In The Making

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In The Making is a Piperlime Studio podcast about creative work in transition. Through honest conversations, stories, and reflections, we explore what happens when artists, makers, and creative professionals outgrow old versions of themselves and begin shaping what comes next. This is a space for the long middle — the uncertain, revealing stretch where identity shifts, direction changes, and a more honest creative life starts to take form. Formerly Rebel Artists Through Time. Unscripted. Unrushed. A coffee shop conversation with artists— where the work, not the hype, takes the lead. Follow @piperlime.studio on instagram.

  1. Oct 11

    The Work Introduces You - Studio Note

    Sometimes the work teaches you something about the subject. And sometimes it teaches you something about yourself. After a recent conversation with mixed-media artist Estelle Gee for In The Making, I found myself thinking about what it means to begin something new later in life — and how creative work can reveal parts of ourselves we didn't necessarily know were there. This Studio Note is about experience, curiosity, reinvention, and what happens when the work asks us to step into a slightly different version of ourselves. In The Making is a Piperlime Studio podcast featuring conversations with working creatives navigating transition, reinvention, and sustainability in real time. Website piperlime.studio

  2. Sep 11 ·  Video

    It's Never Too Late: Becoming an Artist with Estelle Gee

    What happens when you finally have the time—and the courage—to take your creative life seriously? Mixed-media artist Estelle Gee began pursuing art professionally after retirement, bringing a lifetime of experience, curiosity and resilience to the work. In this conversation, Estelle reflects on when she began calling herself an artist, the advantages of starting later in life and learning to cope with the rejection and uncertainty that accompany creative work. She also shares how her previous career as a professional organizer unexpectedly shaped her artistic practice. Years spent helping people downsize taught her to recognize the beauty and potential in objects others were ready to discard. That instinct eventually inspired Bookish, her series of collages created from damaged books, vintage papers, book spines and other materials carrying traces of the past. Estelle and Michele discuss: When we earn the right to call ourselves artists Why beginning later can be an advantage The unexpected isolation of studio life Finding community and constructive feedback Handling rejection and continuing to believe in your work Discovering the audience for an unconventional medium Remaining curious and continuing to learn Guest Estelle Gee is a collage and mixed-media artist based near Prince Edward County, Ontario. Inspired by history, books and everyday beauty, she creates layered works using vintage papers, old photographs, fabric, book elements and other found materials. Explore Estelle's work: https://www.estellegeeart.com/ Follow Estelle on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gee.estelle/ About the show In the Making is a series of conversations with artists, makers and creative thinkers navigating change in real time. These are not success stories told from the finish line. They are honest conversations with people still in the work. Questioning, adapting, experimenting and finding their way forward. For anyone building a creative life in changing times. A Piperlime Studio production. https://piperlime.studio/ Credits Guest: Estelle Gee Host: Michele Mauviel Produced by Piperlime Studio

  3. Jul 19 ·  Video

    Studio Note: The Quiet Cost of Not Sharing Your Work

    Some of the most meaningful creative work quietly disappears. Not because it wasn't good enough, but because it was never collected, preserved, or shared. In this Studio Note, Michele reflects on a conversation with brand strategies and storyteller Kevin Spreekmeester and the importance of keeping a record of the work we've made over the years. A portfolio isn't just a marketing tool. An archive isn't just a collection of old projects. They become a record of where we've been, how we've grown, and the path that shaped who we are as creatives. When our work disappears, part of our story disappears with it. Studio Notes are short reflections from In The Making exploring creativity, identity, and the ongoing process of becoming. Hosted by Michele Mauviel.  Produced by Piperlime Studio.

  4. Jul 14

    Studio Note: Drift vs Direction - When Creative Work Loses Its Shape

    There are times when creative work feels alive and purposeful. And there are times when we keep moving, producing, and staying busy without feeling any closer to where we want to go. In this Studio Note, Michele reflects on the difference between drift and direction, and on the quiet moment when exploration begins to feel more like avoidance. Drift is not always a problem. It can be part of the process. But eventually, creative direction requires choices: what to continue, what to leave behind, and what kind of work we are actually trying to build. A reflection on movement, attention, and finding a clearer path through creative change. In The Making is a Piperlime Studio podcast about creative practice in changing times. Produced by Michele Mauviel and Piperlime Studio

  5. Jun 20 ·  Video

    Protecting the Story | Kevin Spreekmeester on Canada Goose, Creativity & Connection

    Protecting the Story | Kevin Spreekmeester on Canada Goose, Creativity & Connection In this episode of In the Making, Michele Mauviel speaks with Kevin Spreekmeester — storyteller, photographer, writer, and former Chief Marketing Officer of Canada Goose. Kevin's creative life has moved through photojournalism, advertising, travel writing, brand-building, and advisory work. Across all of it, the through-line has been story: finding what feels true, protecting it, and helping people connect with it. The conversation explores Kevin's years helping shape the Canada Goose brand during a period of major global growth, and what it means to protect a story as it becomes bigger, louder, and more visible. He reflects on authenticity, creative judgment, brand integrity, and why growth can create pressure to dilute the very thing people connected with in the first place. Michele and Kevin also talk about creative life after Canada Goose, the strange absence of "have to" in retirement, returning to photojournalism, and the places that continue to shape him — Pond Inlet, Churchill, Amsterdam, London, and the Canadian North. At its heart, this is a conversation about story, place, memory, purpose, and connection.

  6. Jun 4

    Choosing Depth Over Visibility with Chiara Talia

    Photographer Chiara Talia has built her creative practice around patience, observation, and a deep connection to the natural world. Based in Italy, Chiara is especially drawn to birds — not only as subjects, but as living reminders of movement, instinct, beauty, and freedom. In this conversation, Chiara reflects on the pressure artists feel to constantly perform online, the way social media can flatten creative work into results, and why she has chosen to step away from short-form video in favour of deeper, more intentional storytelling. We talk about wildlife photography, creative integrity, the tension between visibility and authenticity, and the harder private conversations that happen when an artist realizes an old way of sharing the work no longer fits. This episode is about choosing depth over visibility, protecting the process, and finding a creative direction that feels true.

    Choosing Depth Over Visibility with Chiara Talia

  7. Mar 26

    Why Stanley Kubrick's Films Still Haunt Us

    Why do Stanley Kubrick's films stay with us — and keep changing every time we return to them? In this episode, we explore the strange power of Kubrick's work, from 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Shining to Dr. Strangelove, A Clockwork Orange, Full Metal Jacket, Barry Lyndon, and Eyes Wide Shut. We talk about Kubrick's world of control, moral ambiguity, technological anxiety, and the unsettling mysteries at the centre of human experience. This is also a conversation about artistic seriousness, and what it means to make work with total conviction, and why some artists continue to challenge us long after their time.

    Why Stanley Kubrick's Films Still Haunt Us

  8. Mar 8

    Tich The Watchman - Art That Feeds Without Killing

    At the edge of the Zambezi Valley, where wildlife and village life intersect, artist Tichaona "Tich" — The Watchman has found a way to turn painting into protection. In this episode, we talk with Tich about growing up beside a national park in Zimbabwe, his first encounter with elephants, and how those experiences shaped a life dedicated to wildlife and conservation art. Tich doesn't see art as decoration. For him, it's a responsibility — a way to tell the story of animals, communities, and the fragile balance between survival and protection. Together we explore: • How a childhood love of drawing became a mission to protect wildlife • Why Tich calls himself "The Watchman" • The challenge of conservation in communities where poverty is a daily reality • How art can create economic alternatives to hunting wildlife • Why Tich rejects pity and insists on dignity and collaboration between cultures At the heart of the conversation is a powerful idea: a painting can put food on the table without taking life from the land. This episode was recorded remotely between Canada and Zimbabwe. The audio is a little rough at the beginning due to connection issues, but it improves as the conversation unfolds, and the insights from Tich are well worth it. Stay with us.

    Tich The Watchman - Art That Feeds Without Killing
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In The Making is a Piperlime Studio podcast about creative work in transition. Through honest conversations, stories, and reflections, we explore what happens when artists, makers, and creative professionals outgrow old versions of themselves and begin shaping what comes next. This is a space for the long middle — the uncertain, revealing stretch where identity shifts, direction changes, and a more honest creative life starts to take form. Formerly Rebel Artists Through Time. Unscripted. Unrushed. A coffee shop conversation with artists— where the work, not the hype, takes the lead. Follow @piperlime.studio on instagram.

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  • Creator
    Piperlime Productions
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    20
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Piperlime Productions
  • Show Website
    In The Making