What It Takes

It takes buckets of blood and sweat and fucking work to get there. That’s It. To get good… to get competent. And then once you become competent, then maybe you have it in you to become an artist. Maybe you don’t. Before you get to a place that you can make art, you have to master these basics.

Joel Bukiewicz, creator of “Cut Brooklyn“, is a knife maker and through and through an artist. He’s had to power through hard times to create a line of knives, personally handmade out of Brooklyn, that are insanely popular because of the quality, the design and the heart he puts into each one. Just listening to his story, you get the feeling that this guy knows what it means to create or die. We should all strive for this level of commitment.

If you want to hear more of his story you can check out the short that Made By Hand put together on him.