movement.
Unlike those I spoke to at my local Maker Faire, many
of these woodworking makers are using social media and
You Tube channels to make a living. I met my first professional
maker while I was judging a regional woodworking show for
the Minnesota Woodworkers Guild (the second largest guild
in the states). One of the organizers, Charlie Kocourek, has a
small You Tube site, and he encouraged me to start one, too.
He also introduced me to Matt Cremona who then had 30,000
subscribers (2015) and currently has 160,000 subscribers
When I asked Matt, “What do you do?” I expected him to
tell me about a typical day job. He said, “I make You Tube vid-
eos.” I said, “Really? For whom? What do you do for a living?”
He patiently repeated his answer, “I make You Tube videos.”
This Q&A went back and forth a number of times as I clearly
Continued...
Matt Cremona is a woodworker who turned his hobby into a full-time job making YouTube videos of his woodworking projects.
Makers like to collaborate. This turned resin and aluminum bowl
was a project between Carl Jabcoson and Peter Brown. It went viral
on social media, earning more than 1. 8 million views and 3,713
comments.
