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From the archives: Inky impressions with Sue Brown Oct 03, 2025

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British printmaker Sue Brown invites us into a richly textured world of birds, sheds and story-filled sketchbooks. Working primarily with collograph printmaking, Sue transforms humble materials into layered works that celebrate the natural world and our place within it. This episode explores her deep love of birds, the beauty of experimentation, and the collaborative quilt project that connected makers across the globe.

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From the archives: Pattern, chance, and cloth with Matthew Harris Sep 26, 2025

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British artist Matthew Harris brings cloth and paper to life through a process that blends structure, chance, and rhythm. Drawing from a background in drawing and a deep reverence for materials, Matthew shares how intuition, repetition, and constraint shape his striking textile works – and how music, memory, and the beauty of imperfection guide his creative process.

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From the archives: Layers of observation with Tansy Hargan Sep 19, 2025

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UK artist Tansy Hargan brings her background in architecture and landscape design into a vibrant mixed-media practice. From tiny thumbnail sketches to layered textiles, she explores colour, sound, and place with a rare attentiveness. In this thoughtful conversation, Tansy shares how observation, constraint, and play shape her distinctive art practice.

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From scraps to sculpture with Phong Chi Lai Sep 12, 2025

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Quilt artist and soft sculptor Phong Chi Lai brings a fashion background, a deep respect for upcycled textiles, and a maker’s intuition to his vibrant, tactile world of improv patchwork. From childhood days in a clothing factory to natural dyeing in Tasmania, Phong’s journey is stitched with care, curiosity, and conviction.

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Symbolic stitching with Tessa Perlow and Fleur Woods Sep 05, 2025

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What happens when two kindred spirits in stitch meet across the globe? In this rich conversation, embroidery artists Tessa Perlow and Fleur Woods delve into their shared love of beading, symbolism, and slow making. From creative rituals to personal philosophies, they explore the beauty of handwork as magic, meditation, and connection. A warm and generous exchange between artists walking parallel paths.

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Kelp, colour and wild fibre with Lydia Miller Aug 29, 2025

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Lydia Miller weaves with the wild. From ocean-foraged kelp to antlers, sticks and horsehair, her sculptural fibre works are shaped as much by intuition as by ecology. In this episode, Lydia shares how place, process and material co-create her art – and how slowing down, paying attention, and working with what you have can transform both your creative practice and your connection to the natural world.

Alongside weaving, Lydia also works with natural plant dyes, growing and foraging colour from her own garden. Her practice reminds us that creativity can extend from the soil to the studio, with every season offering new possibilities.

🌿 As a gift to listeners, Lydia has created The Plant Lover’s Guide to Solar Dyeing – a free downloadable resource to help you begin growing, harvesting, and creating your own natural dyes at home. You’ll find the free resource on the podcast page on our website.

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The humanity in handwriting with Rosalind Wyatt Aug 22, 2025

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Textile artist and calligrapher Rosalind Wyatt works at the poetic intersection of word and cloth. From hand-stitched handwriting to garments that carry memory, her work honours the ‘quiet voice’ people leave behind. In this moving studio interview, Rosalind shares how handwriting, language, and material all converge to tell deeply human stories.

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Abstraction, Intuition, and Reinvention in Art with Monica Rezman Aug 15, 2025

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From classical painting to intuitive abstraction, Monica Rezman’s journey spans decades, disciplines, and dimensions. Working between Chicago and Mexico, Monica creates sculptural paintings and fabric-covered forms that explore memory, movement, and materiality. In this episode, she reflects on letting go of realism, embracing process over perfection, and making art that keeps her creatively alive.

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Finding home, memory and making with Deborah White Aug 08, 2025

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Deborah White is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores belonging, identity, and renewal. Drawing from her childhood in Malawi and her years in fashion, Deborah uses recycled materials and earth pigments to build deeply personal, evocative forms. In this moving conversation, Deborah shares how art became her way home and how you can be part of that journey.

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Unbound creativity with Toni Hartill Aug 01, 2025

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New Zealand printmaker and mixed media artist Toni Hartill invites us into her playful world of artist books. As we celebrate the launch of her new course Unbound, Toni shares how folding, layering and storytelling can liberate your art from the frame. This thoughtful conversation is a joyful nudge toward process, experimentation and creating with what you already have.

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