What’s one material you think you’ve been over-processing—and what do you suspect it might do better if left whole?

When you want to make something, what’s usually the very first thing you do?

Making with Understanding is for people who want their work to succeed on purpose. Not by copying recipes. Not by guessing. But by understanding materials well enough to choose the right method every time. This space is about how materials behave, how decisions are made, and why repeatable results come from thinking—not luck. What’s something you’ve made that worked once… and then never again?