Our dynamic DIY duo, John and Erin, take stock and look toward the future of their intrepid little company. — Gareth Magnolia Atomworks, part 4: The aftermath, lessons learned, and the future By John Edgar Park and Erin Kelly-Park Laser cutting the Phi symbol on the original Mystery Box. Phi is the golden ratio, which […]
Illustration (by Alicia Traveria) for “The Many Arms of Promotion,” by Jenny Hart, Venuszine. Our pal, Jenny Hart, of Austin’s Sublime Stitching, has a monthly column called “Crafting a Business with Jenny Hart” over on Venuszine. There’s a lot of information here that’s applicable to any type of crafting/maker business. It seems to me that […]
With a contract manufacturer hired and their new company formed, John and Erin of Magnolia Atomworks race to fulfill their first orders. — Gareth Magnolia Atomworks, part 3: To Market, To Market By John Edgar Park and Erin Kelly-Park You may think this has all been fun and awesomeness so far, and we’d have to […]
As we join fair John and Erin for leg 2 of their exciting journey, you will recall that they are in search of an online retailer to sell their delightful and most-puzzling Mystery Boxes. — Gareth Magnolia Atomworks, part 2: Kit design and production By John Edgar Park and Erin Kelly-Park While I was busy […]
Last year, John Edgar Park and Erin Kelly-Park started a maker business called Magnolia Atomworks to create interesting products and kits, such as the Mystery Box (and something allegedly to do with robots and iPads). Here, in the first in a series, part of our Maker Business coverage, John explains how the Mystery Box product […]
Kicking off our Maker Business series is this piece by Jeffrey McGrew, who along with his wife Jillian Northrup, and their trusty CNC machine named Frank, are a two-person (and a bot) design and fabrication juggernaut. From their design-build studio in Oakland, CA, they do custom interior design, furniture, and such artist wonders as the […]
