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An Art To It

When does your passion become your profession? Can you take a love of making and creating and turn it into a successful business? This is the podcast where I talk to artists and makers who, whatever their discipline, are all fortunate to have turned their passion for creating into their occupation. As we discuss their journey to being professional artists and makers we explore inspirations, imposter syndrome, what success really means and of course, if there IS an art to running a flourishing

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23: Many creative threads with Claire Stockings-Baker

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2025/02/28

When you have an artistic eye and a talent for creativity you are often blessed with being able to use this skills in different ways, and Claire Stockings-Baker is a perfect example of a multi-disciplinary artist. Sculptural silver jewellery is what Claire is best known for as an artist, but her creative career started in costume design, and print making and painting are still a big part of her life. In our lovely chat - which as fellow dog lovers didn’t actually focus too much on our four-legged

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22: Finding the right catalyst with Kerry Louise Bennett

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2025/02/21

Sometimes a guiding hand is all that is needed to kick start you on a particular path or career, and sometimes fate delivers that in an unexpected way. Visual artist Kerry Louise Bennett knew that she wanted to pursue a career as a painter but it didn’t seem quite achievable; then prompted by misremembering a comment from a friend, she picked up a book in a second hand shop by hypnotist and self-improvement guru Paul McKenna https://www.paulmckenna.com/ called ‘Change your Life in Seven Days’ and

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21: Creating in all its forms, from chocolate to...

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2025/02/14

If you could pick the ideal medium to create your art work what would it be? Oil paint, charcoal, … or chocolate? Although painting had been a part of her life for as long as she could remember, it was as a chocolatier that Ashleigh Anne first found creative professional success. In our lovely chat, Aisleigh shares her love of creating in all its guises and how following in her family's footsteps into the restaurant and catering world didn’t mean she turned her back on her artistic skills

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39:57

20: The pattern for a successful creative career with...

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2025/02/07

Creativity has always been part of Sarah Pooley’s life. But after completing a degree in textiles her career took her into the knitwear industry where she found a job she loved designing patterns for a brand of knitting machines. When she started her family having a home based career was preferable and the beginning of the next chapter in her creative life was in soft furnishings for interiors. It was her trusty sewing machine that took Sarah on to the next stage of her creative life, and what she

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39:46

19: An eventful journey to being a full time artist...

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2025/01/31

There probably aren’t many artists who can lay claim to a previous career working with stunt horses in film and TV productions, but Claire Howlett can. When she had to abandon her foundation degree in fine art, Claire first turned to art restoration as a potential career but after an enjoyable and educational few years in a darkened room, it was to her other great love - horses - that she turned. Applying to a few stables in her native Berkshire, she was lucky enough to be taken on by one

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18: Creative entrepreneurship and multi-tasking with...

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2024/11/29

A glance at Emily Hadley’s website is enough to make the most accomplished of creative business owners feel (more than?) slightly inadequate. Not only has she and her husband renovated three homes, Emily took charge of the interiors - a service she has also developed professionally - she is also an Instagram influencer and content creator, a silversmith with a range of jewellery… and now runs a hugely successful art gallery from her home. And during much of this was also a primary school teacher

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17: Flower Power: the art of creative business...

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2024/11/22

Lucy Innes Williams runs not one, but two creative businesses - her fine art practice and her printed goods and stationery business, Floradore. In our really interesting chat Lucy reveals how she manages to balance the two separate entities, both linked by her love of capturing all things floral. We also discuss the journey Lucy has taken: a graduate in Fine Art from Central St Martins College in London, after leaving college Lucy didn’t feel either inspired or ready to begin a career as an artist

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45:55

16: The art of taking every opportunity, with Helen...

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2024/11/15

Textile artist Helen Wilde, aka Ova Bloom has made a career of being in the right place at the right time and grasping every opportunity with both hands. From work experience, (with no less than artist Tom Phillips https://www.tomphillips.co.uk/ to art college, and her subsequent successful career, Helen has been fortunate at meeting the right people and the most opportune moment. But that shouldn’t detract from her achievements: her work features in numerous bedroom suites at London Dorchester

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15: Colours and Lines, a Glass Act with Ruth Shelley

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2024/11/08

Colour is at the very heart of Ruth Shelley’s creative life. Growing up in rural Wales with limited external entertainment, making and domestic creativity were at the heart of her childhood, and inspired her move to study textiles at art college. Travel and finding inspiration in the colours and patterns of south east Asia continued to influence her textile work but stumbling on an evening class in stained glass opened up a whole new creative adventure for Ruth. In our chat Ruth reflects on her

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14: Mapping a career in ceramics with Loraine Rutt

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2024/11/01

A love of making - and of maps - has taken ceramic artist Loraine Rutt on an unusual but very successful creative journey. Loraine began her career as a cartographer at London’s Birkbeck College https://www.bbk.ac.uk/ but when digitalisation of maps meant that she would be using a computer rather than the more physical approach of a pencil and tracing paper, she decided to pursue her earlier dream of going to art college. A degree in ceramics from London’s Central School for Art and Design (later

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13: The Fine Art of Fashion with Sophie Harding

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2024/10/25

Growing up as part of a creative family - and a keen painter from an early age - it was no surprise that Sophie Harding decided to attend art college. But inspired by a documentary she watched as a teenager it was the Fashion course at St Martin’s college that Sophie enrolled on. In my chat with Sophie - whose stunning paintings I’m fortunate to exhibit regularly at the Byre Gallery - we discuss how a deciding that a fashion career wasn’t for her, lead her to a full time career as a painter, via a

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12. An Insider’s Guide to Gallery Success: Bonus...

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2024/10/19

This is a cheeky little extra session where I talk about my online course ‘An Insider’s Guide to Gallery Success’ and explain why with a number of alternatives to learn about how to best approach - and develop a relationship - with galleries, mine might be the right one for you. There are three reasons that this course fits the bill for you: The Byre Gallery, which I founded in 2014, is a welcoming and elegant space with carefully curated exhibitions of lovely work in contemporary craft and fine

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11: Alchemy: Blending art and science into jewellery

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2024/10/18

After a successful career as a scientist, Beverly Bartlett turned her jewellery making hobby into her new profession. In our chat, we discuss how Bev has drawn on her scientific knowledge to support not only the technical aspects of jewellery making, but also the aesthetic inspiration for many of her collections. We chat about the various shows and events that Beverly exhibits and sells her work from, and she passes on some very useful tips for making your experience of taking part in a selling

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Episode 10: Successfully finding the right creative...

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2024/10/11

Sarah Hutt is a Northamptonshire based visual artist whose creative journey has taken her from print design, via teaching to being a painter. In this lively and honest chat, Sarah shares the stages of her journey, and talks candidly about her decision to quit a senior job in education, sell her home and downsize to living on a narrowboat to put herself in the best position to launch a new creative career. You can see Sarah’s work online at www.sarahhuttart.co.uk and on Instagram she is

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9: Success and making it personal, a solo show with...

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2024/10/11

We all measure or success in different ways, yet we still seem to compare ourselves to others and what they’re achieving. In this episode I share my personal thoughts on success. My online course for artists and makers: An Insider’s Guide to Gallery Success opens for booking on 16th October and you can discover more about it here. https://thebyregallery.co.uk/pages/courses-and-coaching To find out more about the Byre gallery you can follow us on Instagram @thebyregallery And visit our website

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8: The importance of commercial galleries in the...

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2024/09/06

Liz Francis has run the hugely popular and successful Padstow Gallery in north Cornwall since 2018. Since then it has gained a deserved reputation for the high calibre of work it exhibits in its changing and permanent beautifully curated exhibitions. In our chat Liz shares her journey from studying in an entirely different field (pardon the pun, tune in to discover more!) to finding her dream job in running a gallery. We talk about her vision for Padstow Gallery, what she looks for in the art and

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7: Being in the right place at the right time with...

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2024/08/30

It was the allure of Cornwall’s palm trees that convinced Imogen Bone that moving south for art college in Falmouth rather than her native Scotland was the right move; and she’s never looked back. In our chat we talk about how choosing to study illustration rather than Fine Art gave Imogen a work ethic and structure that has contributed to her success as both an artist, and a creative business; commercialism is not a bad thing - whatever art colleges might tell you; and how galleries still play a

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Episode Six: Carin Lindberg

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2024/08/23

Carin Lindberg swapped her Swedish homeland and a science background for the life of a jewellery designer maker creating stunning pieces from her North Cornwall coastal studio. In this episode Carin and I talk about how buying a few beads to have a ‘play’ took her to being a full-time jeweller; how a background in science plus working in mobile phone and website technology has given her a precision mind that has aided her creative business journey; and how keeping a balance between work, home and

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Episode Five: Sharon Bruster

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2024/08/16

Sharon Bruster swapped a career in the NHS for the life of a sea-inspired Cornwall visual artist and has never looked back. She is also the co-founder (along with friend and fellow artist Maggie Cochran) of Prime Women Artists, a support, networking and exhibiting membership for women artists (of a certain age!) In Cornwall. In this episode we talk about Sharon’s transition from pursuing a hobby of capturing the coast and sea in her art, to declaring herself an artist; her love of talking about her

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Episode Four: Emily Tapp

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2024/08/08

Emily Tapp is the founder and creative behind EOT ceramics, which in under five years has carved itself an impressive reputation for its elegant forms and stylish glazing. With regular sell out online ‘shops’ and collections for sale in the prestigious Tate St Ives’ shop, EOT is a brand to watch. And as Emily is only 27, she is a creative entrepreneur to watch out for. In this episode we talk about studying Fine Art at Falmouth University https://www.falmouth.ac.uk/ and Emily’s change of direction

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