the_designer_maker_revolution

27/12/2020

Neil Erasmus: Doyen Woodworker

https://designermakerrevolution.podbean.com/e/neil-erasmus-doyen-woodworker/

December 9, 2020
Neil Erasmus is already well known to you if you work in wood because he has probably taught you or you've read one of his many articles on the craft.

Neil is a 3rd generation crafts-person. He grew up in South Africa during the last decades of Apartheid and emigrated to Australia with his wife Pam (also a amazing crafts-person) about 40 years ago.

We discuss growing up in South Africa and Neil's feelings about it (compare and contrast with Will Matthysen's episode).

Neil has recently "retired" and moved closer to Perth, Australia. We discuss the idea of retirement and what that might entail.

Neil is a beautiful human being and it was a pleasure talking with him about his life

08/12/2020

Neil Erasmus is already well known to you if you work in wood because he has probably taught you or you've read one of his many articles on the craft. Neil is a 3rd generation crafts-person. He grew up in South Africa during the last decades of Apartheid and emigrated to Australia with his wife Pam....

17/10/2020

Shima Gholami
https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-i7qqv-ef4f97
October 14, 2020
Shima Gholami Scholar

Shima is a lifelong scholar specializing in cultural stuff. She was born and raised in Iran and was a curator at the Golestan Palace in Tehran before emigrating to Australia where she is completing a PhD.

We talk about what it is like growing up in Iran and the cultural similarities/differences between Australia and Iran.

Our news, media feeds and presidents indicate that Iran is our enemy. Except Iran has maintained an extremely rich and sophisticated culture for many thousands of years.

For context we discuss the history of Iran / Persia. Very basically: pre-Islam and post-Islam..... More importantly for our Western interests: pre and post WW2, and especially post Islamic Revolution.

Shima and I were introduced to each other by Guildhouse for a project connecting migrant craftspeople with Australian artists. We ran a wood inlay workshop together and created SUN: an artwork neither of us could have produced alone. Collaborations are awesome! SUN is for sale at Bungendore Wood Works Gallery NSW, Australia. https://bwoodworks.com.au/

Shima is totally gentle and is not political. We didn't discuss politics. This podcast is about bringing people and cultures together.
At the end of our conversation you can enjoy some Iranian music: 2 contemporary and 2 traditional pieces.

Music:
1. Salar Aghili - Sarve Zire Ab
2. Homayoun Shajarian - Sarnevesht
3. Kayhan Kalhor & M.R. Shajarian - Festive Occasion
4. Kayhan Kalhor & M.R. Shajarian - Instrument and Vocal (Poem by Baba Tahor)

The book we discuss from Manus Island: Behrouz Boochani "No Friend but the Mountains"

17/10/2020

Margaret Dodd.
September 10, 2020
https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-m3xfi-eb01fa
Margaret Dodd is an artist well known for her ceramic cars.
She graduated from the University of California, Davis in 1968.
Margaret is also a movie maker and her film "This Woman is Not a Car" has been recently acquired by the Art Gallery of South Australia.
We talk about the meanings behind her work and why she does it. Margaret has a strong political outlook and we talk about that too.
Margaret Dodd is one of our wise elders.
Check out her exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia if you can.
https://www.agsa.sa.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/margaret-dodd-new-acquisitions/

www.adrianpotter.net.au

Thank you Andrew Bunney for connecting Margaret to the Revolution.

14/10/2020

Shima Gholami Scholar Iran is not our enemy.Shima is a lifelong scholar specializing in cultural stuff. She was born and raised in Iran and was a curator at the Golestan Palace in Tehran before emigrating to Australia where she is completing a PhD.We talk about what it is like growing up in Iran and...

10/09/2020

Margaret Dodd is an artist well known for her ceramic cars.She graduated from the University of California, Davis in 1968. Margaret is also a movie maker and her film "This Woman is Not a Car" has been recently acquired by the Art Gallery of South Australia.We talk about the meanings behind her work...

14/08/2020

Don Morrison: A Very Modest Gentleman, Musician and Guitar Maker
August 14, 2020
https://designermakerrevolution.podbean.com/e/don-morrison-a-very-modest-gentleman-musician-and-guitar-maker/

Don Morrison is a super nice bloke. Extremely modest and very talented.

Don makes extraordinary metal body resonator guitars from bits of old galvanized iron sheets. Check out the Perponda guitar .

These instruments have a deep cultural heritage and abound with stories.

Don has released 15 albums so far with a double album on the way to mark his 40 years of playing music.

I recommend his book: This Could Be Big, Forty Years at the Dag End of the Australian Music Industry.

Quotes: "Playing (music) live is like meditation or mindfulness - the next day - even if it was a moderately successful gig - that's when I feel most relaxed"

"These day's I'm better at doing what I'm better at, and eliminating things that I do that aren't very good"

Web:

www.donmorrison.bandcamp.com/
http://www.donmo.com

www.adrianpotter.net.au
@ Adelaide, South Australia

14/08/2020

Don Morrison is a super nice bloke. Extremely modest and very talented. Don makes extraordinary metal body resonator guitars from bits of old galvanized iron sheets. Check out the Perponda guitar . These instruments have a deep cultural heritage and abound with stories. Don has released 15 albums so...

02/08/2020

Andy Rasheed: Photographer, Musician, Small Drum Revolution
July 30, 2020


Andy Rasheed is a photographer and artist who has just launched Small Drum Revolution.

We talk about all sorts of things including his pathway to professional photography via his Band failing to make it big in Sydney.

Check out Andy's percussion instruments and lap steel guitars - he has some ideas and innovations that bring benefits you can see, hear and feel.



Always: thanks for listening. Cheers



Web:

www.eyefood.com.au

www.smalldrumrevolution.com.au

www.adrianpotter.net.au
@ Wistow, South Australia

30/07/2020

Andy Rasheed is a photographer and artist who has just launched Small Drum Revolution. We talk about all sorts of things including his pathway to professional photography via his Band failing to make it big in Sydney. Check out Andy's percussion instruments and lap steel guitars - he has some ideas....

26/07/2020

Patrick Hall: Artist
July 15, 2020
https://designermakerrevolution.podbean.com/e/patrick-hall-artist/
Patrick Hall is an Artist.

His work is insanely awesome! While they are often cabinets (even functional) Patrick layers meaning and stories all over them. Literally.

He invites us into a space where time can slow down and where we may see the world anew.

Patrick also tells a poetic story about 2/3's in.

Please enjoy this conversation with an amazing man.

Web:

hallison.com

despard-gallery.com.au

adrianpotter.net.au
@ Tasmania, Austraila

26/07/2020

Mark Thomson: Designer, Author, Storyteller, Advanced Research Director IBYS
July 26, 2020
https://designermakerrevolution.podbean.com/e/mark-thomson-designer-author-storyteller-advanced-research-director-ibys/
Mark Thomson is a super interesting bloke.

He is author of many books including: Blokes and Sheds, Rare Trades, Makers Breakers & Fixers.

Mark is a great storyteller and a curious and generous soul.

web:

www.ibys.org

www.adrianpotter.net.au

26/07/2020

Mark Thomson is a super interesting bloke. He is author of many books including: Blokes and Sheds, Rare Trades, Makers Breakers & Fixers. Mark is a great storyteller and a curious and generous soul. web: www.ibys.org www.adrianpotter.net.au

15/07/2020

Patrick Hall is an Artist. His work is insanely awesome! While they are often cabinets (even functional) Patrick layers meaning and stories all over them. Literally. He invites us into a space where time can slow down and where we may see the world anew. Patrick also tells a poetic story about 2/3's...

17/06/2020

Karim Haddad.
https://designermakerrevolution.podbean.com/e/karim-haddad-tool-and-knife-maker-teacher/
Karim's enterprise and life is inspiring. Tharwa Valley Forge has well over 200 classes a year, employs numerous skills craftspeople and facilitates 1000's of people to be creative.
https://cuppacumbalongfoundation.org.au/en

14/06/2020

Karim Haddad runs Tharwa Valley Forge and owns Cuppacumbalong in a small village just outside Canberra called Tharwa. Karim's enterprise and life is inspiring. Tharwa Valley Forge has well over 200 classes a year, employs numerous skills craftspeople and facilitates 1000's of people to be creative.....

11/06/2020

Kevin Murray is a Knowledge Worker. Kevin has been at the forefront of Craft theory and curatorial endeavors for decades. He is editor of Garland Magazine - I recommend Garland, follow the link below. This podcast is a dialogue. We discuss the Covid 19 lockdown and how there may be pros and cons com...

29/05/2020

Peter Korn is the founder and Academic Director of The Centre for Furniture Craftsmanship, Maine US
https://designermakerrevolution.podbean.com/e/peter-korn-why-we-make-things-and-why-it-matters/
Please enjoy our conversation

24/05/2020

Peter Korn, is the Founder and Academic Director of The Centre of Furniture Craftsmanship (Maine, US). He is also author of a number of books including “Why We Make Things and Why it Matters” Peter and I discuss the primary theme in his book: How to Live a Good Life. As you would expect Peter ha...

18/05/2020

Jim Redgate. Guitar maker and designer.
https://designermakerrevolution.podbean.com/e/jim-redgate-designer-and-maker-of-guitars-only-courage/
@ Port Noarlunga, South Australia, Australia

17/05/2020

Jim Redgate is a luthier. He makes classical guitars. Some of Jim's guitars are 100% traditional, others look traditional but are 100% state-of-the-art. If you are a Designer: guitars are a complex design problem and there is no room for compromise. If you are a Maker: Jim has some serious skills. W...

02/05/2020

One of David Colwell’s innovative chairs.
https://designermakerrevolution.podbean.com/e/david-colwell-a-born-designer/
An example of the Structural Aesthetic.

21/04/2020

David Colwell has been a Designer all his life. He has strongly held and clearly articulated views on design, art and craft. Of course we discuss aesthetics a fair bit. David has designed and, with his company Trannon, made, stacks of chairs and tables from sustainably harvested and worked wood. He....

11/04/2020

This is episode 1 of the Fire and Virus Series. Thanks for listening, I really appreciate it. David MacLaren (Bungendore Wood Works Gallery) returns to talk about the devastation caused by the fires and how a successful gallery is coping with a virus ruining the status quo. The Black Summer in Austr...

03/04/2020

https://designermakerrevolution.podbean.com/e/will-matthysen-apartheid-lost-a-son-but-the-world-gained-a-clock-maker/

30/03/2020

Simon Brown: The Prodigal Son Returns, 109 years of T H Brown Co. Simon Brown is a third generation furniture manufacturer: Grandson of the man TH Brown no less. The TH Brown Company has been a making furniture since 1911.There have been plenty of ups and downs in the TH Brown organization and Simon...

22/03/2020

Will Matthysen is a Clock Maker and was once an architect working for Norman Foster in the UK and Hong Kong. Will talks about growing up in South Africa during apartheid and a whole bunch of other interesting stuff. We do discuss some technical aspects of clocks like escapements, pendulums and gears...

14/03/2020

Brian ParkesBrian Parkes is currently CEO of JamFactory Craft and Design Centre in Adelaide, Australia. JamFactory has played a huge role in 1000's of artist's, craftspeople and designers lives for the last 47 years. Obviously we talk about the Jam but we also get into what makes Brian Parkes tick!....

10/03/2020

The David Haig Experience Part 2.David Haig is the sweetest soul in the universe. This is Part 2 of our conversation. There's not much overlap in what we talk with Part 1 and Part 2. I don't reckon you need to listen to Part 1 to make sense of this episode. We discuss:being a hippie and business man...

01/03/2020

David Haig is the sweetest soul in the universe. He has been a designer maker of wood furniture for decades in New Zealand and has also taught around the world.
His chairs are gorgeous! Look for them on his website, but pictures don't do them justice - try if you can to touch and sit in one because its an experience!
David grew up in Malaya (now Malaysia) but spent his formative years in Britain.
We discuss:
the benefits of a history Degree from Oxford when being a craftsman is going to be your profession,
the joys of working with your hands,
chairs as an engineering art-form,
and, of course, we discuss at length David's design and creative process
This podcast investigates how creative people tick, David and I get some of the way down that philosophical road in Part 1. Part 2 goes a lot further so stay tuned for that conversation -coming soon.

Articulate conversations describing the creative process are as rare as hens teeth, so listen up!

The Revolution is always interested in discussing the Creative Process!

Neil Thomason has helped me massively with the audio quality. Thanks Neil.

Patreon is coming. Also soon (I hope) high quality, silk screened T-shirts - screened by hand of course! Any colour you like, so long as it's Black. Pre-orders for the T-Shirts are welcome.

All proceeds will go towards better equipment and running the Revolution, so that the audio quality can be as good as it can be. The Revolution strives for excellence in all things!

Websites:

adrianpotter.net.au

designermakerrevolution.com

davidhaig.co.nz

Insta:
designer.maker.revolution
designermaker

01/03/2020

The David Haig Experience Part 1. David Haig is the sweetest soul in the universe. He has been a designer maker of wood furniture for decades in New Zealand and has also taught around the world. His chairs are gorgeous! Look for them on his website, but pictures don't do them justice - try if you ca...

23/02/2020

SourSob Bob is a Musician who has been described as ...."sort of Folk-Punk". We discuss at length the creative process of writing songs and how crucial practicing is to all endeavors. SSB has adventured into the desert heart of Australia and has plenty of stories to tell about that. Including: how t...

13/02/2020

Dale Broholm is a designer maker of furniture and Senior Critic at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). If you listened to the Witness Tree episode you’ll know that Dale is that project’s father. Dale and I had a wonderful conversation. We talked about: how to constructively criticize someo...

09/02/2020

Daniel Cavicchi is an author, creative thinker, fan of all things cultural and, during the day, Vice Provost of Rhode Island School of Design.

We had a wonderful conversation about Dan's life, work and stories - lots of stories! Everything is a Story.
https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-qqmtu-d2b5f5

Thanks for listening and an especial thank you to Neil Thomason for answering the call for audio help. Cheers Neil.

Patreon is coming and soon, I hope, high quality, silk screened T-shirts - screened by hand of course! Any colour you like, so long as it's Black. Pre-orders for the T-Shirts are welcome.

All proceeds will go towards running the Revolution and also better equipment so that the audio quality can be as good as it can be. Part of the Revolution is striving for excellence in all things!

Websites:

adrianpotter.net.au

designermakerrevolution.com

witnesstreeproject.org

risd.edu

Insta:




designer.maker.revolution
designermaker

09/02/2020

The Witness Tree Project is completely unpacked and dissected in this episode.

You’ll discover:

What a Witness Tree is and why they matter,

Why outcomes from student projects are not all visual …… there are unseen benefits!

Why it’s a good thing to create within limits or by using themes (like history)

And a bunch of other stuff besides.

Joining me on this adventure are Daniel Cavicchi Vice Provost and Professor of History, Philosophy and the Social Sciences at the Rhode Island School of Design, and Dale Broholm, Senior Critic, Department of Furniture Design, Rhode Island School of Design.

Thanks for listening and an especial thank you to Neil Thomason for answering the call for audio help. Cheers Neil

Websites:

adrianpotter.net.au

designermakerrevolution.com

witnesstreeproject.org

risd.edu

unisa.edu.au

Insta:




masterofdesign


designermaker


@ Adelaide city centre

07/02/2020

Welcome to the Revolution. Thanks for joining up!
Please feel free to get in touch, I love hearing from you.
What is a Podcast? It's like a radio show but based on the internet. This podcast is produced entirely by me: Adrian Potter. So you know who to blame :)
Where Can I listen to it? You can find it on Apple Podcasts or Spotify or anywhere podcasts are found. Here is a link:
https://designermakerrevolution.podbean.com/

Investigating what makes creative people tick....

06/02/2020

Hi folks. I’m slowly getting this page together.
Not much to see yet but you can listen to The Designer Maker Revolution Podcast on your favourite podcast provider.
Here is a link:
https://designermakerrevolution.podbean.com/
Or search for Designer Maker Revolution in apple podcasts or Spotify or wherever you listen to that sort of thing.
Feel free to get in touch and subscribe if you link it.
Cheers
A

Investigating what makes creative people tick....

03/02/2020