversation with Adrien Segal that didn’t…

“Sculpture is an aesthetic language I use to bridge the gap between reason and emotion” -Adrien Segal

Artist and “data” sculptor Adrien Segal creates evocativ…

As a new element of the Why Make? podcast, we are going to occasionally release snippets of our conversations with makers that for some reason or another ended up on the editing room floor… but, sti…