Sculptor and installation artist Dana Falcini works with organic materials – from fish skin and feathers to human hair and bone – to create sculptural forms rich with emotion and meaning. In this reflective conversation, Dana shares how time away from making deepened her creative practice, and how her raw materials hold quiet conversations about memory, care, and transformation.Visit our website to view Dana’s work, explore our courses, or dive into more articles and interviews.
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Coulter Fussell on quilts and play
Mississippi-based artist Coulter Fussell turns donated, discarded, and once-loved textiles into exuberant, improvisational quilts that carry memory, conflict, beauty, and joy. From river towns to war zones, soft sculpture to Snapchat videos, Coulter’s layered works ask us to consider what we throw away, what we hold onto, and what makes something worth remembering.Visit our website to view Coulter’s work, explore our courses, or dive into more articles and interviews.
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Jacki Barklie on resisting perfection
From painting flower power on her father’s car to water blasting antique linens in her New Zealand studio, fibre artist Jacki Barklie has never been one to follow rules. In this episode, Jacki explores scale, resistance, and identity in her richly layered practice – one that celebrates risk-taking, material curiosity, and the quiet power of the unsaid.Visit our website to view Jacki’s work, explore our courses, or dive into more articles and interviews.
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Helen Geglio and the quiet strength of cloth
American textile artist Helen Geglio creates layered, hand-stitched works that explore memory, motherhood and the quiet power of cloth. Blending the intimacy of collage with the discipline of quilting, her art reflects years of teaching, storytelling and meditation through stitching. In this thoughtful conversation, Helen shares how repetition, reflection and risk-taking have shaped her visual vocabulary and her artistic life.Visit our website to view Helen’s work, explore our courses, or dive into more articles and interviews.
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Carlie Trosclair casts time and place
Artist Carlie Trosclair casts the world in latex, capturing the skins of old buildings, staircases, and trees to reveal stories embedded in their structure. Drawing on architecture, memory and place, Carlie’s work invites us to think about home, the body, and the quiet yet booming voice of impermanence.Visit our website to view Carlie’s work, explore our courses, or dive into more articles and interviews.
Each week, we sit down with some of the world’s most talented and successful artists and share the stories that have influenced their creative journeys. From their earliest experiments to their most impactful works, you’ll discover the processes and philosophies that have shaped their art. Whether you’re a practicing artist, a craft enthusiast, or simply captivated by the beauty of mixed media art, we invite you to join us on this exclusive peek inside the world of our amazing feature artists. Tune in to inspire your imagination, connect with our global artist community, and enjoy some fabulous art banter.
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