This is it: the final episode from WorkbenchCon 2025. Beyond the tools, techniques, and business side of things, WORKBENCHCon is and has always been about friendship, support, and the community that makes it all possible. So what better way to wrap it up than with three makers who represent the soul of this event:

Jessie (@building_jessie), who began woodworking in 2018 by building things for her farm and home and has found a home in the maker community

Becca (@SouthernPineDesignCo and @aCarpentersCross), who's a woodworker and a mom with an obsession for creating with tools and sharing each one as she learns to use it.

Kimani ( from @Vanstraydesigns @Vanstraytech for all the IT people out there), a girl dad to a peaceful 6 and a fiery 3 year old… and if his wife is listening he definitely didn’t forget about that thing she wanted him to make.

Leigh sits down with Jessie, Becca, and Kimani to wrap up and send off the conference this year, talking about how meeting like-minded people on the internet turned into lifelong connections and a second family; why sitting front row in your friends’ classes is just as important as teaching one yourself; and what keeps them coming back - the small moments that remind us why this maker world is so special.

Connect with our Storytellers

• Jessie's Instagram and Website
• Becca's Instagram, A Carpenter’s Cross Instagram, and website
• Kimani's Instagram (and Tech Instagram)

We had some tremendously generous support in making this Chapter of The Storyteller's Tavern possible, and we'd like to thank Workbench Conference, Total Boat, and Kutzall for all that you do to support and uplift the Maker Community, as well as for helping make this chapter happen. 

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