On this episode of Why Make? we resume our conversation with Melanie Falick an independent writer, editor, creative consultant and lifelong maker who lives in the Hudson Valley in New York.

We continue talking about the creation of her book Making a Life: Working by Hand and Discovering the Life You Are Meant to Live and also find out more about work on her new book, tentatively titled The Maker’s Way.

Melanie enjoys learning by challenging herself with new things and shares with us the struggle she experienced taking a woodworking class with Peter Korn and allowing herself to be present in a clay workshop with Simon Leach.

So join us as we dig into the idea of compassionate capitalism, the history of the DIY movement, making for self care and wellness and how making can bring about happiness.

Please enjoy the second part of our enriching Why Make? conversation with Melanie Falick.

Making photos by Rinne Allen and excerpted from Making a Life by Melanie Falick (Artisan Books). Copyright © 2019.

You can find out more about Melanie at melaniefalick.com and on her Instagram or pick up a copy of Making a Life at great retailers like Indiebound.