Make Do

By RelayArts Visual Arts Design

Make Do episodes

September 05, 2018 13: Sew, Sew, Sew Your Coat
Dedicated follower of fashion or not – sewing is an amazing maker-skill to have, and we talk a little bit about why.
Links and Show Notes:
Making It

The Great Pottery Throw Down

XOXO Fest

Bon Appetit – Pastry Chef Makes Gourmet Lucky Charms
40 min
August 22, 2018 12: Paint With All the Colors of, You Know
There is no reason to stop asking people what their favorite color is, right? It turns out Tiff and Julia have the same one – but we also talk a lot about all sorts of colors and how color theory, -psychology, -philosophy, and -blindness might work.
Links and Show Notes:
What color was the sky before the word”blue” existed – an article
Fewer words for colors means that men ”see” fewer colors – one article (and some suggest it actually is perception)
I Love Hue
Black-and-white yarn trick – some examples
The Addams Family set was pink (not the Munsters, sorry)
Sam Chapman’s ”black-and-white tutorial”
Still Processing podcast about the Obama Portraits
Beyoncé’s Vogue cover photographer
Pantone’s color of the year 2018 (and previous years)
Millennial pink – Guardian article
The Devil Wears Prada blue sweater scene
Orange and turquoise in movies (and some more poster info)
Colorblindness glasses from EnChroma and some video examples ,
Quora on why don’t superheroes wear purple
49 min
August 08, 2018 11: Posers and Impostors – Looking the Part
Can an artist wear khakis? Do tattoos make someone cool and creative? What stereotypes do we have working for or against us, as creative and makey people?
Links and Show Notes:

Purple hair means you’re super cool and creative.
”When I am an old woman I shall wear purple” (The poem ”Warning” by Jenny Joseph)
38 min
July 25, 2018 10: Ready, Set – Challenges
Challenging yourself is good. We think. But what about specific challenges, like doing something every day for a month, or making a hundred of something? Also: Naked dude report.
Links and Show Notes:

Tiff hits the road. Or, at least, the sidewalk.
#The100DayProject

Inktober
43 min
July 11, 2018 9: Content and Intent – Being Political
Is art political – and does it have to be? Do you have a responsibility to make with issues and values in mind? Is crafting as post-apocalyptic life skill a political statement? Either way, we have a lot of feelings on the subject, and on current events.
Links and Show Notes:
Tiff’s ’Resist’ shirts

Oliver Jeffers on Twitter and Instagram

”Plastic bracelets that help whales”
54 min
June 27, 2018 8: Figuring out our Feelings
Touchy feely touching base time. How are we feeling about our creating? Is talking about it making it better or worse? And is it OK to do a thing just because it’s fun?
Links and Show Notes:

Tiff’s painted rocks!
46 min
June 13, 2018 7: Too Cool for School
Do you have to have proper training and a degree to be an artist? To do art? To call yourself an artist? We ponder credibility and qualifications.
Links and Show Notes:

Wine and paint!
37 min
May 30, 2018 6: ”Give Me Worth” – selling your art
When do you decide you feel good enough about your art to start charging for it? And how do you put a value on it? We discuss the commercial side of creating. We also check in on our homework progress, and sing the praises of professional framing.
Links and Show Notes:
Fracture

Julia’s Etsy store and ceramics instagram

Tiny Supply

Natasha Newton

Julia’s display shelf at a market.
50 min
May 16, 2018 5: Baller at Whales – Social Media, Inspiration, and Fails
Social media is your friend. Except when it isn’t. And when it comes to creativity, that is very much the case. So how do you use it to your advantage?
Links and Show Notes:

This was originally a yarn bowl that came out wrong. Then the lacing cracked.
Homework: Post your fails. Or the frustrating process.
34 min
May 02, 2018 4: From The Pen Show – Double Broad, Double Feature!
Together at last! We met up at the Atlanta Pen Show to talk to some amazing creative friends, and try to figure out what a creative community means to us.
Guest Starring:
Brad Dowdy, Ana Reinert, and Jonathon Brooks
Links and Show Notes:

The podcasting closet! Photo by Doug Beal
The Atlanta Pen Show

Jonathon Brooks and the Carolina Pen Company

Nakaya Pens

Danitrio

Stylo Art

Matthew Morse, HeyMatthew

Brad Dowdy – NockCo, The Pen Addict blog, The Pen Addict podcast

Ana Reinert – The WellAppointed Desk, shop

The Art Supply Posse podcast

Hallmark’s famous pansy Thinking of You card

Cakes On Hudson

Julia’s tree

Tiff’s triangles

Pay It Forward

The Pen Addict episode 253 from the 2017 Pen Show, where Jonathon tells his story
1 hr 21 min