Hosted by Dave Bauer · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 185 episodes
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Exploring the unique paths of creative weirdos through the connections of curiosity, creativity, and problem solving.
Dave Bauer hosts Making Problems to Solve, a arts show with 185 episodes published.
Sarah Windisch is a printmaker and former music teacher, making art to bring folks joy. We chat about how she went from elementary music teacher to printmaker, and how her work was featured on a billboard promoting the l
Mark Adams and Nick Toga are back and we go all over the place. We talk about how AI is affecting artists, and chat about historic ways artists have negotiated making their way through the world as artists inspired by th
Olivia Van Oot is a woodworker exploring quilt patterns in wood veneer. We learn about why craft schools are so important, how she discovered woodworking, and combined her experience with fabric to making quilt-inspired
Trevor is back with Patti Gilstrap to recap and chat about our experience at the Maker Camp Group Forge. The group forge event is a collaborative learning experience where a bunch of folks of varying levels of experience
Trevor Higgins, blacksmith, and obsessive skill sharer is back to discuss the quick win verses deliberate craft. How do we decide what level of perfection we are working towards? When is it about the results and when is
This week I talked to Brittani Locke from the Soft Asylum. Brittani is a marbling artist making beautifully patterned silk scarves. She shares her introduction to marbling and later rediscovery of the art as well as how
Leah Aripotch is a metal scultptor focusing on organic monstrous forms inspired by nature. We discuss the connections between observing nature, curiosity, and the creative process. We follow her journey from being a kid
The podcast is back with Derek Weston, a sculptor and fabricator from Philadelphia. We go over his journey from curious creative kid to college where he tried industrial design, but ultimately discovered sculpture. Learn
John Graziano, Graz, is a good friend still, if you haven’t heard this one in a while, here is a repeat presentation of my chat way back from Episode 3 back in 2022. This time I talked with John Graziano, aka GrazMakes o
Maya Buffett Davis is a sculptor currently pursuing an MFA in Ceramics at Colorado University Boulder. For the next couple of days you can view her show “Books are Machines” at the Bemis Public Library in Littleton, CO u
This week I talk to Sarah from Soul Bound Leather about how she discovered leatherwork, got connected with the knife making community, giving stories to her work, and where her work is taking her next. Check out Sarah’s
Andy Piper is a computer artist and currently Head of Communications at Mastodon. We chat about, what exactly computer art is, pen plotters, creativity, following your curiosity, paying attention and of course, building
Eric Brokvist is a great supporter of the maker community, and we talk about his unique creative journey! This includes a dad who explored many creative skills and techniques, and Eric has just continued on that path. Al
This week I chatted with Keith Peters, often known as bit-101 on the web. Keith has been creating and sharing computer art on his web site since the Flash days of the 2000s. He's still out there making art and recently m
In this episode I have a year-end catch up chat with my friend Trevor Higgins, know as @dustysqueak on Instagram. We chat about belt buckles furniture, sewing, leather and 3D printing. Along the way we imagine building a
My guest is Dean from @dean_makes on Instagram . We chat about his history in making, including working in a secondary school wood shop, working is music stores and learning the skills of a guitar tech, to guitar buildin
Mark and Nick are back, and we chat about getting back to business after a break due to the natural cycles of life. Hear us chat about why YouTube sucks, marketing, telling your story, how to identify and manage distract
My guest is Kelli Anderson, the artist, designer, and tinkerer behind interactive books like This Book is a Camera. Kelli's latest book, Alphabet in Motion, is a pop-up book that explores the history of how letterforms g
This week I talk to artist, educator, and learning designer Jack Thomas about seeing patterns, making art, and the scientific side of art and printmaking, and doing and getting lost in the process. Along the way we end u
This week I talked to Jamie Seel of Seel Made about her creative journey from learning fashion design to creating her unique line of leather handbags. We chat about her experience teaching and demonstrating at the Catski
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