Ep 519: The Reset Button with Henrik Van Ryzin

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Do you ever think about completely changing your life? Like literally, everything - Your job, where you live, what your day to day looks like, maybe even your identity in a way… Or maybe you have done that already, and you are living the dream you had 5 or 10 years ago, but now, as it turns out, it’s not actually the dream? Just even thinking about saying that out loud feels crazy because you worked so hard to get where you are right now. How could you ever change that? Why would you? Should you? Well first off, I just want to say. It’s okay. I’ve been there! Or rather, am there, as I make my own pivots through a career change. Which of course, is exactly why I went about to hear from other artists on how the heck they managed to totally and completely shift their own lives. Enter Henrik Van Ryzin - self-proclaimed reset button smasher, 3 times over. And I think Henrik would agree when I say, with all due respect to his hard work, that he’s not actually all that different, as a human, from you and I. So if you are thinking about making a change, big or small, in your life to pursue something you think could be amazing for whatever the next phase of your life might be, then this is the episode for you. That being said, if you are also simply one of the 48 thousand admirers of Henrik’s work online and have been curious to know how the heck his iconic tiki meets monsters style of making even came about, then this is also the episode for you.
Guest Resources:
Henrik's Instagram - @vantiki

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Chapters

1. Henrik Van Ryzin (00:00:00)

2. Introducing Henrik Van Ryzin (00:06:17)

3. Moving to Japan (00:16:56)

4. Back to Hawaii, Bronze Casting (00:23:20)

5. Moving to Oregon, Full time Ceramics (00:36:05)

6. Marker (00:47:15)

7. Behind the Scenes on Social Media (00:55:38)

8. Van Tiki and Van Ryzin Studios (01:07:48)

9. Selling on the internet before social media (01:11:53)

10. Email Lists (01:17:26)