Hosted by Rebecca Ickes Carra, the podcast focuses on candid conversations with fellow makers, about what it’s really like to make a living from the things we make. Plus occasional business tips straight from Rebecca’s hard-learned lessons over the last 14 years of entrepreneurship.
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Ep 604: Working with Intention with Bill Schwenzer of Aliveguy Pottery
Described as the most supportive guy on the internet by numerous people, today’s interview with Bill Schwenzer feels long overdue. Better known as Aliveguy Pottery, we talk about his career transition from corporate quality control to clay, his commitment to thoughtful encouragement online and his unique approach to delayed gratification all while continuing to push himself outside of his comfort zone and not get too bogged down in analyzing.
Ep 603: Receiving Delayed Attention with Stanley Tong
I reached out to chat with Stanley after seeing his “Thoughts and Prayers” series - a powerful body of work creating strong visuals on the actual effects of a bullet striking a form. A series, he actually made more than a year ago. And yet, only recently and quite suddenly, has gotten quite a lot of recognition. We talk about how the series came about and what’s happened in the year since, as well as the time he’s taking to figure out the next steps, instead of letting the internet push him into a constant state of urgency. Not to mention, the decision to use a platform to express a message and what may or may not happen if that message changes. In other words: Do you keep making the work you know people want, or… Do you change?
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