Skyler Swezy

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Makin' It: Jamie Self, Bus Adventurer Turned Small Town Reporter

"There's so much sloppy journalism out there, and we miss so much with our heads buried in our iPhones."

Brady Welch

Skyler Swezy

May 25, 2012

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Makin' It: Sam Temple, Wooden Boat Builder in Maine

"A boat built with local wood that stays in local waters will last a long time."

Brady Welch

Skyler Swezy

May 11, 2012

Articles

Makin' It: Kira Eng-Wilmot, Tapestry Bather and Textile Conservator

"It is very rewarding to see a 16-foot tapestry finally installed in a space like the Cathedral after having spent months fixing the damage."

Brady Welch

Skyler Swezy

Apr 27, 2012

Articles

Makin' It: Edward Janssen, Silversmith and Jeweler

The Tiffany's silversmith who found his way out of the service industry rabbit hole to craft jewelry and keep his clients from destroying antiques.

Brady Welch

Skyler Swezy

Apr 13, 2012

Articles

Makin' It: Elizabeth Carey Smith, a Designer With Type as Her Medium

"Type is certainly seeing a golden age right now."

Brady Welch

Skyler Swezy

Mar 30, 2012

Articles

Makin' It: Denmark's Quirky Brewmaster

"A lot of people think what we do is too extreme, to which we say that they are welcome to drink their Carlsberg instead."

Brady Welch

Skyler Swezy

Mar 17, 2012

Articles

Makin' It: Howard Veregin, Wisconsin's Postmodern State Cartographer

"We wouldn’t allow someone to name a lake after their pet, for example."

Brady Welch

Skyler Swezy

Mar 03, 2012

Articles

Makin' It: Emily Thompson, Floral Designer

"White House curators ok'd some designs I thought were fairly outrageous... dumping giant moss and lichen-covered rocks all over their mantelpieces."

Brady Welch

Skyler Swezy

Feb 17, 2012

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Makin' It: Kalia Brooks, Curator

"Being in the creative field is being in a playful field."

Brady Welch

Skyler Swezy

Feb 03, 2012

Articles

Makin' It: Maurice Leacock, Robot Builder

"There is still a little backyard inventor/sci-fi geek in many of the folks here, for sure."

Brady Welch

Skyler Swezy

Jan 21, 2012

Articles

Makin' It: Jeffrey de Picciotto, Butcher

"I make a point not to forget that this thing I'm cutting in front of me gave its life for us to eat."

Brady Welch

Skyler Swezy

Dec 11, 2011

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Makin' It: Jerrold Jackson, Social Worker

"I think it's difficult, and probably unhelpful, to be void of all emotion in this field."

Brady Welch

Skyler Swezy

Nov 25, 2011

Articles

Makin' It: Willy Muse, Fashion Designer

I showed up in a shirt I had made, some tight black women's jeans, my red vanilla ice Nike Blazers, [with] my old Montgomery Ward sewing machine.

Brady Welch

Skyler Swezy

Nov 12, 2011

Articles

Makin' It: Meg Paska, Urban Beekeeper

I found out that there were people breaking the law to keep bees in NYC and I decided I wanted to break the law, too.

Brady Welch

Skyler Swezy

Oct 29, 2011

Articles

Makin' It: Jason Sigal, Free Music Expert

GOOD's career column talks to Jason Sigal, manager of the Free Music Archive, about radio in the digital era and making copyrights "human readable."

Brady Welch

Skyler Swezy

Oct 14, 2011

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Makin' It: Carolyn Vega, Librarian for Handwritten Stuff

GOOD's career column talks to mansucript cataloger Carolyn Vega about really old stuff, the archive bug, and Sir Walter Scott's letter-writing style.

Brady Welch

Skyler Swezy

Sep 30, 2011

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Makin' It: Julian Lynch, Musician and Ethnomusicologist

In our first Makin' It column, GOOD talks to musician and ethnomusicologist Julian Lynch about how got where he is, and why.

Brady Welch

Skyler Swezy

Sep 16, 2011

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"There's so much sloppy journalism out there, and we miss so much with our heads buried in our iPhones."

"A boat built with local wood that stays in local waters will last a long time."

"It is very rewarding to see a 16-foot tapestry finally installed in a space like the Cathedral after having spent months fixing the damage."

The Tiffany's silversmith who found his way out of the service industry rabbit hole to craft jewelry and keep his clients from destroying antiques.

"Type is certainly seeing a golden age right now."

"A lot of people think what we do is too extreme, to which we say that they are welcome to drink their Carlsberg instead."

"We wouldn’t allow someone to name a lake after their pet, for example."

"White House curators ok'd some designs I thought were fairly outrageous... dumping giant moss and lichen-covered rocks all over their mantelpieces."

"Being in the creative field is being in a playful field."

"There is still a little backyard inventor/sci-fi geek in many of the folks here, for sure."

"I make a point not to forget that this thing I'm cutting in front of me gave its life for us to eat."

"I think it's difficult, and probably unhelpful, to be void of all emotion in this field."

I showed up in a shirt I had made, some tight black women's jeans, my red vanilla ice Nike Blazers, [with] my old Montgomery Ward sewing machine.

I found out that there were people breaking the law to keep bees in NYC and I decided I wanted to break the law, too.

GOOD's career column talks to Jason Sigal, manager of the Free Music Archive, about radio in the digital era and making copyrights "human readable."

GOOD's career column talks to mansucript cataloger Carolyn Vega about really old stuff, the archive bug, and Sir Walter Scott's letter-writing style.

In our first Makin' It column, GOOD talks to musician and ethnomusicologist Julian Lynch about how got where he is, and why.