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Each week, we sit down with some of the world’s most talented and successful artists and share the stories that have influenced their creative journeys. From their earliest experiments to their most impactful works, you’ll discover the processes and philosophies that have shaped their art. Whether you’re a practicing artist, a craft enthusiast, or simply captivated by the beauty of mixed media art, we invite you to join us on this exclusive peek inside the world of our amazing feature artists. Tune in to inspire your imagination, connect with our global artist community, and enjoy some fabulous art banter.

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From the archives: Seth Apter on hidden, layered magic

2026/10/01

New York City based mixed media artist, instructor, author and designer Seth Apter shares how a chance gallery visit and years of handmade mail art turned a psychologist into a full-time artist. Known for richly layered, textural work built from thread, found objects and vintage ephemera, Seth reflects on community, creative generosity, and why every artist is always one layer away from magic. Visit our website to explore our courses, or dive into more articles and interviews.

From the archives: Ana Zanic on watercolour flow

2026/09/23

Croatian-born, Chicago-based artist Ana Zanic embraces watercolour as a spontaneous, layered practice built from washes, drawn marks and a loose, improvisational hand. Her series, including Migration, made around her US citizenship, explore movement, memory and identity. In this conversation, Ana talks about accidental burn marks discovered with her son, working at scale, and how becoming a mother led her, unexpectedly, into ceramics. Visit our website to explore our courses, or dive into more articles and interviews.

Patrick Bongoy: Sacred material

2026/09/17

Congolese-born, Cape Town-based artist Patrick Bongoy transforms reclaimed rubber inner tubes into intricately woven sculptures confronting histories of extraction, displacement and survival. A 2024 LOEWE Foundation Craft Prize finalist now representing the DRC at the 2026 Venice Biennale, Patrick reflects on his family's early resistance to his path, the enduring legacy of Congo's rubber trade, and how ritual and spirituality shape his practice. Visit our website to explore our courses, or dive into more articles and interviews.

Catherine-Marie Longtin: Quilts, endlessly

2026/09/10

French Canadian textile artist Catherine-Marie Longtin, based in South London, builds quilts and stretched fabric artworks from collected linens and solids, favouring analogous colour and hand-pieced geometry over pattern and print. A former academic, she left that career in 2008 and has just published a book exploring 100 variations of the traditional log cabin block. In this conversation, Catherine reflects on breaking quilting's unwritten rules, trusting colour instinct, and building a long project one block at a time. Visit our website to explore our courses, or dive into more articles and interviews.

Anne von Freyburg: Sewing rebellion into softness

2026/09/03

Dutch, London-based artist Anne von Freyburg creates large-scale textile paintings that reimagine Rococo portraiture in hand-sewn tapestry, sequins and PVC fabric. In this conversation, she unpacks the hierarchy between painting and textile, why pleasure and excess are acts of resistance, and the six-month process behind her recent Saatchi Gallery installation. Anne also previews Pleasure Garden, her upcoming solo show with HOFA Gallery. Visit our website to explore our courses, or dive into more articles and interviews.

Erin Lewis-Fitzgerald: Modern mender

2026/08/27

Melbourne-based repair artist Erin Lewis-Fitzgerald mends clothes with visible, playful stitching that turns holes into design features rather than flaws. Once called "a tattoo artist for clothes," she teaches darning and mending and is the author of her book Modern Mending, now in its third printing. In this conversation, Erin shares stories of sentimental repairs, the philosophy of "beautiful and bonkers," and why there are more holes. Visit our website to explore our courses, or dive into more articles and interviews.

Irene Roderick: On starting again

2026/08/20

Austin, Texas-based textile artist Irene Roderick creates bold, improvisational quilts, building each piece outward from a single scrap of fabric pinned to her design wall. After decades as a painter, she discovered quilting at 66 and never looked back, developing her signature Dancing With the Wall method. In this conversation, Irene reflects on identity, resilience after a health crisis that took her creativity away, and her recent return to painting. Visit our website to explore our courses, or dive into more articles and interviews.

Paula Kovarik: Stitching as meditation and protest

2026/08/13

Memphis-based fiber artist Paula Kovarik creates layered quilted and sculptural works by cutting up her own quilts and repurposing them as raw material. Her practice channels memory, politics and the news cycle into stitch and line, favouring process over finished product. In this conversation, she reflects on her evolving 3D work, a recent Japan residency, and the day she took a chainsaw to a piece in protest. Visit our website to explore our courses, or dive into more articles and interviews.

Craig Underhill: What the tide gives back

2026/08/06

Cornwall-based ceramicist Craig Underhill creates slab-built forms that blur the line between sculpture and vessel, their surfaces layered with marks and colour drawn straight from the Cornish coastline. In this conversation, Craig reflects on thirty-five years of practice, sketchbooks, glazes, and a brand new body of work that has him immersing raw, unfired clay in the sea to see what the tide gives back. Visit our website to explore our courses, or dive into more articles and interviews.

From the archives: Listening to the materials with Alice Fox

2026/07/30

Natural fibre artist Alice Fox discusses her process-led practice – working with rust, plant dyes, foraged fibres and hand-bound books shaped by materials found and grown. A former nature conservationist, she describes turning her allotment into an ongoing residency, exploring self-sufficiency in art materials. This conversation covers sustainability, self-publishing, and letting the properties of natural materials guide the work. Visit our website to explore our courses, or dive into more articles and interviews.

From the archives: A story in every fold with Sarah Grace Dye

2026/07/23

Visual artist and bookmaker Sarah Grace Dye discusses her practice of transforming discarded materials – avocado skins, kitchen roll, family letters – into artists' books and keepsakes. Working from a small studio in Frankfurt, she shares her approach to papermaking, folding and storytelling through texture and touch. This conversation explores loss, memory, sustainability, and the quiet discipline of making something small and meaningful every day. Visit our website to explore our courses, or dive into more articles and interviews.

From the archives: Vessels that hold light with Gizella Warburton

2026/07/17

British textile artist Gizella Warburton discusses her sculptural vessel forms – shadowed, scratched, stitched, bound and burnt into being. Drawing on printed and woven textile training, she describes making as a visceral, intuitive process guided by feel rather than a fixed plan. This conversation explores balance, containment, and how landscape, light and ritual shape a practice built on patience. Visit our website to explore our courses, or dive into more articles and interviews.

From the archives: Whispers in cloth with Jette Clover

2026/07/09

Danish-born textile artist Jette Clover reflects on four decades of art quiltmaking – from curating Europe's first art quilt exhibitions to creating intimate, text-based collages of paper, cloth and paint. Now based in Antwerp, she discusses her daily fifteen-minute collage ritual, her fascination with weathered city walls and handwriting, and the restraint she calls "a little lipstick" – one considered touch of colour amid quiet, layered compositions. Visit our website to explore our courses, or dive into more articles and interviews.

Clare Celeste Börsch: Enchanted ecosystems

2026/07/02

American collage and installation artist Clare Celeste Börsch, based in Berlin, creates immersive works from found and open-source naturalist illustrations, exploring biodiversity, memory and loss. In this conversation, she traces her evolution from paper collage to large-scale installation, and speaks candidly about motherhood, climate anxiety, and learning to value her work as her practice has grown. Visit our website to explore our courses, or dive into more articles and interviews.

Kerri Hollingsworth: Threads of Connection

2026/06/29

Kerri Hollingsworth is a fibre artist and furniture upholsterer based in regional Victoria. Surrounded by nature, it finds its way into every piece she makes. In this conversation, Kerry talks about her new course, Threads of Connection – exploring what it means to teach intuition, work with salvaged materials, and trust that creativity is not something you find, but something you unlock. Visit our website to explore our courses, or dive into more articles and interviews.