Listening back: a year of makers
Ten minutes from the year's interviews that I still think about.
33 minLatest interviews
A new hour-long interview every Wednesday, with chapters, on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube.
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WatchRecording in a room full of blankets
My corner of the house, the recorder I carry and how I clean up a noisy workshop.
21 min
WatchHow I prepare for an interview
The questions I write, the ones I throw away, and why I always ask about money.
24 min
WatchPak Budi, blacksmith: knives at the end of the lane
A forge in a village lane, a knife a day and the order book from the city.
36 min
WatchIbu Sri, rice farmer: the terraces above the house
Not a craft you can buy, but the one every other one here depends on.
41 min
WatchMas Adi, woodcarver: masks for tourists and for the temple
The masks that sell and the masks that matter, and why he makes both.
44 min
WatchThe drying racks: three potters on rain
What a wet season does to a workshop, from three potters in the same village.
39 min
WatchMbak Lestari, batik maker: a line of wax a day
Drawing wax with a canting, the patterns she will not sell and teaching her daughter.
58 min
WatchPak Joko, weaver: indigo by the bucket
A weaver on growing indigo, dyeing in the yard and the one loom that takes a month per cloth.
47 min
WatchBu Ratna, potter: forty years at one wheel
A potter in Kasongan on the clay she digs herself, the kiln her father built and the bowls that pay the bills.
52 min
Notes from the Workshop
A letter every Wednesday with the new interview, a photo from the workshop and the one answer I keep thinking about.