web01.fireside.fm Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:45:10 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Sustaining Craft - Episodes Tagged with “Entrepreneur” https://sustainingcraft.fireside.fm/tags/entrepreneur Mon, 21 Jan 2019 13:00:00 -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 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.

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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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