by Jake Ryan | May 5, 2018 | Human Interest, Member profiles
Laura Clark has hardly known a time in her life when she wasn’t building something. Since she was a kid helping her parents refinish her childhood home, Laura has spent countless weekends learning her way around a construction project. Now a home-owner...
by Jake Ryan | Feb 17, 2018 | Blog, Fun facts, tips and techniques
Making it real: A to B After chatting yesterday with a friend about making changes in our lives, I was reminded that all of this making stuff is really a practice that helps us make change in our daily lives. The process to making things real, is in many ways a lot...
by Jake Ryan | Jul 14, 2016 | Fun facts, Maine Makers
The U.S. Department of Labor reports that women and minorities comprise 70 percent of college students, but less than 45 percent of STEAM degrees, with women making up only 26 percent of the computing workforce. This is a statistic that has essentially remained...
by Jake Ryan | Jun 14, 2016 | Blog, Maine Makers, Member profiles
What do slugs, rabbit holes, dental hygiene, and bowl-turning have to do with each other? You’d be surprised to hear that they all came up in our recent conversation with OBP member Nancy Mattsson. Nancy shared with us a little about her background and her insight...
by Jason Ryan | Mar 5, 2015 | tips and techniques
“We all want to go the right way.” On the surface this statement seems obviously true. So let’s break it down a bit… We can think of this as two separate ideas. “…The right way”, this is by far the trickiest part of the statement because it needs a little...
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