JBV creative brings together art and engineering through his mesmerizing kinetic sculptures. His videos capture the fascinating and intense process of bringing these ideas to life in a way that’s captivating to millions of viewers. When we met a few months ago, we immediately hit it off, and I thought he would be the perfect inaugural guest on this podcast. As part of Morley and Eden’s Grand Adventure, I want to interview creatives across North America in person, in the van, but for this episode, JBV’s whimsical Toronto studio felt like a much more interesting set than the unfinished van. We talk about how he pivoted from working at a toy company to creating his own inventions, the tensions between art, engineering and content creation, the creative process, finding fulfillment, plans for the future, and so much more.
JBV Creative on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/jbvcreative
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Morley and Eden talk about building a pull-out deck for the van, how it felt to take a week off of building while in the midst of a time crunch, designing our water system, Morley's love of woodworking, the coming cold weather, preparing for our wedding in 2 weeks, and what it will be like to live in the van with 2 pets and no washing machine.
Watch our van build series here!
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This week, Morley and Eden talk about revealing our van life plans to the world, reactions to our pivot, dealing with negative comments, our 24 hour road trip to Rochester, swapping seats with a stranger from the Internet, sleeping in our unfinished van and building our cabinets!
Watch episode 2 of our van build here
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After Morley disappeared for 4 weeks to film a TV show, we're back! We talk about almost destroying our van, the drama of installing our windows and skylight, each of our experience during the TV show, and finally doing some woodworking in this project - building our benches! The van is finally starting to feel like a place where we can live :)
Watch episode 1 of our van build here
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We're changing everything?! In this episode, Morley and Eden talk about the anxiety that comes with making a huge pivot when you have something that works, video ideas for van life, talking to strangers, progress on the van conversion (finishing wire runs, putting up more insulation, adding furring), van toilets, working together, and how this adventure has affected our relationship.
Watch episode 1 of our van build here
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It's been 2 weeks since our last recording, and we've dove headfirst into the van build! We talk about putting in insulation, running our wiring, building our subfloor (with the help of Morley's parents), and how our families reacted to our van life plans. Plus, we get a surprise visit right at the end of the episode!
Watch episode 1 of our van build here
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In this episode, Morley and Eden talk about how Eden convinced Morley to do van life, searching for a van, how much we spent on our 2019 Ram ProMaster 3500, planning the build, installing the roof fan, adding sound deadening, and plans for the future.
Watch episode 1 of our van build here
Theme music by Patrick Gordon Swanson