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Spring Project Ideas

Spring Project Ideas

Some project ideas to get you started this spring: Making: Sewing Indigo dying 8 x 10 photography Landscape watercolors Weaving Clay hand-building Quilt making Woodturning Basic metal forging Leather painting...

Spring Project Ideas

Some project ideas to get you started this spring: Making: Sewing Indigo dying 8 x 10 photography Landscape watercolors Weaving Clay hand-building Quilt making Woodturning Basic metal forging Leather painting...

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Move Slow and Make Things

Move Slow and Make Things

I've been planning. Planning product assortments, time and action calendars, manufacturing matrixes. The time away has given me space to go deep. And it's paying off. I suggested picking up...

Move Slow and Make Things

I've been planning. Planning product assortments, time and action calendars, manufacturing matrixes. The time away has given me space to go deep. And it's paying off. I suggested picking up...

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Origin Stories

Origin Stories

I wanted to alert you to a book that I think everyone in the Best Made universe should own. This book is not available through Amazon, or any of the...

Origin Stories

I wanted to alert you to a book that I think everyone in the Best Made universe should own. This book is not available through Amazon, or any of the...

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Visit: American Woolen Mill

Visit: American Woolen Mill

A recent visit to American Woolen Company, Stafford Springs Connecticut. Discover more.

Visit: American Woolen Mill

A recent visit to American Woolen Company, Stafford Springs Connecticut. Discover more.

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The Right to Repair

The Right to Repair

On the day I announced the re-acquisition of Best Made, my good friend Matt Beaudin emailed me: "But how wonderful is it that we can, most always, fix these things?...

The Right to Repair

On the day I announced the re-acquisition of Best Made, my good friend Matt Beaudin emailed me: "But how wonderful is it that we can, most always, fix these things?...

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A Founder Prepares

A Founder Prepares

An Actor Prepares, by Konstantin Stanislavski, was a bible for some method actors (James Dean, Al Pacino, Marlin Brando, Marilyn Monroe). I imagine Stanislavski's book as part of a bigger...

A Founder Prepares

An Actor Prepares, by Konstantin Stanislavski, was a bible for some method actors (James Dean, Al Pacino, Marlin Brando, Marilyn Monroe). I imagine Stanislavski's book as part of a bigger...

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My case for email

My case for email

Best Made has always been a dialog. A series of conversations (in one form or another) between people (in one form or another) about the likes of craft, design, materials,...

My case for email

Best Made has always been a dialog. A series of conversations (in one form or another) between people (in one form or another) about the likes of craft, design, materials,...

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The (best) Best Made book

The (best) Best Made book

When I left Best Made in 2019 I had just signed a book contract to write the story of Best Made. My leaving the company meant that we had to...

The (best) Best Made book

When I left Best Made in 2019 I had just signed a book contract to write the story of Best Made. My leaving the company meant that we had to...

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