# 517: Imagine Making That Much Art

- Show: [Making It](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it)
- Published: 2026-03-06
- Length: 1h 03m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2026-03-06-517-imagine-making-that-much-art
- Listen: https://making-it-with-jimmy-diresta-bob-clagett-and-david-picciuto.castos.com/episodes/517-imagine-making-that-much-art

## Summary

Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett, and David Picciuto discuss the value of working off-camera to learn new skills without the pressure of content creation. Jimmy experiments with pottery, learning clay chemistry and using Vectric Aspire to create 3D relief tiles from tombstone photos. Bob builds a slab-flattening jig for massive walnut cookies and discusses his new Autodesk Fusion plugin, Default Parameters. David installs gutters and a cedar screen, while also reflecting on the importance of non-commercial art and memory retention in makers.

## Chapters

- [0:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2026-03-06-517-imagine-making-that-much-art#t=1) Intro and Bob's Icey Driveway
- [6:44](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2026-03-06-517-imagine-making-that-much-art#t=404) Jimmy's Pottery Experiments and Learning
- [10:37](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2026-03-06-517-imagine-making-that-much-art#t=637) Memory, Learning, and Pre-flight Checklists
- [21:41](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2026-03-06-517-imagine-making-that-much-art#t=1301) David's Walnut Cookie Slab Flattening Jig
- [29:18](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2026-03-06-517-imagine-making-that-much-art#t=1758) Jimmy's Gutters, Light, and Cedar Screen
- [32:45](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2026-03-06-517-imagine-making-that-much-art#t=1965) Default Parameters Plugin and Aquarium RO System
- [41:13](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2026-03-06-517-imagine-making-that-much-art#t=2473) Vectric Aspire: Photos to 3D Clay Tiles
- [47:41](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2026-03-06-517-imagine-making-that-much-art#t=2861) The Value of Non-Commercial Art and Music
- [54:45](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2026-03-06-517-imagine-making-that-much-art#t=3285) Patreon Shoutouts and Picks of the Week

## Topics

- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)
- [EDA & CAD tools](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/eda-and-cad-tools)
- [Founder wellbeing](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/founder-wellbeing)
- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)
- [Design for manufacturing & NPI](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/design-for-manufacturing)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Vectric Aspire (tool)
- Autodesk Fusion (tool)
- Default Parameters (tool)
- Tormac (tool)
- Arbitech (tool)
- BM Sculpture (other)
- CivicsMinute (other)
- Marta STL (other)
- Log (product)

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- [Matt Perez | Being Able to Explain What You’re Doing](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2022-05-13-matt-perez-being-able-to-explain-what-youre-doing) (Being an Engineer)
- [Ep008: The Art Episode: Joe Kim, Strings And CRTs, Hydrogen Done 2-Ways](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2019-03-01-ep008-the-art-episode-joe-kim-strings-and-crts-hydrogen-done-2-ways) (Hackaday Podcast)
- [STL273: Shaper Origin—Then and Now](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2022-08-26-stl273-shaper-origin-then-and-now) (Shop Talk Live)
- [STL 324: Bridging creativity and technicality](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2024-09-06-stl-324-bridging-creativity-and-technicality) (Shop Talk Live)
- [STL319: You make your own dowels?](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2024-06-28-stl319-you-make-your-own-dowels) (Shop Talk Live)

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