Welcome to my new podcast with fellow textile artist Gina Ferrari, for all stitchers, embroiderers, textile artists and creative souls, where we have friendly informal conversations about what it actually means to be an artist working in textiles.
Gina and I are both practicing artists and tutors specialising in machine embroidery, but we’re still figuring it all out! We chat about combining the creative process with running a business and hope that you will find inspiration and support for your own creative journeys.
You can find us on iTunes and Spotify.
If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning…
Unfortunately Gina has come down with shingles! As she’s not feeling so good, we thought we’d do something different and…
As we met via our blogs, we take a closer look at our blogs and blogging habits.
In this our sixth episode we discuss sewing machines, ones we have owned as well as ones we currently use.
Outside validation: do we need it, is it necessary and do we like it?
In 2020 both Gina and I found all our teaching commitments cancelled so we both took our teaching online.
Reflecting on the crazy year that was 2020, and looking ahead to 2021.
In this episode we talk about some of our favourite textile related books; those we find useful, interesting and inspiring…