Today on the Podcast we have Vic Tesolin of Vic Tesolin Woodworks!
Vic has been making furniture for a number of years, he studied at Rosewood studio in Ontario, Canada, where he focused on furniture design and making while building furniture. However, Vic found it was very difficult to make a living making the type of high-end furniture that he was making originally.
Vic has always had jobs that support his woodworking. He was the editor of Canadian woodworking magazine, and also worked for the research and development department at Veritas for Lee Valley for about 10 years. This all afforded Vic the ability to travel all over the world and meet woodworkers from different walks of life, which he describes as pretty fantastic!
Eventually he decided it was time to be his own boss and do his own thing. Vic describes it as something that sort of just happened. In addition to his woodworking business he also has written two books besides his publication writing.
“This is it, this is what I do.”
Vic says he’s always felt extremely fortunate to have gotten the education that he did. His goal has always been to pass on knowledge and information, however he can. Whether those are two hour webinars, or private teaching, that’s what he’s all about. Vic just wants to get the information out there. He wants people woodworking. He wants people working with their hands. I mean, this pandemic has showed us that, you know, people are loving working with their hands, because,
The business started as a side hustle, as Vic suspects a lot of businesses do, because it takes a lot of guts to just say, “Okay, to heck with this paycheck, I’m not using that anymore.”
So Vic did it as a side hustle and started by writing articles for magazines, and then he got asked by a publisher to write a book, and then another book. Once you start, once you get published, then people start seeking you out for classes and other things Vic says.
Vic has taught in Europe, England, Australia, China, and his life and business partner Andrea takes care of the things that Vic’s not good at. Andrea is really good at marketing, and she’s excellent at the customer service aspect of it. Vic notes that he is fortunate that they work really well together.
The Books and The Marketing Corner
Join us for this awesome podcast where we discuss mailers, Vic’s two books, minimalist woodworking and Tik Tok!
To learn more about Vic Tesolin Woodworks check out the links below:
Website: www.victesolin.com
Instagram: @vic_tesolin