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Textile Talk

This podcast is for craft and textile enthusiasts all around the world. We"re constantly adding great interviews with textile artists, tutors and retailers plus a little advice on our own distance study courses in craft and much more. The School of Stitched Textiles is the largest UK provider of City & Guilds Accredited Textile based distance learning courses. You can find out site at https://www.sofst.org/. We also host the Stitch Directory, which showcases independent craft retailers and suppliers

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All Episodes

01:01:31

Artist Interview - Robert Ossant and Jessica Pile

Textile Talk ·

2025/11/12

Robert Ossant Author and fashion historian Robert Ossant hails from Lancashire and moved to London to work in newspapers, getting his big break at the Daily Mirror. Feeling disillusioned with tabloid life, he joined London embroidery house Hand & Lock as their communications manager in 2013. It was at the 258-year-old atelier that he became close friends with co-author Jessica Jane Pile and developed his love and passion for embroidery.Regularly inspired by the designers, artisans, makers and

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01:07:42

Textile Artist - Hannah Lamb

Textile Talk ·

2025/10/15

Fascinated by textiles and the stories they can tell, Hannah Lamb’s practice is a personal dialogue with materials. From her studio in Bingley, West Yorkshire she experiments with layers of imagery and surface. Print, stitch and deconstruction techniques are carefully combined to create both sculptural installation works and smaller, more intimate pieces. She is particularly known for her use of cyanotype printing to create shadow-like prints on textiles.Hannah’s interest in archives, collections

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01:02:33

Artist Interview - Emily Jo Gibbs

Textile Talk ·

2025/09/24

Emily Jo Gibbs has established an international reputation for her delicate silk organza appliqué. In her current practice Emilycreateshand-stitchedPortraits and Still Lifes with a graphic quality, observing the quiet beauty ofthe overlooked.Gently advocatingThe Value of Makingbycreating work thatcelebratespeople who make things; their skill, dexterity, material knowledge and their creative problem solving. Emily first started working to this theme for Collect Open in 2018She makes work to

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01:05:33

Artist Interview - Fleur Woods

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2025/08/20

Fleur Woods is a Contemporary Fibre Artist, Author, Teacher and Mentor based in AotearoaNew Zealand. Inspired by nature and drawn to fibres and textiles Fleur has developed her 'stitched paintings' through a decade of experimentation in her studio. Largely self taught she creates intuitivelyand her works evolve organically, often combining concept developmentandresearch as the pieces evolve. Stitch became a large part of her practice, making marks with thread has overtaken brush work due to the

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01:02:55

Textile Talk with Emma Rosa

Textile Talk ·

2025/07/30

With a keen observation of nature,Emma Rosa uses multi-disciplinary techniques and mixed media to create botanical studies from fabric and thread.Marrying a foundation in fine art and a past career in dressmaking, she utilisesmachine embroidery with traditional Japanese flower making techniques, creating sensitive and intricate detailing.Through closely studying flora, she aims to capture the essence of a plant, or indeed a particular stage of growth such as the fleeting moments of efflorescence and

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Artist Interview - Ellie Hipkin

Textile Talk ·

2025/07/09

Ellie is a textile artist working from her garden studio in Brighton. Surrounded by the South Downs, Sussex coastline and wild plants discovered on walks, she draws inspiration from colours, contours and the ever-changing atmosphere of the natural world. Ellie's artworks reflect this connection, blending abstract painting with delicate textile techniques to create pieces that evoke a sense of place and season. Ellie's paintings often feature unique imprints taken from seed heads and grasses,

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01:06:55

Artist Interview - Kelley Aldridge

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2025/06/18

KelleygraduatedfromtheRoyalSchoolofNeedleworkApprenticeshipin2005aftermanyyearsinManagementDevelopmentTraining.ShewentontoestablishtheverysuccessfulBristolbranchoftheRSNin2011andwasinvolvedincreatingthereplacementfortheApprenticeship,knownastheFutureTutorsProgramme.In2019sherelocatedtoLondontorunthecourseatHamptonCourtPalace.OneyearlatersheshepherdedtheSchool’stutorsthroughtheshifttoonlineteachingduringtheCovidpandemicandfoundanewoutletforherembroidery,teachingandITpassions.In2021shereturnedtoself-em

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01:08:06

Artist Interview - Amanda Cobbett

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2025/05/21

Amanda Cobbett is an award-winning textile artist withover 25 years’ experience. Inspired by nature in all its forms, Amanda’s 3-dimensional,papier-mâché and free machine-embroidered sculptures arecreated from her studio in the Surrey Hills. She scours the understorey of theforest floor seeking its hidden treasures. Over time, she hashoned an inherent ability to locate intriguing flora in the mostunexpected of places.Amanda’s 3 Dimensional embroidered sculptures appear to float in their Perspex

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01:08:47

Artist Interview - Karen L Miller (Aurifil Threads)

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2025/04/23

Karen L. Miller, owner of Redbird Quilt Co., is Master Educator for Aurifil USA, an Aurifilosopher, author, and passionate advocate for free motion quilting. Her quilting journey began in 2007 when her sister invited her to join a simple block of the month program. Karen quickly fell in love with hand appliqué and free motion machine quilting, sparking a passion that would shape her career.As Karen's enthusiasm for learning and developing her quilting skills grew, she naturally gravitated towards

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01:02:52

Artist Interview - Gail Harker

Textile Talk ·

2025/04/09

Gail is a Canadian who resided for 20 years in Britain, until returning t the US in 1995. She moved to Britain in 1976 with her American husband and family. She studied art in Canada, England and Scotland. She completed both parts 1 and 2 (Diploma) of the City & Guilds Design and Embroidery course, achieving a distinction in both parts. She was awarded the Senior Award of Licentiateship (LCGI)by the City & Guilds Institute. Gail has previously taught City & Guilds Embroidery courses and

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Master Pratitioner Course - Lorrraine Benjamin

Textile Talk ·

2025/03/26

Lorraine has been creating with fiber since she was a young girl.As a child she would while away the hours sewing, crocheting, and working with crewelwork.She learned to sew garments at the side of her mother and paternal grandmother who were both gifted seamstress’.She is a self-taught artist.She began quilting in 1997 and immediately was intrigued with the design elements of the quilt.Thus, began her exploration of color, repetition, design, and texture. Soon Lorraine began to experiment with a

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01:03:42

Artist Interview - Lucy Martin

Textile Talk ·

2025/03/19

Lucy Martin from Hand and Lock grew up in the Peak District, where her love for stitching began as she helped her mother make wedding dresses from age three. Her talent led her to work with renowned brands like Alexander McQueen, Burberry, and Catherine Walker. A classically trained embroiderer with a first-class honours degree, Lucy joined Hand & Lock in 2022 as Head of Education. Since then, she has transformed the school into an internationally recognized centre for contemporary embroidery,

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01:07:46

Master Practitioner Course Interview - Annegret Fauser

Textile Talk ·

2025/02/26

Annegret is a German American fiber artist who divides her time between Chapel Hill, a university town, and Kill Devil Hills, a town on the North Atlantic coast. Born in Germany and now residing in North Carolina, she lived in Ghana, France, Great Britain, and Australia before moving to the United States in 2001. Together with travels to countries as varied as Italy and India, these different cultural frameworks have shaped both her life and her art. The shores of the Albemarle Sound, near Kill

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01:08:27

Artist Interview - Sophie Standing

Textile Talk ·

2025/02/19

Sophie is a British wildlife artist who has lived in Africa for 22 years. She now lives in Dorset, England. She is moving to Costa Rica in the new year, where a whole new array of wildlife inspirations await!Sophie produces her artworks by combining a collage of appliquéd fabrics with free motion embroidery. The details of the animals are sewn over the top of the appliqué collage; there is no pen or paint used.She uses a heavyweight cotton ground fabric which is painted or dyed with botanical

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Artist Interview - Althea Crome

Textile Talk ·

2025/01/29

Althea’s Crome is an Indiana based fiber artist who has chosen a very niche art form to express her artistic ideas and challenge her own skills as a technician. Crome is a micro-knitter and has been developing her techniques for over 20 years. Using very fine silk threads and needles that she makes herself from surgical stainless steel, she can achieve a gauge of 80 stitches per inch.With so many stitches to the inch, Crome has been able to achieve incredible details in a minute scale. Her tiny

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01:00:00

Artist Interview - Anne Kelly

Textile Talk ·

2025/01/08

UK based textile artist Anne Kelly is an award-winning artist, author and tutor. Her multi-layered and densely stitched textiles have been described as ‘small worlds’. Trained in Canada and at Goldsmiths College in London, she creates wall hangings and objects using a mixture of mixed media collage and hand and machine embroidery. Her inspirations are taken from travel, memory, nature and especially folk art. Anne tutors and teaches fine art and textiles to a variety of groups in the UK and abroad

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01:00:24

Artist Interview - Holly Guertin

Textile Talk ·

2024/12/11

Holly Guertin is a contemporary fiber artist and textile designer in the Philadelphia, PA area. In her work, she explores the interconnectedness of the human person and invites her viewers to look at sheep and their wool as if in a mirror. In an increasingly disconnected, disembodied, and virtual world, her process-intense work grounds the viewer to the tactile and the real, showing the human experience as a marvel and a wonder. Holly graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) with

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Artist Interview - Alison Whateley

Textile Talk ·

2024/11/20

Alison is a self-taught artist who works primarily with textiles, often incorporating mixed media elements into her work to enhance their compositions. She began her journey into textile art in her mid-forties, and since then, her work has continually evolved as she experiments with new techniques and ideas. Her work is a celebration of the natural world, captured through this tactile and versatile medium.Drawing inspiration from the ever-changing seascapes and landscapes around her, Alison seeks to

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01:04:36

Artist Interview - Jude Kingshott

Textile Talk ·

2024/11/01

Jude is a practising mixed media artist and tutor.She currently teaches small groups of 1 or 2 from her own studio, and also larger groups in both the UK and across Europe.She has also exhibited both individually and as part of groups in the UK and in Europe.Jude has taught Masterclasses at Festival of Quilts and worked as the Studio Manager with Leslie Morgan at Committed to Cloth.Coming from a creative family, she has been ‘making’ for as long as she can recall.Jude has travelled extensively

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01:05:15

Artist Interview - Salley Mavor

Textile Talk ·

2024/10/18

The Knitting and Stitching Show at Harrogate Convention Centre runs from the 21st to 24th November 2024, And here’s an exclusive offer just for you: Use the discount code SST when you book to save on your tickets. Simply head over to theknittingandstitchingshow.com/harrogate/sst to secure your spot.Artist Salley Mavor has spent over 4 decades honing her signature style and working methods, carving out her own niche within the children’s book world and the fiber art community. She creates

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