web01.fireside.fm Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:10:00 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Sustaining Craft - Episodes Tagged with “Design” https://sustainingcraft.fireside.fm/tags/design Wed, 22 Jan 2020 17:00:00 -0500 Sustaining Craft started in 2016, when Elizabeth Silverstein, a writer, found herself discouraged after a move and a divorce. To find a little encouragement for herself and others, she decided to talk to people building businesses in creative fields. en-us episodic The stories of those making a living with their art, craft, or passion. Elizabeth Silverstein Sustaining Craft started in 2016, when Elizabeth Silverstein, a writer, found herself discouraged after a move and a divorce. To find a little encouragement for herself and others, she decided to talk to people building businesses in creative fields. no craft, art, small business, local business, creative business, stories, storytelling, content, marketing, business stories, creative, art business, craft business, passion, passion business, painting, writing, drawing, henna, woodworking, animals, opera, singing, music, welding, metal work, books, novels, flowers, floral arrangement, photography, photos, nonprofit Elizabeth Silverstein hello@hewandweld.com Episode 22: Stacey Bowers: Stamping an Edge on the Delicate https://sustainingcraft.fireside.fm/22 1d11b6e9-1bd3-4e38-b8e0-c4cd7ef14209 Wed, 22 Jan 2020 17:00:00 -0500 Elizabeth Silverstein full 2 Elizabeth Silverstein Stacey Bowers wanted to make her friends laugh. She’d already had an understanding of jewelry making from her time as a teenager working at a bead store, then she taught herself how to stamp metal. The gifts for her friends caught the eyes of others, and she built an Etsy shop, then a website. By 2018, she had to decide if she wanted to make Bang-Up Betty her full-time gig. She booked a trade show in Vegas and quit her day job. Now, her work has been featured in Buzzfeed and other national platforms, and she makes all of her income as a jewelry designer at her home studio and Stifft Station Gifts. 22:37 yes Stacey Bowers wanted to make her friends laugh. She used some of her previous knowledge of jewelry making and learned how to stamp metal to make delicate pieces with interesting phrases on them. “I think it has a lot to do with my own personal taste in jewelry,” Stacey said. “I typically wear things that are small and discrete, and I think a lot of other people appreciate that, too. But my attitude is not small or discrete. It's a little combination of the inner and outer me.” She worked full-time as the communications director for the Thea Foundation while making jewelry every hour she wasn’t at work. As of February 2019, she decided to transition to jewelry design full-time with her company, Bang-Up Betty. Find more of Stacey’s work: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bangupbetty/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/bangupbettyjewelry Website - https://www.bangupbetty.com/ Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/BangUpBetty/ Stifft Station Gifts - https://www.stifftstationgifts.com/ Sustaining Craft is a passion project of Hew & Weld Writing. There are no fees for artists and craftspeople to participate. Music provided by Jim Ciago (Seven Second Chance on iTunes and Spotify & Nomad Neighbors in the Denver area most weekends). Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sustainingcraft/ Facebook - http://facebook.com/sustainingcraft Find more from Hew & Weld: Website - https://www.hewandweld.com/news Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/hewandweld/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/hewandweld/ Special Guest: Stacey Bowers. jewelry, design, jewelry design, little rock, little rock art, sustaining craft, stories, creative stories Stacey Bowers wanted to make her friends laugh. She used some of her previous knowledge of jewelry making and learned how to stamp metal to make delicate pieces with interesting phrases on them.

“I think it has a lot to do with my own personal taste in jewelry,” Stacey said. “I typically wear things that are small and discrete, and I think a lot of other people appreciate that, too. But my attitude is not small or discrete. It's a little combination of the inner and outer me.”

She worked full-time as the communications director for the Thea Foundation while making jewelry every hour she wasn’t at work. As of February 2019, she decided to transition to jewelry design full-time with her company, Bang-Up Betty.

Find more of Stacey’s work:
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bangupbetty/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/bangupbettyjewelry
Website - https://www.bangupbetty.com/
Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/BangUpBetty/
Stifft Station Gifts - https://www.stifftstationgifts.com/

Sustaining Craft is a passion project of Hew & Weld Writing. There are no fees for artists and craftspeople to participate. Music provided by Jim Ciago (Seven Second Chance on iTunes and Spotify & Nomad Neighbors in the Denver area most weekends).
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sustainingcraft/
Facebook - http://facebook.com/sustainingcraft

Find more from Hew & Weld:
Website - https://www.hewandweld.com/news
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/hewandweld/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/hewandweld/

Special Guest: Stacey Bowers.

]]> Stacey Bowers wanted to make her friends laugh. She used some of her previous knowledge of jewelry making and learned how to stamp metal to make delicate pieces with interesting phrases on them.

“I think it has a lot to do with my own personal taste in jewelry,” Stacey said. “I typically wear things that are small and discrete, and I think a lot of other people appreciate that, too. But my attitude is not small or discrete. It's a little combination of the inner and outer me.”

She worked full-time as the communications director for the Thea Foundation while making jewelry every hour she wasn’t at work. As of February 2019, she decided to transition to jewelry design full-time with her company, Bang-Up Betty.

Find more of Stacey’s work:
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bangupbetty/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/bangupbettyjewelry
Website - https://www.bangupbetty.com/
Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/BangUpBetty/
Stifft Station Gifts - https://www.stifftstationgifts.com/

Sustaining Craft is a passion project of Hew & Weld Writing. There are no fees for artists and craftspeople to participate. Music provided by Jim Ciago (Seven Second Chance on iTunes and Spotify & Nomad Neighbors in the Denver area most weekends).
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sustainingcraft/
Facebook - http://facebook.com/sustainingcraft

Find more from Hew & Weld:
Website - https://www.hewandweld.com/news
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/hewandweld/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/hewandweld/

Special Guest: Stacey Bowers.

]]> Episode 16: Kathryn LeMaster: Using the Unseen to Craft a Home https://sustainingcraft.fireside.fm/16 2d272f83-17ad-4ddb-8cd4-44fa4454b309 Mon, 21 Jan 2019 13:00:00 -0500 Elizabeth Silverstein full 2 Elizabeth Silverstein Kathryn LeMaster didn't know that interior design was an actual job until she found it in her college's catalogue. She'd grown up on a construction site, helping her parents build the family home, and loved the idea of helping others build and utilize their own space through function and storytelling. 53:26 no And that interest had started years ago, with a family project. LeMaster’s father, gifted in construction, decided to build their family home from the ground up. The family lived in a mobile home while they first built a barn to house all of the building materials, and then started on the house a few years later. “I kind of felt like i grew up on a construction site,” LeMaster said.” I loved so much of that process of building our house and being able to be so involved in that process. Hanging doors, helping my mom pick out wall paper and paint colors.” After graduating with her degree and working for a year and a half at a local firm as an intern and then a junior designer, LeMaster decided to take a break. She joined her mother again, helping her flip a house as LeMaster considered what her next step might be. She didn’t intend to start a company. -- Get more of Kathryn's work: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kjlemaster/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/kathrynjlemaster/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/kjlemaster/ Website - https://kathrynjlemaster.com/ -- Sustaining Craft is a project of Hew&Weld Writing. There are no fees for artists and craftspeople to participate. Everything is funded through Hew&Weld and partnerships with friends: Jim Ciago (Seven Second Chance on iTunes and Spotify & Nomad Neighbors in the Denver area most weekends) and Local. Magazine (http://localmag411.com/). Find more from Hew&Weld: - Each episode of Sustaining Craft comes with a companion article, which can be found at hewandweld.com/news. - Instagram, Facebook, Twitter: @hewandweld - Sustaining Craft is also on Instagram: @sustainingcraft Special Guest: Kathryn LeMaster. interior design, visual storytelling, art, arkansas, little rock, art stories, art career, design career, design And that interest had started years ago, with a family project. LeMaster’s father, gifted in construction, decided to build their family home from the ground up. The family lived in a mobile home while they first built a barn to house all of the building materials, and then started on the house a few years later. “I kind of felt like i grew up on a construction site,” LeMaster said.” I loved so much of that process of building our house and being able to be so involved in that process. Hanging doors, helping my mom pick out wall paper and paint colors.”

After graduating with her degree and working for a year and a half at a local firm as an intern and then a junior designer, LeMaster decided to take a break. She joined her mother again, helping her flip a house as LeMaster considered what her next step might be.

She didn’t intend to start a company.

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Get more of Kathryn's work:
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kjlemaster/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/kathrynjlemaster/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/kjlemaster/
Website - https://kathrynjlemaster.com/

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Sustaining Craft is a project of Hew&Weld Writing. There are no fees for artists and craftspeople to participate. Everything is funded through Hew&Weld and partnerships with friends: Jim Ciago (Seven Second Chance on iTunes and Spotify & Nomad Neighbors in the Denver area most weekends) and Local. Magazine (http://localmag411.com/).

Find more from Hew&Weld:

  • Each episode of Sustaining Craft comes with a companion article, which can be found at hewandweld.com/news.
  • Instagram, Facebook, Twitter: @hewandweld
  • Sustaining Craft is also on Instagram: @sustainingcraft

Special Guest: Kathryn LeMaster.

]]> And that interest had started years ago, with a family project. LeMaster’s father, gifted in construction, decided to build their family home from the ground up. The family lived in a mobile home while they first built a barn to house all of the building materials, and then started on the house a few years later. “I kind of felt like i grew up on a construction site,” LeMaster said.” I loved so much of that process of building our house and being able to be so involved in that process. Hanging doors, helping my mom pick out wall paper and paint colors.”

After graduating with her degree and working for a year and a half at a local firm as an intern and then a junior designer, LeMaster decided to take a break. She joined her mother again, helping her flip a house as LeMaster considered what her next step might be.

She didn’t intend to start a company.

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Get more of Kathryn's work:
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kjlemaster/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/kathrynjlemaster/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/kjlemaster/
Website - https://kathrynjlemaster.com/

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Sustaining Craft is a project of Hew&Weld Writing. There are no fees for artists and craftspeople to participate. Everything is funded through Hew&Weld and partnerships with friends: Jim Ciago (Seven Second Chance on iTunes and Spotify & Nomad Neighbors in the Denver area most weekends) and Local. Magazine (http://localmag411.com/).

Find more from Hew&Weld:

  • Each episode of Sustaining Craft comes with a companion article, which can be found at hewandweld.com/news.
  • Instagram, Facebook, Twitter: @hewandweld
  • Sustaining Craft is also on Instagram: @sustainingcraft

Special Guest: Kathryn LeMaster.

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