Creative Culture

Jon Grim is a clear voice and advocate for graffiti culture, as well as an art mentor drawing on the history of the medium to teach and refine techniques used by graffiti artists. On his youtube channel, The Artist Block you'll learn about the typography associated with tags, tools for painting and bombing, styles of graffiti, and what to look for when evaluating tags, throw-ups, and pieces. You'l...

Scott Reeder is a Hollywood prop master who is responsible for everything actors touch on a film or television set. A big part of his job is sourcing or creating realistic objects that look like the real thing, but are safe for the actors to use, such as bottles you can bust over someone's head, glass shards you can chew on or roll around on, retractable knives, or non-alcoholic whiskey. But he is...

Chris Berry is a professional house painter who's been posting videos on his YouTube channel, Paint Life TV for the past 11 years. It's a show where you can learn everything about painting your own home, or how to become a professional painter.     In this episode, we talked about how to decide if you should hire a pro or paint your home yourself, the tools of the trade, how to begin a lucrative c...

Matty Benedetto is the host, creator, and evil genius behind Unnecessary Inventions , where he showcases his totally unnecessary inventions. Inventions that solve problems that don't exist, but actually seem kinda practical.    In this episode Matty and I talk about his army of 3D printers, his Superbowl commercial, and how he makes his ingenius inventions.    Try a Shaper Origin risk-free in your...

Dan Harmon is the writer, executive producer and creator of the Emmy award winning animated series Rick and Morty, but he's also a maker and woodworker who's systematically turning "his friend Dylan's house" into a batcave.  Follow Dan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danharmon/ Begin your own woodworking hobby this weekend with The Weekend Woodworker course. Check it out: https://weekendwo...

Jeff Thorman is the creator and host of Home Renovision DIY , a YouTube channel started on April 3, 2016. He has been a general contractor for over 25 years and shows viewers how to renovate and remodel their own homes by dispensing a plethora of tips, tricks, hacks and advice… perfect every time .    Whether you want to learn how to install drywall, or a drop ceiling, install floor tile, hang kit...

Scott Brown is a professional carpenter who started posting videos on YouTube in February, 2016.  In 2018 when he leaned into producing the storytelling, vlog style videos he's known for today.  Today, this series has over 330 episodes and is going strong, showcasing the day to day workings of his carpentry business, Scott Brown Carpentry , in Nelson, New Zealand.    In this episode, Scott talks a...

In this episode I spoke with Sam Raimondi about her aproach to building things, flipping firniture, designing retail spaces, and home renovation.   She started her YouTube channel, DIY Huntress, in May of 2016 and since then has posted more than 100 videos showcasing her creative passions.    Sam is also a full-time psychologist, so we got into a little of that side of her life and how she manages...

There is no hotter debate in the woodworking community at the moment than the use of epoxy resin in woodworking, commonly seen in river tables. Is epoxy the freshest and coolest new material to work with since the invention of plywood, or is it an ugly, hideous abomination that has the staying power of a fidget spinner?   To talk about this, I invited the two most prominent makers at the forefront...

This week on the podcast I wanted to mix things up a bit and talk to someone who is a member of The Weekend Woodworker and a super creative individual.    Neil Patrick Harris has a long resume going back several decades in the entertainment industry and i n the past couple years he's gotten into woodworking, so I thought it would be fun to talk to him about his experience so far and how… and if …...

Start your woodworking hobby today! https://www.weekendwoodworkercourse.com     This week, Jimmy Diresta is back to talk about his latest project, a new series on Netflix called Making Fun . The setup is a group of kids brainstorm crazy ideas of things they'd like to see made, and then watch Jimmy and 4 other really bearded guys build them. The hook is that Jimmy doesn't like children, which leads...

Keith Johnson has been creating high-end furniture on his YouTube channel, Keith Johnson Custom Woodworking, for the past few years. In this episode I talked to Keith about fine woodworking and what it takes to produce high quality furniture. And we talked about his cats.   Follow Keith on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/KeithJohnsonCustomWoodworking   Get started in woodworking for less than $...

Laura Kampf is a maker who's been sharing an eclectic mix of projects and crazy ideas on her YouTube channel since 2015.   Her projects range from fabricating barbecue grills to making unique bicycles and furniture to building her own tiny house. She recently purchased a 120 year old house that she will be restoring as her channel begins a new era.    Visit Laura on YouTube: https://www.youtube.co...

Sign up for my free monthly newsletter at  http://notesfromsteve.com   Rural Renovators is a custom contracting company specializing in post frame construction, building everything from basic storage buildings, to insulated workshops, and even residential homes.   Seven years ago Kyle started posting videos of the building process on his YouTube channel, RR Buildings. But in mid 2021, the channel...

Blake McFarland is an artist who specializes in mixed media sculptures using wood, steel, epoxy, foam, fiberglass, crayons, even ramen noodles. Since 2019 he's been filming these creations and showing the process on his YouTube channel, BM Sculptures.    His highly detailed sculptures can take up to eight weeks to create for clients such as Hyundai, the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Golden State Warrio...

I'm pleased to have Cam Anderson join me again on the podcast so we can dive a little deeper into the world of epoxy, big slabs and the insane growth of his YouTube channel, Blacktail Studio.   And we'll try to figure out why epoxy seems to drive some people bonkers!   Visit Blacktail Studio on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BlacktailStudio

In August 2015 Simone Giertz posted an 8-second long, toothbrush machine video, showing a machine she designed to remove the drudgery of manual tooth brushing. It was funny, ridiculous, and got shared just about everywhere.  That video would come to define much of what Simone's videos would be about: making machines that sort of make sense. Like an alarm clock that slaps you awake or a breakfast m...

Robert Dunn has two of the most entertaining channels on youtube. His main channel is Aging Wheels, a channel he started in 2014 mainly about weird and obscure cars, and how he fixes them up and drives them around. If you love cars, you need to check it out, and if you're like me, and don't know anything about cars, you will definitely love Aging Wheels. It's a car channel for the rest of us.   Bu...

Matt Cremona is unusual in the world of woodworking because he not only builds high end furniture, but he cuts down the trees and mills the lumber from those trees to make that furniture.    In 2016 Matt built his own bandsaw mill which allows him to make lumber out of really big logs.  Amazingly, Matt's most popular video is 42 minutes long and shows how he used his bandsaw mill to make slabs. It...

John Malecki is a woodworker and epoxier who started his YouTube channel in January, 2016 and had a big breakthrough just two years later when he posted a pair of live edge epoxy table videos within 5 days of each other. The second of these, Live Edge River Table Woodworking How To is still his most viewed video with 5.1 million views.   Ever since then, the channel is about going big! Big epoxy,...

On March 24 2017, Katelyn and Evan posted their first video to a YouTube channel that they decided to call Evan and Katelyn.  In the first 20 seconds of their first video, they established their high energy lifestyle format and instantly became the cutest, giggliest DIY couple on the platform.   Evan and Katelyn's channel features a wide variety of fun, silly and useful DIY projects... everything...

Rex Krueger a YouTuber, an author, a historian, and a woodworker. Although, we're going to discover that there is no such thing as a woodworker. He builds mostly traditional furniture in a mostly traditional manner using mostly traditional tools. He's a leading advocate for ditching power tools and returning to a simpler time of human powered construction.   Rex has made videos showing how to make...

Jon Peters started posting woodworking videos in March of 2010 with three videos showing how he made a dining table, immediately establishing the type and quality of furniture we could look forward to on his channel, Longview Woodworking.   Fast forward eleven years, and Jon is still regularly cranking out an eclectic mix of woodworking, art, tool reviews, shop projects, building construction, hom...

Vikkie Lee is a builder, a DIYer, a home remodeler, a woodworker, a carpenter, a food blogger, and author. She started her YouTube channel, The Carpenter's Daughter on February 19, 2015 and since then has posted 250 videos showing how to build all kinds of stuff, including various structures from doghouses to full sized sheds and storage units. We talked about her YouTube career, her willingness t...

This week I chatted with Bob Clagget, a former software engineer who started his YouTube channel back in May of 2013 and was able to ditch his day job just two years later.   I Like to Make Stuff is a variety DIY channel featuring woodworking, metalworking, leatherwork, home improvement, programming, electronics, prop making, 3D printing, a little bit of auto mechanics lately, and a large dose of...