This is the tell-all, show-all guide to making a living by making things. Featuring 25 profiles of illustrators, jewelry designers, ceramicists, painters, clothing designers, and printmakers, this book offers a behind-the-scenes look at the daily rituals and best practices that keep these creative entrepreneurs on track. Each profile features a Q & A, day-in-the-life, and dazzling DIY project - including hand-forged bangle bracelets, woven coasters, and copper-leaf notebooks - to spark your creativity. The engaging text is paired alongside Abbott's charming photographs of the makers in action as they paint, sculpt, print, forge, cut, and dye their work.

Makers:

Name: Nick Weaver and Josh West Business: Blue Delta Jean Co. Location: Tupelo and Oxford, Mississippi

Name: Emily Brock Business: Board and Bread Location: Nashville, Tennessee

Name: Britt Bass Turner Location: Roswell, Georgia

Name: Caroline Z Hurley Business: Caroline Z Hurley Studio Location: Brooklyn, New York

Name: Stephanie Housley Business: Coral & Tusk Location: Brooklyn, New York

Name: Fay Andrada Location: Brooklyn, New York

Name: Cat Seto Business: Ferme A Papier Location: San Francisco, California

Name: Shauna Alterio and Stephanie Loidolt Business: Forage Haberdashery Location: Media, Pennsylvania

Name: Jesse Levison Business: Gold Teeth Brooklyn Location: Los Angeles, California

Name: Jen Hewett San Francisco, California

Name: Jenny Pennywood Location: San Francisco, California

Name: Kate Roebuck Business: Kate Roebuck Studio Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee

Name: Erin Ozer Business: Knot & Bow Location: Brooklyn, New York

Name: Maryanne Moodie Location: Brooklyn, New York

Name: Carolyn Misterek Business: MATINE Location: Washington, D.C.

Name: Meg Gleason Business: Moglea Location: Audubon, Iowa

Name: Brit McDaniel Business: Paper & Clay Location: Memphis, Tennessee

Name: Yas Imamura Business: Quill & Fox Location: Lake Oswego, Oregon

Name: Laura and Austen Whipple Business: Scout Books Location: Portland, Oregon

Name: William Knopp and Jessica Tata Business: Son of a Sailor Location: Austin, Texas

Name: Eva and Kirk Jorgensen Business: Sycamore Street Press Location: Herber City, Utah

Name: Teppei Teranishi Business: Teranishi Studio Location: Santa Ana, California

Name: Emily Reinhardt Business: The Object Enthusiast Location: Kansas City, Missouri

Name: Lauren Bradshaw Business: Walnut Animal Society Location: Los Angeles, California

Name: Sonia Chhinji and Fouad Farraj Business: Woodlot Location: Vancouver, British Columbia

Erin Austen Abbott's profile page

Erin Austen Abbott is a photographer and the owner of Amelia, an art and design shop in Oxford, Mississippi. She has exhibited her work internationally, and her work has been published in Esquire, Teen Vogue, Alternative Press, LA Times, Uppercase, and in Southern Spaces, an online journal from Emory University.

Her vintage aesthetic has been featured in the New York Times, Anthology Magazine, Flea Market Style Magazine, Design Sponge, Pennyweight, Houzz, and in an upcoming book by Anne Sage for Chronicle Books, among others. She is a regular contributor to the blog June & January and is a guest contributor on Oh So Beautiful Paper.