NBC’s Making It Interview with Designer Justine Silva
Having recognized the passion, drive, and pure enjoyment of making things that each Making It contestant illustrates, Makerviews is excited to have the chance to highlight, feature, and share insights from each contestant. This Making It series gives a deeper look into these makers lives through their answers to a few, quick questions. Learn more about this series.
Justine Silva is a designer and maker specializing in interior design, and with a background in retail art installations. Justine works professionally in project management, yet can’t ignore her passion for making things.
Check out this interview with Justine Silva, maker from NBC’s Making It.
What inspires you to keep making things?
“I just honestly love making things by hand. I love to have my hands busy, and I think that making things not only gives me a sense of accomplishment for myself, but also gives so much more meaning to the crafts especially if you’re giving them as gifts.”
What one piece of advice would you give to other makers?
“My advice would be to KEEP MAKING THINGS! I have battled self doubt and feeling like the things that I make are not good enough. It took me a long time to focus on learning from my mistakes, and apply the things that I’ve learned along the way to my new projects. Sometimes it can be discouraging, and you might be tempted to put down the glue gun or the paint or the hammer (or whatever you’re into), but DON’T! It’s so much fun, and so rewarding to look back on a body of work or portfolio and be able to see how much you’ve grown!”
What is your biggest takeaway from Making It?
“When I first applied to Making It, I could never have expected how much my life would be impacted by the experience. The biggest thing that I left the show with were the relationships with everyone I met. Not only are the Makers this season some of the most talented and inspiring people I have ever met, but every person behind the scenes helping with the production is straight up awesome — from Amy, Nick, Simon and Dayna right down to the set hands.
The challenges and the competition of the show taught me to push myself and trust my gut when it comes to decision making. Since the challenges are timed, there is no extra minute to second guess yourself — so I learned quick to just make a decision, and make it right. It’s been so rewarding to be on the other side of filming where I’ve been able to carry what I learned about myself and how to approach projects on the show to my everyday life! It was for sure one of the hardest things I’ve ever done, but also one of the most rewarding.”
[SPOILER ALERT]: Justine was named Master Maker and the winner of NBC’s Season 2 of ‘Making It’.
“KEEP MAKING THINGS!” — Justine Silva
Follow Justine Silva’s work: Justine Silva website * Instagram profile.
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View and learn more about the Making It interview series. Thank you all for reading this interview — get out there and make things!
Presented, produced, and hosted by Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman with judges Dayna Isom Johnson, Simon Doonan, featuring Shop Master Jimmy Diresta, and other guests. Season 1 was set in a serene cabin, filmed near Malibu, and NBC is airing new episodes of Season 2 this Holiday Season starting December 2nd, 2019.
“Some of the most talented makers from across the country will take on a variety of handmade projects with the hopes of impressing Poehler, Offerman and our expert judges, Simon Doonan and Dayna Isom Johnson. Poehler and Offerman both share a love and passion of craftsmanship, albeit from different perspectives. Poehler is a self-proclaimed crafting novice who has long harbored a secret appreciation for those who can imagine and execute incredible things by hand. Offerman is a New York Times best-selling author in the woodworking space and is well known for his love for making a variety of objects himself.
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Originally published at https://makerviews.com on December 8, 2019.
