Make Do
163 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsTiff Arment and Julia Skott talk about art and making. They won’t teach you how to turn your creativity into a business. Or how to do anything, really. They just want to talk about doing stuff. Hosted by Tiff Arment and Julia Skott.
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Make Do 57: Routines and Rituals
May 27, 2020 14:00 - 38 minutes - 17.8 MBDo you have a special hat you put on to paint? A candle that helps you write? We discuss the rituals and habits we create around our art – and what to do when those rituals don’t, in fact, trick the muse into showing up.
Make Do 56: Eating The Elephant One Bite At A Time
May 13, 2020 14:00 - 46 minutes - 21.4 MBA listener email has us talking about the differences in getting ready to do BIG projects and smaller ones. Does the giant mountain start to feel smaller after you climb it once?
56: Eating The Elephant One Bite At A Time
May 13, 2020 14:00 - 46 minutes - 21.4 MBA listener email has us talking about the differences in getting ready to do BIG projects and smaller ones. Does the giant mountain start to feel smaller after you climb it once?
Make Do 55: K. Tempest Bradford and The Power of Narrative
April 29, 2020 13:00 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBJulia talks to writer and podcast neighbor K. Tempest Bradford about being a creative, teaching people how to write, and whose stories get told and by whom. (Content note: There is discussion of racism and some of the less pleasant things that can happen to women and minority groups in literature, especially sci-fi and fantasy.)
55: K. Tempest Bradford and The Power of Narrative
April 29, 2020 13:00 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBJulia talks to writer and podcast neighbor K. Tempest Bradford about being a creative, teaching people how to write, and whose stories get told and by whom. (Content note: There is discussion of racism and some of the less pleasant things that can happen to women and minority groups in literature, especially sci-fi and fantasy.)
54: Don't Tell Me How To Hobby
April 15, 2020 13:00 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBWe take on a listener question about feeling like you’re not doing your hobby right and producing worthy things, and how that can make you hesitate to even do it at all.
Make Do 54: Don't Tell Me How To Hobby
April 15, 2020 13:00 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBWe take on a listener question about feeling like you’re not doing your hobby right and producing worthy things, and how that can make you hesitate to even do it at all.
Make Do 53: Stu-stu-studio
April 01, 2020 14:15 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBA whole room? A rented space? A tiny corner? There are lots of ways to set up a studio for the stuff you make. Not everything will work for all people, but there are a lot of things that can be good to think about.
53: Stu-stu-studio
April 01, 2020 14:15 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBA whole room? A rented space? A tiny corner? There are lots of ways to set up a studio for the stuff you make. Not everything will work for all people, but there are a lot of things that can be good to think about.
52: Give In, Give Up, Let Go.
March 18, 2020 15:00 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBWhen do you give up on things? Or entire crafts? Basically, we try to answer the fundamental question: ”What IS fun?”
Make Do 52: Give In, Give Up, Let Go.
March 18, 2020 15:00 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBWhen do you give up on things? Or entire crafts? Basically, we try to answer the fundamental question: ”What IS fun?”
51: Thank... You?
March 04, 2020 15:15 - 49 minutes - 45 MBWe follow up on leaning into pretention, and then try to figure out how to accept compliments gracefully. Or at all.
Make Do 51: Thank... You?
March 04, 2020 15:15 - 49 minutes - 45 MBWe follow up on leaning into pretention, and then try to figure out how to accept compliments gracefully. Or at all.
Make Do 50: To Write With Light
February 19, 2020 15:00 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBPhotography! We talk about Tiff’s path to becoming a capital P photographer - and, of course, if photography is Art. Also why pictures with that white frame around them felt so much more fancy when you were a kid.
50: To Write With Light
February 19, 2020 15:00 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBPhotography! We talk about Tiff’s path to becoming a capital P photographer - and, of course, if photography is Art. Also why pictures with that white frame around them felt so much more fancy when you were a kid.
49: Little Boxes, All The Same
February 05, 2020 15:00 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MB”Your brain is infinite, but your space is limited.” Tiff gets deep when we talk about organizing your materials. By function? By craft? By color? Bye bye?
Make Do 49: Little Boxes, All The Same
February 05, 2020 15:00 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MB”Your brain is infinite, but your space is limited.” Tiff gets deep when we talk about organizing your materials. By function? By craft? By color? Bye bye?
Make Do 48: The Not-So-Distant Future
January 22, 2020 15:00 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBIt’s time to dream and plan for 2020. Not in hindsight. Foresight. Also: How do you find a new hobby?
48: The Not-So-Distant Future
January 22, 2020 15:00 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBIt’s time to dream and plan for 2020. Not in hindsight. Foresight. Also: How do you find a new hobby?
Make Do 47: Brain Potatoes
December 25, 2019 22:30 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MBWe talk about our year and what we’ve maybe learned. Sort of. CW: This episode contains some discussion of mental health.
47: Brain Potatoes
December 25, 2019 22:30 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MBWe talk about our year and what we’ve maybe learned. Sort of. CW: This episode contains some discussion of mental health.
Make Do 46: A No-Good Heartbreaker, A Liar And A Cheat
December 11, 2019 15:00 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBIt can be hard to get over the feeling that you’re cheating somehow, if you’re not doing Art exactly the way you think it ought to be done. Why is that?
46: A No-Good Heartbreaker, A Liar And A Cheat
December 11, 2019 15:00 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBIt can be hard to get over the feeling that you’re cheating somehow, if you’re not doing Art exactly the way you think it ought to be done. Why is that?
45: A Safe Place To Get Lost
November 27, 2019 16:00 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBStudiomate Jamie is back to talk about her year of boldness and about vulnerability. Also: Borrow other people’s stuff!
Make Do 45: A Safe Place To Get Lost
November 27, 2019 16:00 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBStudiomate Jamie is back to talk about her year of boldness and about vulnerability. Also: Borrow other people’s stuff!
44: Keeping It Cosy
November 13, 2019 15:00 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBIt’s time to put on comfy slippers and do some nice, cosy, undemanding crafts. (Or is it?)
Make Do 44: Keeping It Cosy
November 13, 2019 15:00 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBIt’s time to put on comfy slippers and do some nice, cosy, undemanding crafts. (Or is it?)
43: Julia: Journalist Jabber
October 30, 2019 15:00 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBTiff gets to turn the questions back on Julia, for a discussion about journalism and pottery as careers.
Make Do 43: Julia: Journalist Jabber
October 30, 2019 15:00 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBTiff gets to turn the questions back on Julia, for a discussion about journalism and pottery as careers.
Make Do 42: They Say The Neon Lights Are Bright
October 16, 2019 14:30 - 1 hour - 67.5 MBAfter a quick Inktober chat, we get deep into Tiff’s not-that-seedy past at a Broadway costume shop. And yes, it is just as cool as you imagine.
42: They Say The Neon Lights Are Bright
October 16, 2019 14:30 - 1 hour - 67.5 MBAfter a quick Inktober chat, we get deep into Tiff’s not-that-seedy past at a Broadway costume shop. And yes, it is just as cool as you imagine.
41: Oh Noez, I’m Monetizing My Hobby!
October 02, 2019 14:00 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBWe need to work out some feelings. Insecurity, overenthusiasm and overexertion, joy, worry. They’re all there.
Make Do 41: Oh Noez, I’m Monetizing My Hobby!
October 02, 2019 14:00 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBWe need to work out some feelings. Insecurity, overenthusiasm and overexertion, joy, worry. They’re all there.
Make Do 40: Back To Life, Back To Reality
September 18, 2019 14:30 - 27 minutes - 37.6 MBTiff is back in the studio, and Julia is itching to get back to hers after a month on the road. What have we learned from having to, well, make do with what we had? Also, a big reveal!
40: Back To Life, Back To Reality
September 18, 2019 14:30 - 27 minutes - 37.6 MBTiff is back in the studio, and Julia is itching to get back to hers after a month on the road. What have we learned from having to, well, make do with what we had? Also, a big reveal!
Make Do 39: Afternoons with Gerhard
September 04, 2019 14:00 - 34 minutes - 47.7 MBWe watch the documentary *Gerhard Richter Painting* and ponder what makes an artist great, and how the sound of paint shmooshing and scraping makes us feel.
39: Afternoons with Gerhard
September 04, 2019 14:00 - 34 minutes - 47.7 MBWe watch the documentary *Gerhard Richter Painting* and ponder what makes an artist great, and how the sound of paint shmooshing and scraping makes us feel.
38: Give Me A Q! Give Me An A!
August 21, 2019 14:00 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MBWe answer some listener questions, from suggestions for specific pens to more philosophical musings about productivity and profitability.
Make Do 38: Give Me A Q! Give Me An A!
August 21, 2019 14:00 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MBWe answer some listener questions, from suggestions for specific pens to more philosophical musings about productivity and profitability.
37: "You're Just Coloring"
August 07, 2019 14:00 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MBWhat do you do when someone else says the things that you say to yourself? Why do they like to feed our impostor syndrome? Send us your questions for the Q&A episode! makedopod @ gmail
Make Do 37: "You're Just Coloring"
August 07, 2019 14:00 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MBWhat do you do when someone else says the things that you say to yourself? Why do they like to feed our impostor syndrome? Send us your questions for the Q&A episode! makedopod @ gmail
Make Do 36: Self. Help?
July 24, 2019 14:00 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBWe tried reading a book and gave up. So we talk about self help or inspirational books, and about giving up.
36: Self. Help?
July 24, 2019 14:00 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBWe tried reading a book and gave up. So we talk about self help or inspirational books, and about giving up.
Make Do 35: Merlin Mann and Vulnerability
July 10, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 65.4 MBWe get a visit from Merlin Mann, and talk about - well, a lot of stuff. What to call yourself, tall poppy syndrome, and micro-creativity.
35: Merlin Mann and Vulnerability
July 10, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 65.4 MBWe get a visit from Merlin Mann, and talk about - well, a lot of stuff. What to call yourself, tall poppy syndrome, and micro-creativity.
34: Be Nice To Your Past Self
June 26, 2019 14:00 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBWhy are we mean to our younger selves, when they were trying out new things? Can we be nicer to our now-selves by being nicer to our then-selves? Also, did Julia ever really like hockey?
Make Do 34: Be Nice To Your Past Self
June 26, 2019 14:00 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBWhy are we mean to our younger selves, when they were trying out new things? Can we be nicer to our now-selves by being nicer to our then-selves? Also, did Julia ever really like hockey?
33: And All That Class
June 12, 2019 14:00 - 39 minutes - 36 MBJulia is very excited about some workshops she’s been taking lately, and we talk about the ups and downs of taking different kinds of classes to try new things or improve your craft.
Make Do 33: And All That Class
June 12, 2019 14:00 - 39 minutes - 36 MBJulia is very excited about some workshops she’s been taking lately, and we talk about the ups and downs of taking different kinds of classes to try new things or improve your craft.
32: Failing Forward
May 29, 2019 14:00 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBSome followup, some crap news, some Pollyanna attitudes. We discuss how we’re dealing with some failures and frustrations.