We Are Makers Podcast

We took at trip over to Belgium to the lovely town of Ghent to meet Winne in his workshop. "People would describe me as a musician and an instrument maker. Both of these things go hand in hand, with one getting the upper hand over the other at times. Sometimes I switch more to performing and doing scoring jobs, and at other times I focus more on the making of the instruments. For me, it’s ver...

We took at trip over to Belgium to the lovely town of De Haan to meet Maximus in his workshop. "You will find me today in a small workshop in De Haan, a village on Belgium’s coastline, which is where I was born and raised. My surroundings are my source of inspiration: away from man-made noise, you can hear the waves landing on the beach, or you can find yourself in the heart of a forest. My n...

We took at trip to visit the lovely Zoe Wilson in her workshop in Houghton, Hampshire, England.  "Continuing the tradition of skills passed from master to apprentice has shaped my career and is at the heart of my work. My stone carving is simple in its manufacture, using only a mallet and chisel, but born from a wealth of knowledge gleaned over the years from highly skilled craftspeople. I on...

We took a trip to meet Barney at Capreolus distillery at his childhood home where he works from today.  "The Cotswolds have been a constant influence through my life. Growing up in this most idyllic region of England I was surrounded by flower rich grasslands, ancient woodlands scented with lily of the valley, historic orchards and the wildlife that inhabited them. A love of nature was a natu...

We took a trip to visit Michael who runs FIODH SCOTLAND in Glasgow, UK. Fiodh is a small start up based in Glasgow founded by design graduate Michael Youmans back in 2017. The original idea behind the business was to create a modern product inspired by Scotland he also had a keen interest in watches from his father. He came up with the concept of using wood from whisky casks to create a stylish au...

We took a trip to visit Ross in his store who owns Finnieston Clothing in Glasgow, Scotland. "At Finnieston Clothing, we offer functional lifestyle garments with a strong focus on quality and durability. Our home is Glasgow, a city whose shipbuilding yards were once revered the world over. Although all but a handful of yards are gone forever, the pride in the industry is still very much alive...

We took a trip to visit Hollie Cooper who creates colourful, functional ceramics handmade in her workshop in Lancashire, UK, Jack and I had a long-form conversation about her work and what it's like to be a small business. "I first fell in love with ceramics when I was introduced to small batch production methods such as the traditional techniques of wheel-throwing, mold-making and slip-...

We took a trip to visit Jamie and Lucy who run Banton Frameworks to have a long-form conversation about their business and what it's like to be a small business. They handmake spectacles and sunglasses frames from their workshop by Banton Loch, just outside Kilsyth, near Glasgow.   Extract from Edition Three, We Are Makers. Why do what you do? "It stems from Lucy’s project. Behind every...

We took a trip to visit Stephen Cichocki at his workspace within the Sustainable Studios in Cardiff, Wales to have a long-form conversation about his business and what it's like to be a small business. Thank you also to Stephen's wife Lisa for cooking us dinner that night - it was a lovely end to our day! Stephen: “All my life I have been a maker, from using glue and matchsticks when I w...

Jack and I took a trip to visit Bert Jones at his home and workspace to have a long-form conversation about his business and what it's like to be a small business.  Bert is currently a Doctoral Research Associate at Cardiff School of Art and Design, undertaking practice led PhD research that explores fine arts relationship with functional objects and pottery as a form of abstract sculpture. H...

Jack and I take a trip to see Rapture and Wright in Moreton-in-Marsh to do our first video podcast! To go alongside our biannual publication, we have started travelling from our home in Glasgow, Scotland , to visit makers and creatives in their workspaces to talk about their independent businesses. This podcast was filmed in Rapture and Wrights's workshop on a typical working day (you will he...