I initiated the Mad Carpenter/Whispering Workbench event. The Mad Carpenter completed an item (the ceramics press on the ground next to him). After he drops the item in a stockpile, the event resolves with "The Call is Unanswered". I attached a save that takes place immediately after the completion of the item (ClockworkEmpires-008.zip) and the autosave which is most recent prior to completion of the item ([AUTOSAVE 1] ClockworkEmpires.zip) Not sure if this will help.. anything else needed?
This is a strange one, I played your before save but it resulted in him making a glowing spore, I did get the pop up of the "call being unanswered" as you did but when I checked your inventory it was there. I then played your after save and saw that the press was in your inventory so I had someone build it in your ceramics workshop, which they did with no problem. So this case is very strange indeed, let's hope a dev will have an answer for you.