Artsy Types

43:50

Art In Progress: Sketching on Location, Creating a...

Artsy Types ·

2026/09/28

Joy and Teresa update one another on current projects. Joy reveals she is leaving on a trip and wants to try sketching on location. Teresa has been getting into a flow at her workbench and is allowing a new collection to emerge on its own. They’ve both been busy writing one-line stories to read out loud. The conversation begins by featuring listener comments to the question, “Why I Create,” and ends by swapping memories of 1980s scents—both good and bad. ~Show Notes and Links~Point and Line to Plane

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38:52

Why We Create

Artsy Types ·

2026/09/16

Hearing Barry Manilow explain why he writes songs has Teresa and Joy asking each other why they create? Joy has one word that captures her motivation as a creator, and Teresa pinpointed several words that drive her metalsmithing. Miniature paintings and one-sentence-stories have led Teresa into a rabbit hole, and Joy reads up on the Edmund Fitzgerald. Comments are still coming in from the digital detox episode, including one from Insta artsytypespod follower aeaea.jewellery. The episode wraps up

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40:18

Where Do Ideas Come From?

Artsy Types ·

2026/09/03

Finished works of art are born from small ideas. Tiny seeds—sometimes just a few scattered thoughts—somehow nestle into our minds, find ways to grow and finally make their way to a pencil, a paintbrush, piano keys, a mound of clay or a piece of enamel. Joy and Teresa talk about using an annoying crow, a haunting photograph, and an inflatable kayak as launchpads to creativity. In Rabbit Holes and Recommendations, Joy finally discovers the mastery of author Claire Keegan and Teresa explores the unique

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42:48

Recipes for Living a Creative Life

Artsy Types ·

2026/08/19

Do you have habits and rituals, or things like special clothing or playlists that set the stage for your creativity? Joy and Teresa share the recipes they each use to spark their creativity. From alt-rock band Pavement playing loudly through headphones, to curated ambient music designed to create an “emotional weather system” in the studio, their two recipes start at the same places then quickly veer off. Joy comes armed with a book anti-recommendation, and Teresa discovers trench art in Rabbit

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39:22

When Is it Ok to Be a Creative Copycat?

Artsy Types ·

2026/08/05

Artists have tried to replicate the works of the masters for centuries. Copying to learn is nothing new. But what happens when the piece of jewelry you dreamed up while looking at the stars, sketched into existence in an old notebook and crafted after hours at your workbench—what happens when you see that identical piece of jewelry for sale on someone else’s website? Joy and Teresa discuss the importance of pulling inspiration from other artists while not crossing the plagiarism line. When is it ok

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44:39

A-Ha Moments: Three Creativity Revelations

Artsy Types ·

2026/07/15

The creativity conversations are generating lots of ideas, and they’ve led Joy and Teresa to pose a question to one another: what have your a-ha moments been? Are there revelations that have found their way into your artistic process? Whether it’s a reminder to get out of the studio and live life, or a directive to call upon muses to help with creativity, the a-ha moments are revealed. The episode’s recommendations include a Dutch musician forging a unique musical path, as well as a book that breaks

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52:48

Getting Your Art Noticed: How to Navigate the World...

Artsy Types ·

2026/07/01

Creating art is one thing, getting it noticed another. How do exhibitions work, and what is a juried competition? What are tips for getting into magazines and invited onto podcasts? Teresa and Joy have a practical conversation with specific takeaways including tips on photography and a key website. This episode’s rabbit holes include the Staedtler Mars Techno Lead Holder and a round up of beach reads. The ArtsyTypes team attempts to inventory the various accoutrements of a 1980’s-style sick day,

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46:43

Fresh Starts and Old Ruts: How to Navigate...

Artsy Types ·

2026/06/16

Teresa is on the cusp of a fresh start as she moves into a new home and studio, while Joy is in a creativity slump. In this episode, Teresa and Joy talk about the up and down phases that exist for all artists and how to navigate seasons of creativity. In their “Last Thing I Wrote” segment, Joy brings quotes from recent books that inspired her, and Teresa is writing about roadkill and antique books. During the closing Gen X segment, we learn which of the two Artsy Types used encyclopedias, owned a

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55:29

Digital Detox: Results of the 2-Week Experiment

Artsy Types ·

2026/05/27

The two-week digital detox has drawn to an end, and Joy reports to Teresa how her life changed while going off-grid. What were the hardest parts, did she ever cheat on the experiment, and did being away from the phone jump start her creativity? While Joy was staying away from social media, Teresa was monitoring the Artsy Types Pod Instagram account and shares followers’ advice. Joy offers a mixed-review of Stephen King’s 11/22/63, and Teresa has been reading Stillness is the Key by Ryan Holiday

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35:13

Digital Detox: A Two-Week Experiment

Artsy Types ·

2026/05/12

Joy decides to go off-the-grid for two weeks in an attempt to re-set thought patterns, gain time, spur creativity and live life outside the distorted lens of social media. Teresa suggests parameters for the experiment and offers advice after her own attempts to work in silence. During the digital detox, Joy will keep a journal of observations and in the following episode report whether she made it the entire two weeks. Rabbit Holes and Recommendations returns with the discovery of a contemporary

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35:49

Honesty in Art: Let's Get Personal

Artsy Types ·

2026/04/22

Honesty is the foundation of good art, but is there such a thing as being too honest? Spurred on by a beautifully forthright statement that Teresa recently made on Instagram, this episode’s conversation explores where the line is between artistic confessionalism and trauma dumping. As the episode moves along, there’s a segment on “The Last Thing That Inspired Me” that brings out favorites in television and music, which naturally leads into. . .the Bermuda Triangle, Ouija Boards and quicksand, and

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34:55

Trends We Love, Trends We Hate

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2026/04/07

The resurgence of plein air painting, over-the-top maximalism, visibility of the artist’s hand laid bare in finished work, the way museums treat sensitive subjects--Joy and Teresa look at cultural and artistic trends, extending the topic all the way into the Gen X segment and debating whether any 80s trends should return. “The Last Thing I Wrote” segment comes back, bringing with it roadkill and an eerie take on the neighborhood reaction to the HOA. The episode ends with a look at the creator and

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50:00

Three Good Habits Every Artist Can Develop (and a Bad...

Artsy Types ·

2026/03/24

Artists are creatures of habit, and those habits either help creativity flourish or get in its way. Teresa is sharing the habits that have helped build her metalsmith practice, and Joy is asking for ideas to combat the dreaded bad habit of social media distraction. The episode begins with an anecdote about how the art of Gerald Scarfe made an early impact and ends with a back-and-forth about the merits of high school class rings. Joy has discovered a podcast that focuses on grief, and Teresa has

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36:57

Creative Alchemy: The Elements That Transform Us Into...

Artsy Types ·

2026/03/03

An accident, a coincidence, a life event. Conversations between mothers and daughters. Sheer boredom. Teresa and Joy are putting words to the alchemy that took place in their lives to transform daily routine into lifelong pursuits of creativity. Before taking on the task of unraveling creative alchemy, they do some quick warm up calisthenics trying to spit out words that start with GN, and they bookend the discussion with a rabbit hole into Mary Shelley’s favorite keepsake and a recommendation of

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40:55

Is This Something: Step-by-Step Workshop for a New...

Artsy Types ·

2026/02/11

In this second “Is This Something” episode, the tables are turned, and Joy and Teresa are thinking through Teresa’s idea fragments for a new collection based on Polaroids and poems she crafted last year while saying goodbye to her childhood home. The back and forth conversation is a template for how creators can talk through concepts to transform rough ideas into finished pieces of art. The creativity back-and-forth continues with a “last thing I wrote down” segment where they share notations from

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42:54

The Three Tips Every Artist Should Know

Artsy Types ·

2026/01/28

Joy and Teresa count down the three tips they each think every artist should know, and at least one of the tips is something that will surprise listeners! Whether you are a painter, a jeweler or an every day creative, there will be a takeaway to use from this episode. Teresa goes down a fascinating rabbit hole of video archives from days gone by and Joy does a round-robin of tv, book and music recommendations. The discussion wraps up with memories of 1980s soap opera, followed by a shout out of one

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46:10

Starting a New Year: Setting Creativity Goals

Artsy Types ·

2026/01/14

Joy and Teresa walk through the process for setting annual creative goals and lay out what they each hope to achieve in the coming year. From creating a collection of paintings, to writing a poem a month, producing a newsletter and improving photography, this year’s goals are ambitious and not without revenue goals and software tools to help achieve them. Teresa has gone down the rabbit hole of creating miniature crime scenes through craft, and Joy is recommending a new literary podcast that she

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43:59

Creativity Goals: A Year-End Report Card

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2025/12/30

Joy and Teresa are goal-setters by nature, even when it comes to creativity. To close out the year, they take a look back at the 2025 goals they each set as creators and disclose whether they accomplished them. Before kicking off the main topic, though, Joy quizzes Teresa on her knowledge of terms-of-art. . .for art! In Rabbit Holes and Recommendations, Teresa discovers a hidden message in an old book left behind by someone in her past, and Joy talks about writing reviews for Nancy Drew books when

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52:39

Irony, Beauty, Nostalgia, Crafty Creativity: The...

Artsy Types ·

2025/12/10

How do two Artsy Types celebrate the holidays? With home cooking, homemade crafts and one very peculiar tradition involving 80s vinyl records. Joy and Teresa also count down their favorite holiday songs, finding themselves knee-deep in a difference of opinion about the Gen X holiday anthem, “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” The two also share memories of their favorite TV Christmas specials from the 1980s and reminisce about an early form of co-branding involving Norelco razors. ~Show Links and

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34:48

What I Want You to Make

Artsy Types ·

2025/11/25

Sometimes creators need more than the voice in their own head--they need a nudge from a friend. Joy and Teresa assign each other surprise creative challenges in this episode, laying out a path for listeners to try their own projects. Joy kicks off the episode reporting on her visit to Milan to see DaVinci’s Last Supper. Teresa recommends an Instagram rabbit hole where followers can see famous songs coming to life, and Joy is recommending a thousand-page novel about building a cathedral. The

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