Timothy Maddox the creative force behind the hand painted sign company Mighty Fine Signs in Asheville NC talks of his life long interest in hand lettering and signs and his journey exploring the art of the hand painted sign.

Melissa talks about growing up in the Canadian Rockies and moving to western North Carolina as a teenager and not discovering art until her mid 20’s. Graeme grew up in New Zealand and again discovered art later in life. Together they talk about partnering as teachers and collaborators in art and their involvement in the Emma Lake International art collaboration and CollaboratioNZ.

An engaging and wide ranging conversation with Wayne Raab the now retired lead instructor in the program in fine woodworking at Haywood Community College and both Robb and Erik’s instructor during their time in the program. Having this conversation with Wayne was part of the inspiration for Why Make podcast so Robb and Erik could begin to explore their roots as makers and why they make.

Robb and Erik discuss just what they want the Why Make podcast to be about and Erik has the very first Why Make conversation with Robb about what inspires him