Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Playing a New Tune - A Creative Journey by Mark Franzke

Mark Franzke is a Kansas luthier.  A former Senior Artist for Hallmark Cards in Kansas City, MO, he creates fine hand-crafted mandolins, banjos and guitars.  In this video he describes his journey to become a maker of musical instruments and the philosophy behind his work process. You can visit his website, Franzke String Instruments here:  Franzke String Instruments and his blog here: Franzke String Instruments blog.  Music copyright is owned by Mark Franzke.
Photographed by Ken Ridgeway, I produced, directed and edited.



Playing a New Tune - Mark Franzke Artist Profile from Liz Boyer on Vimeo.

7 comments:

  1. Wonderful. Where's the uncut, unedited edition? I'll buy the DVD!

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  2. Very cool, glad you are doing something you love. Keith Dalton

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  3. What a great vignette. Great job Liz; and Mark, you are my musical hero! :-)

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  4. I hope you don't mind my sharing this video with my blog audience. Wonderful job Liz. (Gary Foster @ KC OT music blog) Folks should know about Marks work.

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  5. Nice and tasteful and unique to the amazing mark franzke! Good job sister!

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