EXCLUSIVE: “We inspire each other”: Stephanie shares Making It experience
In episode three of Making It Australia, Makers reminisced about their hometowns and happy place across two ‘Home Sweet Home’ challenges.
Sai-Wai claimed victory in the Hometown Diorama challenge with her layered seasonal diorama crowned by a clay pup.
In the Master Craft challenge, Makers were tasked with creating their very own happy place. Makers produced large-scale spaces - from bedrooms and daybeds to bathrooms and medieval man-caves.
Sai-Wei won once again with her fantasy bathroom, complete with a mural, claw-footed tub, and plenty of candles.
Image: Sai-Wai Foo / Facebook
At the end of the challenges, Stephanie was the next to leave the show.
She sat down with OverSixty and shared her highlights from the show, as well as an insight into what is happening with the eliminated Makers.
O60: What was the highlight of being a Maker?
Everything. The days I had down at the tool shop, I loved more because I got to play with power tools. And I don’t often get enough time to do that at home unless I need to renovate something or do something.
O60: [The show] must have really given you a chance to broaden your experience with other kinds of crafting tools and techniques.
Definitely, because you’re mixing with crafters that have different abilities, and you just take from them, you learn from them, you share your skills.
We inspire each other as well. And we played with different tools and used different techniques, and everyone was really nice in sharing what they already knew.
O60: What surprised you most about your Making It experience?
I feel it was a surprise how much I could pull off. I didn’t have as much confidence going in as when I came out.
I didn’t realise what I was capable of when I had tools in my hands, because I don’t have as much time at home to do all that stuff because I’m really busy.
But… to be playing things all the time for no reason [on the show] … I didn’t realise how much I could do given the tools [and given] all the time to experiment.
O60: On the show your family inspired a lot of your creations, how did it feel to create a Happy Place just for you?
That was a tough one to pick because I had to think, ‘What’s my happy place? It’s always my kitchen, I’m always making things. But if it wasn’t my kitchen, what could my happy place be?’
It was funny because I like to sit and read cookbooks to get ready for my next thing in the kitchen. So my Happy Place is sitting there with my cookbooks having my cup of tea… and it’s always around having food.
It was really exciting because it came back to food. … It was really nice to show off my teacup coffee table, and my teacup clock, and my tea bags as a little cushion.
That is my thing, it’s just for me, a space [where] I can relax.
O60: Can you tell us more about your measuring tape bangle?
That is my good luck bangle from Spotlight. I actually bought that before I even got on the show and I’ve been wearing it ever since. I feel like it’s given me good luck.
And I think I need to get it engraved [with] ‘Making It 2021’ because that’s my year.
O60: What’s next for you after Making It?
Well, I hope there’s something more waiting for me. I think the show was meant for a reason, it was given to me so I can do something with this opportunity.
And I’m hoping I can do something with food, something like MasterChef or something with Spotlight.
Something with food hopefully.
O60: We have had some hints that eliminated Makers don’t fully leave the show, could you shed some light on what’s been happening?
Yeah, we’ve been in this big barn together with Susie and Harvey at the back, and I cook for them, Kat does the laundry, and Russell decorates the barn.
O60: Last but not least, if you had the chance, would you do it again?
In a heartbeat, oh definitely.
It was the most amazing experience I’ve had. I would definitely do it again.
I recommend everyone to try something like that in their life, it was amazing.
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