Friday Feature Artist

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Julian Jamaal Jones: Expressive authenticity Feb 20, 2026

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In this episode, textile artist Julian Jamaal Jones reimagines quilting as contemporary fine art – bold, abstract works built from sketches, printed cloth, and rhythmic stitching. In conversation with Angela Truscott, Julian reflects on making through grief, family lineage, and the freedom of abstraction as protection. A thoughtful episode about taste, confidence, and building a signature language in cloth.

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Nicole Nehrig: the layered power of making Feb 13, 2026

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In this episode, psychologist, writer and textile maker Nicole Nehrig joins Jo Wright for a wide-ranging conversation on the social, historical, and cultural power of making. Drawing from her book and lived experience, Nicole reflects on craft as a therapeutic practice, a cultural language, and a tool for connection, protest and meaning-making across time.

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Casey Engel: Evidence of the hand Feb 06, 2026

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In this episode, quilter and multidisciplinary artist Casey Engel moves between fibre, ceramics, printmaking and painting – chasing that “magnificent wobble” only handwork can hold. In this conversation, she reflects on embracing imperfection, trusting risk, and making work that resists utility while staying deeply intimate. From thrifted textiles to residencies without internet, Casey shares a practice built on courage, surprise, and renewal.

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Claire Benn: When handwriting becomes texture Jan 30, 2026

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In this episode, Claire Benn joins Deborah White to reflect on handwriting as an expressive, material practice. Working across ink, paper and textiles, Claire speaks about text as mark, texture and gesture rather than language. The conversation explores learning through repetition, suspending judgement, and how slowing down can open new creative pathways. Claire also shares insights into the ideas and approaches woven through her new course TEXTure, offering a glimpse of what participants can expect when they begin transforming their own handwriting into material expression.

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Angela Truscott: a new Take Two chapter Jan 23, 2026

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As a new brand (and new era!) of the business begins, founder Angela Truscott speaks to Creative Director Jo Wright about building an inclusive creative community rooted in education, quality, and care. Angela shares the personal and professional journey behind Take Two – from leaving corporate life to championing artists, students, a caring team, and collaboration. This episode offers rare insight into values-led creative leadership.

From the archives: Bryony Jennings on embracing the fray Jan 16, 2026

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From her studio on the Hampshire coast, textile sculptor Bryony Jennings stitches soulful creatures from vintage cloth, forgotten buttons and timeworn threads. In this thoughtful conversation, Bryony reflects on the slow magic of her making process, how fabric holds memory, and the quiet bravery of balancing motherhood, art and imagination.

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From the archives: Marian Jazmik finds beauty in the everyday Jan 09, 2026

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Marian Jazmik is a UK-based textile artist known for her inventive mixed media sculptures inspired by nature’s quiet details. In this conversation, Marion shares how retirement became her creative beginning, why texture speaks louder than colour, and how found objects and experimental play underpin her captivating practice.

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From the archives: Olga Radionova sculpts softness and strength Jan 02, 2026

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Ukrainian artist Olga Radionova transforms wood, metal and textiles into sculptural works that explore strength, vulnerability and rebirth. From soft sculptures to weapon remnants reborn as flowers, Olga’s practice is both a tactile celebration of material and a profound response to life in a war-torn country. This episode is a powerful meditation on creativity, resilience, and the transformative nature of art.

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From the archives: Dorothy Caldwell and Claire Benn listen to land and respond in textile Dec 26, 2025

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What does it mean to know a place? For textile artists Dorothy Caldwell and Claire Benn, it begins with walking, listening, collecting – and letting the land leave its mark. In this rare and intimate conversation across three continents, these lifelong artists and friends reflect on pigment, place, and the deep, quiet power of working with cloth, soil, and time.

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From the archives: Sandra Meech stitches landscapes Dec 19, 2025

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Canadian-born artist Sandra Meech blends photography, painting, and stitch to tell layered stories of landscape, memory and climate. Drawing from Arctic expeditions and the flooded fields of Somerset, her work reveals what lies beneath – from melting glaciers to ancient ammonites. In this rich conversation, Sandra shares how sketchbooks, digital collage and the natural world continue to guide her evolving textile practice.

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