On today’s episode of the podcast I’m talking about the art and craft of ceramics with my guest, Diana Fayt. Diana is a modern day scrimshander, whose chosen medium is clay rather than whalebone. Drawing on her background as a painter, sculptor, printmaker, and clayer, Diana’s clay surfaces are alive with strange and exotic stories,…
Podcast Episode #48: Stephen Fraser, Co-Founder of Spoonflower
Today on the While She Naps podcast I’m talking with Stephen Fraser, co-founder of Spoonflower. Spoonflower is the largest marketplace of surface designs by independent artists all over the world. Through Spoonflower anyone can upload an image, tile it as a repeat, and have it printed on wrapping paper, wall paper, or over a dozen…
Podcast Episode #47: Deborah Balmuth, Publisher at Storey
In today’s episode of the While She Naps podcast I’m talking about craft publishing with my guest, Deborah Balmuth. Deborah is the publisher at Storey Publishing. Storey specializes in how-to books and is the publisher of many well-known craft titles including The Handmade Marketplace and Grow Your Handmade Business by Kari Chapin, Quilting with a…
Podcast Episode #46: Rebecca Ringquist
On today’s episode of the While She Naps podcast we’re talking about embroidery with my guest, Rebecca Ringquist. Rebecca is a Brooklyn-based visual artist and designer. Approaching the technique of embroidery as a way of drawing, Rebecca has taught hundreds of people new ways of making marks on fabric with thread. Rebecca has a design…
Podcast Episode #45: Heather Moore of Skinny LaMinx
Today on the While She Naps podcast I’m talking with textile designer Heather Moore of Skinny LaMinx. Heather lives in South Africa and I live in Boston so it was pretty amazing to chat with her and learn about her business and daily life on the other side of the world. Fabric scraps by Skinny…
Podcast Episode #44: Michelle Engel Bencsko and Gina Pantastico of Cloud9 Fabrics
Today on the podcast I’m talking with the co-founders of Cloud9 Fabrics, Michelle Engel Bencsko and Gina Pantastico. Established in 2009, Cloud9 is a leading source for organic cotton fabrics for home sewists. The base cloths of their fabrics is made from 100% certified organic cotton which is then printed with eco-friendly low impact dies….
Podcast Episode #43: Founder and Director of Squam Art Workshops, Elizabeth Duvivier
On today’s episode of the While She Naps podcast I’m talking with Elizabeth Duvivier, the founder and director of Squam Art Workshops. Elizabeth founded Squam in 2008 after being enchanted with her experience at Artfest and wanting to create something similar on the East Coast. Squam has since become a premier art retreat attracting top…
Podcast Episode #42: Gather Here and Fancy Tiger Crafts
On today’s episode of the While She Naps we’re talking about what it takes to run a successful brick-and-mortar fabric and yarn shop with my guests, Jaime Jennings and Amber Corcoran of Fancy Tiger Crafts in Denver, Colorado, and Virginia Johnson of Gather Here in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Fancy Tiger and Gather Here have a lot…
Podcast Episode #41: Bamboletta with Christina Platt
When Christina Platt set about making a doll for her baby niece over a decade ago she could never have predicted that one day she would have a handmade doll business that employs 48 local women and produces 80 dolls each week. She couldn’t have known that the dolls would sell out so fast that…
Podcast Episode #40: Creativebug with Kelly Wilkinson and Liana Allday
Watching someone make something is an ideal way to learn a new craft. I think video is an incredibly exciting new frontier in craft publishing and I’m especially excited by the beautifully produced video classes found on Creativebug. For me these classes are every bit as special an experience as opening a well-designed craft book,…
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