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Welcome to our podcast! Craftsmanship is a not-for-profit, multimedia magazine focusing on in-depth profiles of intriguing artisans and innovators across the globe — the movers and makers who are creating a world built to last. To support this project, please consider making a donation — it's tax-deductible! www.craftsmanship.net/donate

  1. Black Artists Are Reshaping How We Think About American Ceramics

    16 giu

    Black Artists Are Reshaping How We Think About American Ceramics

    The work of David Drake, or “Dave the Potter,” commands eye-popping prices at art auctions. Drake (c. 1801-1870) was a formerly enslaved Black American ceramicist who would become one of the most famous names in Edgefield pottery. He signed his own pots and sometimes inscribed them with a poem, defying the strict anti-literacy laws of the time.  Contemporary ceramicists are continuing a long legacy of Black Americans working in clay, and finding new ways to tell their stories. This audio version of the Craftsmanship story, “Black Artists Are Reshaping How We Think About American Ceramics,” was written by Ruth Terry and narrated by Chinwe Oniah.  This is the Craftsmanship podcast, a series about the artisans, makers, and innovators who are creating a world built to last. It is hosted and produced by Pauline Bartolone. Craftsmanship's managing editor is Laurie Weed. Todd Oppenheimer is the founding editor and executive director.  Theme music is from Blue Dot sessions. Cover photo: Chotsani Elaine Dean, artist and Assistant Professor of Ceramics at the University of Minnesota. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can read this story on craftsmanship.net: https://craftsmanship.net/field-notes/black-artists-are-reshaping-how-we-think-about-american-ceramics/ Subscribe to Craftsmanship on Substack: https://craftsmanship.substack.com/ Craftsmanship is funded by grants and individual donations, and every bit of financial support goes a long way. You can support our journalism by making a donation at www.craftsmanship.net.

    14 min
  2. The Fragility of India’s Artisan Communities

    7 mag

    The Fragility of India’s Artisan Communities

    India’s artisans are often knowledge-keepers of centuries-old craft traditions. But they face an uncertain future. In this episode of the Craftsmanship podcast, writer Laura Fraser looks at some of the ongoing efforts to support these master artisans before their skills fade into history. Laura Fraser's article, “The Fragility of India’s Artisan Communities,” was originally written for Craftsmanship magazine. This audio version was narrated and produced by Pauline Bartolone. Craftsmanship is a multimedia publication about artisans and innovators who are creating a world built to last. More episodes—along with original feature stories, short videos, and more—can be found on www.craftsmanship.net. Music in this series is from Blue Dot Sessions. Todd Oppenheimer is the founding editor and executive director of the magazine and its parent organization, The Craftsmanship Initiative. Laurie Weed is the magazine's managing editor. LINKS: Read "The Fragility of India’s Artisan Communities” here: https://craftsmanship.net/field-notes/the-fragility-of-indias-artisan-communities/ Laura Fraser's website: https://laurafraser.com/ Craftsmanship's podcast page: https://craftsmanship.net/podcasts/ Subscribe to Craftsmanship on Substack: https://craftsmanship.substack.com/

    16 min
  3. "The New Didgeridoo," with Andy Graham (Best of "The Secrets of Mastery")

    03/05/2025

    "The New Didgeridoo," with Andy Graham (Best of "The Secrets of Mastery")

    On this edition of “The Secrets of Mastery,” a production of Craftsmanship Magazine, we talk with musical inventor Andy Graham, whose long-term fascination with a centuries-old Australian aboriginal wind instrument, the didgeridoo, has yielded several off-the-wall new musical creations.  The Electric Stringed Didgeridoo, the Didge-ly Bow, the Fiddleridoo and the “Didge Bass” all are just a few iterations of the ancient instrument that Graham has fashioned over the past 25 years.  From his Santa Rosa-based studio, his experimentation has also created the Nixa Wobbler, a percussion instrument composed of a magnet on a rod. And he sells the SlapStick, which he patented. It looks like a metal walking stick with frets, and Graham plays it as if holding a guitar.  Graham can be seen performing as a one-man band with his wild-looking instruments, everywhere from Maker Faire in the San Francisco Bay Area to the annual National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) musical trade show in Anaheim.  I sat down with Graham to learn more about how he sees himself fit into the historical tradition of the didgeridoo, and what motivates him to devote his life to creating new musical sounds. LINKS:  Andy Graham’s website: http://www.andygraham.net Craftsmanship Magazine: https://craftsmanship.net/ Other episodes of Craftsmanship Magazine's “The Secrets of Mastery” series: https://craftsmanship.net/interviews/ Sign up for Craftsmanship Magazine on Substack: https://craftsmanship.substack.com/

    19 min
  4. "Taking Bamboo to New Heights," with Jonas Hauptman (Best of "The Secrets of Mastery")

    01/05/2025

    "Taking Bamboo to New Heights," with Jonas Hauptman (Best of "The Secrets of Mastery")

    On this edition of “The Secrets of Mastery,” a production of Craftsmanship Magazine, we’re talking about taking bamboo to new heights.  Jonas Hauptman, an industrial design professor at Virginia Tech, has been experimenting with ways to use bamboo, a giant grass, to build multi-story housing.  Hauptman says bamboo could be key to housing the world’s growing population in a more ecological way.   Bamboo culms, or stalks, can be harvested in just 3-5 years, and they grow back in place from the same rhizome bulb. Contrary to wood, steel or concrete, bamboo is lightweight, making it easier to transport, and cheaper to use on the construction site.  For the past seven years, Hauptman has collaborated with organizations in Ecuador and other countries in the Global South to experiment with bamboo construction, which includes planing bamboo stalks and turning them into panels.  Hauptman has had his hands on many different materials throughout his varied career as an entrepreneurial craftsperson. He’s a trained blacksmith, he’s made modernist furniture out of tree flakes, and while living in Los Angeles, he researched how to divert palm tree fronds away from the landfill.  I sat down with Hauptman to learn more about his ambitions with bamboo, and to find out how his hands-on experimentation with materials informs his design work.  LINKS:  Jonas Hauptman at Virginia Tech: https://design.vt.edu/faculty-staff/faculty/industrial-design/hauptman-jonas.html Craftsmanship Magazine: https://craftsmanship.net/ Other episodes of Craftsmanship Magazine's “The Secrets of Mastery” series: https://craftsmanship.net/interviews/ Sign up for Craftsmanship Magazine on Substack: https://craftsmanship.substack.com/

    13 min
  5. "Tear Out Your Lawn," with Doug Tallamy (Best of "The Secrets of Mastery")

    22/04/2025

    "Tear Out Your Lawn," with Doug Tallamy (Best of "The Secrets of Mastery")

    On this edition of “The Secrets of Mastery,” a production of Craftsmanship Magazine: why is entomologist Doug Tallamy on a national crusade to get private landowners to tear their lawns? As a wildlife ecology professor at the University of Delaware, Dr. Tallamy sees the world from a bug’s point of view. He’s also a co-founder of an organization called Homegrown National Park. The organization is trying to convince Americans to grow native plants — not ornamental, non-natives — in order to increase biodiversity. Tallamy says rewilding approximately 44 million acres of lawn is critical to restoring the natural order of insects of animals that keep our food webs strong and help alleviate the climate crisis.  We interviewed Doug Tallamy about how he’s rewilded his own land in Pennsylvania and the steps landowners can take to be craftspeople of biodiversity in their own yards.  The “Secrets of Mastery” podcast series is a production of Craftsmanship Magazine. It's a series of conversations with artisans and innovators about what it takes to master their craft, and what their journey has taught them. Craftsmanship Magazine is a multimedia publication about artisans and innovators who are creating a world built to last. For more Secrets of Mastery episodes, or more stories about craft, check out Craftsmanship.net.  Music in this series is from Blue Dot Sessions. Pauline Bartolone is Senior Audio Editor for Craftsmanship.net. Managing Editor for the magazine is Laurie Weed, and Todd Oppenheimer is the founding editor and executive director.  LINKS:  Homegrown National Park: HomegrownNationalPark.org Craftsmanship Magazine's podcast page: https://craftsmanship.net/podcasts/ Sign up for Craftsmanship Magazine on Substack: https://craftsmanship.substack.com/

    16 min
  6. "Humility, Hustle, and Building a Craft Business," with Rebecca van Bergen (Best of "The Secrets of Mastery")

    17/04/2025

    "Humility, Hustle, and Building a Craft Business," with Rebecca van Bergen (Best of "The Secrets of Mastery")

    It’s one thing to make, it’s another thing to sell.  On this edition of “The Secrets of Mastery,” a production of Craftsmanship Magazine, we talk with Rebecca van Bergen, founder and executive director of NEST, about what craftspeople need to have thriving businesses. NEST helps craft businesses around the world grow by providing training, resources and sales opportunities. The international organization has worked with 2000 artisans and businesses in more than 100 countries, from quilters in Alabama to candle makers in Taiwan.  Because of Nest’s work, potters, jewelers and textile workers sell their wares through major brands such as MadeWell and Anthropologie. “One of the questions I’m often asked is whether or not with robotics and AI whether the death of craftsmanship is upon us,” van Buren tells Craftsmanship Magazine. “We’ve seen the opposite. And the more we swing in that direction, the more the human psyche craves something else.”  Van Bergen brings her training as a social worker to help craft businesses grow. Her own grandmothers were textile workers. I asked her about what craftspeople need — and offer — in an increasingly manufactured world, and about the role both humility and hustle play in business.  The “Secrets of Mastery” podcast series is a production of Craftsmanship Magazine. It's a series of conversations with artisans and innovators about what it takes to master their craft, and what their journey has taught them. Craftsmanship Magazine is a multimedia publication about artisans and innovators who are creating a world built to last. For more Secrets of Mastery episodes, or more stories about craft, check out Craftsmanship.net.  Music in this series is from Blue Dot Sessions. Pauline Bartolone is Senior Audio Editor for Craftsmanship.net. Managing Editor for the magazine is Laurie Weed, and Todd Oppenheimer is the founding editor and executive director.  LINKS:  NEST: https://www.buildanest.org/ Craftsmanship Magazine's podcast page: https://craftsmanship.net/podcasts/ Sign up for Craftsmanship Magazine on Substack: https://craftsmanship.substack.com/

    15 min
  7. "Why Letterpress Endures," with Blake Riley (Best of "The Secrets of Mastery")

    14/04/2025

    "Why Letterpress Endures," with Blake Riley (Best of "The Secrets of Mastery")

    This week on "The Secrets of Mastery" produced by Craftsmanship Magazine, we’re talking about letterpress printing.  For centuries, newspaper and book publishers used this analog method of printing, involving heavy machinery, ink, paper, and thousands of tiny metal typecasts, to reproduce their words for the masses.  Though it’s largely been replaced in commercial printing by cheaper, faster methods, there’s a tactile, handmade quality to letterpress that makes the digital word feel merely two dimensional.    Craftsmanship Magazine visited San Francisco’s iconic Arion Press, one of the last fully integrated letterpress printing shops that casts, types, and binds its own limited edition books. We sat down with Creative Director and Lead Printer Blake Riley, who surprised us with details about the craft’s history and recent revival— though he was skeptical about applying the term “master artisan.”  The “Secrets of Mastery” podcast series is a production of Craftsmanship Magazine. It's a series of conversations with artisans and innovators about what it takes to master their craft, and what their journey has taught them. Craftsmanship Magazine is a multimedia publication about artisans and innovators who are creating a world built to last. For more Secrets of Mastery episodes, or more stories about craft, check out Craftsmanship.net.  Music in this series is from Blue Dot Sessions.  Pauline Bartolone produced The Secrets of Mastery series for Craftsmanship Magazine.  She is also Senior Audio Editor for Craftsmanship.net. Managing Editor for the magazine is Laurie Weed. Todd Oppenheimer is the founding editor and executive director of Craftsmanship. LINKS:  Arion Press: https://arionpress.com/ More podcasts from Craftsmanship Magazine: https://craftsmanship.net/podcasts/ Sign up for Craftsmanship Magazine on Substack: https://craftsmanship.substack.com/ This podcast episode is inspired by the Craftsmanship Magazine photo essay “Printing with Love” by Douglas Cruickshank, with Todd Oppenheimer and Claire Bloomberg.  https://craftsmanship.net/printing-with-love/

    12 min
  8. How Glass Artist Annie Morhauser Adapted—and Built "Annieglass" (Best of "The Secrets of Mastery")

    14/04/2025

    How Glass Artist Annie Morhauser Adapted—and Built "Annieglass" (Best of "The Secrets of Mastery")

    On this edition of "The Secrets of Mastery," we’ll hear one woman’s journey from starving artist to owner of a successful, large-scale glassware company. Annie Morhauser, founder of Annieglass, started her business 40 years ago with little more than debt and determination. Today, her glassware can be found on fine dining tables across the country—as well as in the Smithsonian. “The secret to mastery is adaptability,” Morhauser says. “I don’t care how talented you are, how much money, opportunity, [or] if you’re at the right place at the right time. The most important thing is adaptability.” Annie Morhauser first fell in love with glassblowing in the 1970, when she saw the craft at a beach party on the California coast. She went to art school, and began selling her own handcrafted glassware at galleries and craft fairs. But she soon learned that wouldn’t pay the bills. So she scaled up and started her company,  AnnieGlass, which now has a factory in Watsonville, California.  Morhauser has found a way to mass-produce plateware that is durable enough to survive a storm, but still has the unique beauty of glass made by the human hand.  The 20+ workers at AnnieGlass use minimal technology, like waterjets, to produce Annie’s designs for a broad client base that includes high-end department stores like Neiman Marcus, and hotels in Las Vegas Hotels.  Annie shares her wisdom about “letting go” of mistakes, the importance of “hiring up,” and how she feels about babies being baptized in her glassware.  LINKS:  AnnieGlass: https://annieglass.com/ Craftsmanship Magazine's podcast page: https://craftsmanship.net/podcasts/ Sign up for Craftsmanship Magazine on Substack: https://craftsmanship.substack.com/

    15 min
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Welcome to our podcast! Craftsmanship is a not-for-profit, multimedia magazine focusing on in-depth profiles of intriguing artisans and innovators across the globe — the movers and makers who are creating a world built to last. To support this project, please consider making a donation — it's tax-deductible! www.craftsmanship.net/donate

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  • Creatore
    The Craftsmanship Initiative
  • Anni di attività
    2019 - 2026
  • Puntate
    99
  • Classificazione
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    © 2026 The Craftsmanship Initiative
  • Sito web del podcast
    Craftsmanship

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