Episode Seventy-Eight | Chemistry Girl: You Don’t Grow by Doing What You Know with Kimberly Taylor

0:00 Intro

0:30 Meet Kimberly Taylor

1:47 Friendships, Seasons, and Growing Older

14:52 Being Seen and Discovering Your Gifts

19:23 Advice from the Early Days

25:06 The Life that Fits the Season

29:44 Falling in Love with Pottery

39:53 Inspired by Feeling

45:30 Daily Rituals and Creative Rhythms

48:00 Glazing Chemistry and Comfort Zones

58:22 The Conversations Women Need to Have

1:06:32 Creative Breakthroughs and the Green Cups

1:08:49 How to Connect with Kimberly

1:10:02 Outro

Kim Taylor is a ceramicist and photographer living on a small island off the south coast of British Columbia. Working primarily in stoneware clay, her pieces are thoughtfully made, each one unique while remaining part of a cohesive body of work. With a timeless, simple style and a neutral palette occasionally accented by colours found around the island, her pottery is designed to feel good in your hands and joyful to use.

Kimberly’s website

https://www.kimtaylor.co

Follow Kimberly

https://www.instagram.com/kimtaylor.co/

Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver

Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want.

An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training.

Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE.

Connect with Jeanne on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/jeanneolivercreativenetwork/

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Become the artist you dream to be. Creativity is calling at https://jeanneoliver.com

Episode Seventy-Seven | Seeds and Samples: The Work Beneath the Work with Jayne Emerson

0:00 Intro
0:30 Meet Jayne Emerson
2:39 Life in the Countryside
4:04 Seeds of Ideas and “Thought Piles”
14:45 Prompts and Play
23:46 From Secrecy to Sharing
28:06 Generosity and Creative Impact
31:14 Curiosity as a Compass
34:09 Trusting Your Process
39:30 Style and Freedom
45:33 Gathering What You Love
49:59 Letting Work Become
55:28 Creative Breakthroughs
59:44 How to Connect With Jayne
1:01:18 Outro

Based in rural Gloucestershire, Jayne loves to re-imagine and mix-up textile techniques including applique, embroidery and patchwork, selling her conceptual samples to clients ranging from Chanel and Louis Vuitton to Anthropologie and Boden.

With 30 years of experience in the industry, Jayne started organizing her ideas into word prompts and filming her experimental, creative process.

Her inspirational library now includes five online courses, Experimental Needle Felting, No Rules Patchwork, Water Soluble Magic, Gel Printing on and with Textiles and No Rules Hand Stitching. Her membership No Rules Textile Society is home to 45+ mini-courses and an incredible community of textile adventurers.

www.jaynemerson.co.uk
www.norulestextilesociety.com

Referenced in the Podcast:

Jayne Emerson Film

https://youtube.com/shorts/CzZIBxD4s5E?si=1GQaiqIfh6JEkhrT

Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver

Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want.

An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training.

Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE.

Connect with Jeanne on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/jeanneolivercreativenetwork/

Connect with Jeanne on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jeanneoliver/

Become the artist you dream to be. Creativity is calling at https://jeanneoliver.com

Anni Albers

https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/anni-albers

0:00 Intro

0:30 Meet Betty Soldi

4:14 Growing Up with Fireworks and Wonder

8:29 From Florence to London

10:46 Words, Ink, and Finding Her Medium

12:49 Florence’s Easter Firework Tradition

16:15 Florence as an Invitation to Presence

19:51 Flourishes, Splotches, and Evolving Style

25:15 Handwriting, Feeling, and Creative Confidence

27:27 The Heart Behind Inkspired

30:27 A Lemon House Studio and Creative Sanctuary

32:36 Collecting while Making Space

34:42 Where She Goes for Inspiration

36:22 What to Put Down and Pick Up in the New Year

39:31 Creative Breakthroughs and Expansion

43:51 How to Connect with Betty

46:27 Outro

Video link to the The Scoppio del Carro talked about during the podcast HERE.

Betty Soldi is an internationally accomplished calligrapher and graphic designer working with the worlds’ leading retail brands and luxury labels. Born into a Florentine family which has been handmaking fireworks since 1860, her unique calligraphic skills merge graphic design with old type, modern colours and unique antique touches to produce branding, bespoke objects, packaging and stationery.

After many years of living in London she has extended her creative design agency to Florence, Italy. Her book “Inkspired” is published in many languages.

Betty’s Website - https://www.bettysoldi.com

Follow Betty - https://www.instagram.com/bettysoldistudio/

Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver

Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want.

An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training.

Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE.

Connect with Jeanne on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/jeanneolivercreativenetwork/

Connect with Jeanne on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jeanneoliver/

Become the artist you dream to be. Creativity is calling at https://jeanneoliver.com