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Makin' It: Jamie Self, Bus Adventurer Turned Small Town Reporter

"There's so much sloppy journalism out there, and we miss so much with our heads buried in our iPhones."

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Makin' It: Sam Temple, Wooden Boat Builder in Maine

"A boat built with local wood that stays in local waters will last a long time."

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Makin' It: Kira Eng-Wilmot, Tapestry Bather and Textile Conservator

"It is very rewarding to see a 16-foot tapestry finally installed in a space like the Cathedral after having spent months fixing the damage."

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Makin' It: Edward Janssen, Silversmith and Jeweler

The Tiffany's silversmith who found his way out of the service industry rabbit hole to craft jewelry and keep his clients from destroying antiques.

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Makin' It: Elizabeth Carey Smith, a Designer With Type as Her Medium

"Type is certainly seeing a golden age right now."

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Makin' It: Denmark's Quirky Brewmaster

"A lot of people think what we do is too extreme, to which we say that they are welcome to drink their Carlsberg instead."

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Makin' It: Howard Veregin, Wisconsin's Postmodern State Cartographer

"We wouldn’t allow someone to name a lake after their pet, for example."

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Makin' It: Emily Thompson, Floral Designer

"White House curators ok'd some designs I thought were fairly outrageous... dumping giant moss and lichen-covered rocks all over their mantelpieces."

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Makin' It: Kalia Brooks, Curator

"Being in the creative field is being in a playful field."

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Makin' It: Maurice Leacock, Robot Builder

"There is still a little backyard inventor/sci-fi geek in many of the folks here, for sure."

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Makin' It: Jeffrey de Picciotto, Butcher

"I make a point not to forget that this thing I'm cutting in front of me gave its life for us to eat."

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Makin' It: Jerrold Jackson, Social Worker

"I think it's difficult, and probably unhelpful, to be void of all emotion in this field."

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Makin' It: Willy Muse, Fashion Designer

I showed up in a shirt I had made, some tight black women's jeans, my red vanilla ice Nike Blazers, [with] my old Montgomery Ward sewing machine.

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Project: Re-Energizing the Original Approach to Recycling

Let's revamp and re-brand the humble system of the bottle bill.

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Makin' It: Meg Paska, Urban Beekeeper

I found out that there were people breaking the law to keep bees in NYC and I decided I wanted to break the law, too.

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Makin' It: Jason Sigal, Free Music Expert

GOOD's career column talks to Jason Sigal, manager of the Free Music Archive, about radio in the digital era and making copyrights "human readable."

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Makin' It: Carolyn Vega, Librarian for Handwritten Stuff

GOOD's career column talks to mansucript cataloger Carolyn Vega about really old stuff, the archive bug, and Sir Walter Scott's letter-writing style.

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