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In the Making: One-of-a-Kind Sound Machines
Vintage suitcases, canteens, metal carrying cases and wooden boxes of varying colors and sizes occupy nearly every inch of a ceiling-scratching shelf in Kaden Hill’s suburban Sacramento garage workshop.
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In the Making: Fit for a Spin
While working in a bike shop in the early 1980s, Steve Rex was introduced to custom small-scale bikes.
Using his bachelor’s degree in economics was going to have to
wait — Rex wanted to become a frame builder.
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In the Making: Custom Creations
Local potter Joe Triglia of Tufarock Design details his process of making hand-crafted planters and other garden vessels that were inspired by a recent trip overseas.
![Karla McNeil-Rueda, cofounder of Cru Chocolate, studied her craft at the Chocolate Institute of Latin America and the Caribbean in Cuba. She sources Cru’s cacao from Honduras, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic and Haiti.](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/0319_dept_itm_embed1_kj.jpg?1577874530)
In the Making: From Bean to Bar
Cru Chocolate’s Karla McNeil-Rueda takes beans to bars from her Roseville home.
![For violin maker Cheryl Macomber, much of the time she could spend making new instruments in her Sacramento shop gets diverted to repairs and restorations.](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/0219_making_embed1_fredgreaves.jpg?1577874530)
In the Making: Violin Maker Cheryl Macomber Fine Tunes Her Craft in Sacramento
A behind-the-scenes look at how violins get made.
![Artisan furniture maker Trent Dean cuts steel leg sleeves that will connect wooden legs to the metal top of an end table he’s making for West Elm LOCAL, a program launched in 2013 that partners the company with independent makers to distribute their work in local stores. Dean crafts the legs with salvaged, locally-sourced walnut from the Sacramento Tree Foundation Urban Wood Rescue program.](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/0119_dept_making_embed1_fredgreaves.jpg?1577874530)
In the Making: No Frills
Artisan furniture maker Trent Dean shows how he makes his minimalist designs.