Laney Clark - The Girl with the Saw: Lessons from 35 Years at the Bench

Have you ever had a season in your creative life where slowing down wasn’t a choice—it was the only option left? Maybe your body demanded rest or maybe the joy of making faded under pressure and you started to wonder if you had lost that spark for the work that you once loved so much.That’s where today’s conversation begins.Laney Clark—known to many as Silent Goddess—has been making jewelry for more than thirty-five years, and I’m thrilled to say I’ve known her for probably 20 of those years. Her work is rooted in patience, precision, and the kind of simplicity that only comes from experience. She’s known for her hand-pierced designs, inspired by the tall pines and mountains outside her Washington studio.We talk about the long arc of a creative life—what it means to work through fear and anxiety at the bench, the rising cost of materials and what that does to our mindset, and how slowing down can become its own form of wisdom.If you’ve ever wondered how to keep creating when things get heavy, or how to find meaning again after years at the bench, I think you’ll really feel this one. Follow Laney:Instagram: @silentgoddessWebsite: silentgoddessartjewelry.comLove the Podcast?Support an episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Click here to learn more!⁠⁠⁠⁠Without your support I couldn’t continue the Slowmade Podcast. Thank you so much!Follow Christine and Slowmade...Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@christinemighion⁠⁠⁠⁠Jewelry Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠christinemighion.com⁠⁠⁠⁠Slowmade: ⁠⁠⁠⁠slowmadepodcast.com