Something new developed during lockdown
Written: 11 September 2020
Something new developed during lockdown
At the beginning of lockdown, we decided to start a podcast. A shiny new microphone and headphones were ordered.....which took 4 months to arrive! In the meantime, we started doing Live Interview on Instagram, whilst we waited for the kit to arrive.
The Capital of Craft
During that time, we produced our first Digital Craft Festival. With the next Festival on the horizon, our new podcast The Capital of Craft, is now ready to launch.
We will talk with makers, thinkers and tinkerers about what it means to be a maker and how it can change your life. Join us as we delve deep into the stories and lives of makers of all kinds, every Thursday.
In our first episode, Sarah James, Craft Festival Director, talks to wooden surfboard maker, James Otter. As lockdown restrictions eased, Sarah visited James in his workshop on the coast of Cornwall. You can listen to their conversation from Thursday September 17th at 11am on Apple and Spotify podcasts.
Images of James Otter by Alun Callender.
Win Do/Make by Surfboard maker, James Otter
We were so delighted to hear that James of Otter Surfboards had been ask to write a book about making for the ever expanding series of Do Books by The Do Book Company.
The book gives you an insight to James’ making philosophy. It explores his journey into making and how he’s developed his practise, allowing serendipity to play its part as well as a dogged determination to make wooden surfboards, against considerable resistance. A decision that has served him very well.
James’ open and accessible writing lays open a world of possibilities, guiding you through what projects you might want to make. To Buy Do/Make CLICK HERE
The Do Book Company have kindly offered 2 copies of Do Make to Craft Festival subscribers. If you live to win a copy, CLICK HERE Competition closes Friday September 18th.