• TV
  • |
  • RADIO
  • |
  • NEWS
  • |
  • ARTS
  • |
  • FOOD
  • |
  • SCIENCE
  • |
  • EDUCATION
  • |
  • SUPPORT KQED
  • |
  • ABOUT KQED

The Making Of…

The Bay Bridge
A Surfboard Etc.
A Jar of Jam
An iPhone An Opera

  • Home
  • Stories
  • Studio
  • Submit
  • About
  • RSS Feed
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
caningchair

A Life Long Crafter – or Caning a chair

By Louise Rafkin
sarah_daphne

sarah oliver handbags and her Purlettes +1

By Sarah Oliver
Homobiles

The Making of The Homobile

By The Kitchen Sisters
neighborhood

A Cohousing Community

By Katherine Forrest
withcaleb

Making a Family

By Bess Kennedy
nowastesoapdish

No-Waste Soap Dish

By David McCracken
rockingchair

Personalized Furniture

By John Kraft (carpenter, furnituremaker and decent baker)
withgreatlove

Visual Access to Sacred Texts

By Me'irah Iliinsky
pettite_2

Paint!

By Judi Pettite
motorcycle

Hand-built Motorcycles

By The Kitchen Sisters
23980_354144880274_4546840_n

Clothes

By Theresa LaQuey
solarpanels620

Making the Future

By Paul Kangis
origami-dollar-elephant

Making a Living

By Anonymous
myurbanfarm

Chicken Coops and Urban Farms

By Dana Yares
tineo-exotichardwoods

exotic wood panels

By John Kraft (carpenter, furnituremaker and decent baker)
5775720

stylish recycled sweaters

By Konnie May
LROSE_EmploymntIntvu

Characters In Development

By Lisa Rose
IMG_0588

A beautiful piece

By Bill Beckwith
plum-persisk

Jam

By Persis Karim
babe-620

a creative household

By Jenny Rinzler
mamatongsoup

Mama Tong (Soups for Moms)

By Jane Lin
cinemasnowglobe

The Cinema Snowglobe

By The Kitchen Sisters
segal_tides_front_09

data sculpture / information as art

By Adrien Segal
RenderFarm620

A Render Farm

By Rob Bruce
oru_angle

The Oru Kayak (the oragami kayak)

By Anton Willis
ornana-notesonbiology

Ornana

By Jim Cummings
Rhode Island Red & Barred Rock with BriteTap

The Best Chicken Waterer

By Mark Delman
two_fish_sign

Magical Bakery in Sea Ranch (sticky buns)

By Margaret Smith
begin_fetch

A Parrot’s Life for Me

By Nyla Copp
toffeetalk

Toffee Talk – Little Pieces of Conversation

By Ellin Purdom
alison crowe 2

Wine!

By Alison Crowe
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Primitive Bows

By Nicholas George
submergedturntable

Submerged Turntable

By Evan Holm
transistorhive

Transistor Hive

By Evan Holm
crystalturntable

Crystal Turntables

By Evan Holm
gregforbyn

Pony Express Music

By Greg Forbyn
  • Older posts
  • Newer posts
  • A new community story project from The Kitchen Sisters, KQED Public Radio, AIR, and Zeega. What people make in the Bay Area and why.

  • What are you making? Call us at 415.553.3362 or click here to submit online.

  • The Making Of ... airs as part of select Morning Edition episodes on KQED.

  • RECENT STORIES

    view all

    • hat5

      The Making Of… a Hat

    • Mission Dolores, San Francisco, established 1776 on El Camino Real.

      The Making of Digital El Camino Real

    • Chad_Bike_Web2-620

      The Making of the Fairing

    • jamlabel

      A Jar of Jam

    • marilynm

      Instruments

    • muttville-car

      The Making of Muttville

  • Recent Posts

    • The Making Of… TechShop
    • The Making of Song Reader
    • Makers Wanted at SFMOMA
    • The Making of Edgelands
    • The Karaoke Ice Cream Truck

The Making Of... is produced by the Kitchen Sisters and KQED as part of Localore, a nationwide production of AIR, the Association of Independents in Radio with funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Copyright 2013

  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy
Our Partners:
Localore
Association of Independents in Radio
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Zeega

Back to top ↑

%s1 / %s2
ABOUT ARGO

The NPR Argo Network is a collection of websites by NPR member stations committed to strengthening local journalism
Learn More...

NETWORK SITES
  • MindShift KQED
FEATURED STORY

Flipped Classroom 2.0: Competency Learning With Videos

MindShift reports on technology and education from KQED in San Francisco