Category: podcast
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Research as a care practice: Making Meaning Podcast Episode 40
This new podcast episode, the start of series four, is a recording of my first Cultures of Care Group talks. For each CoC Group I write an essay to share on an aspect of care in creative practice. In April 2024, I chose to talk about research as a creative care practice. You can read…
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Making Meaning Podcast Episode 39 Artist Support Recipes
In this last conversation of series three, I’ve brought together five members of a group called Artist Support Recipes. A couple of years ago I brought together a group of artists to explore thoughts and ideas about artist support and development. We had some funding to meet for a year and put together some resources…
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Making Meaning Podcast Episode 38 with Claire Morris-Wright
This week I’m talking to artist Claire Morris-Wright, an artist in neighbouring Northamptonshire, who I’ve known for a few years and always enjoy talking too. We talk about looking closely and thinking deeply, about slow processing of ideas and about sharing and connecting as a fundamental part of both our practices. Claire Morris-Wright is a…
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Making Meaning Podcast Episode 37 with Amy Twigger Holroyd
In this end of 2023 episode, I’m talking to Amy Twigger Holroyd, who is Associate Professor of Fashion and Sustainability at Nottingham School of Art & Design, and in her previous life was a knitwear designer and innovator. We go back quite a long way to my early days as a designer maker and the…
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Making Meaning Podcast Episode 36 with Bridget Harvey
Bridget is a maker and researcher who uses ideas around repair to reanimate discarded objects and to tell new stories about our relationship to everyday things. In this conversation we talk about where our interests in object histories and museums converge and about how sharing our research interests in various ways fuels our ongoing curiosity about…
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Making Meaning Podcast Episode 35 with Lisa Solomon
This time I’m talking with artist Lisa Solomon. Lisa lives in Oakland, California, where I was very lucky to visit her a couple of times pre-pandemic, after being online friends for about 15 years. Lisa works in mixed media and across genres from intimate self portraits to huge installations, often directly addressing issues around identity…
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Making Meaning Podcast Episode 34 Q&A with Ruth Singer
In this episode you’ll hear an edited version of a live Q&A recorded last month on Zoom. The audience were invited to ask questions about my practice in general, or specific current or past projects. You’ll hear me talk about topics including care practices within organisations, caring for others and its impact on practice, and…
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Join me for a live podcast recording!
On Tuesday 1st November at 6pm (UK time), I’ll be recording a live Q&A show for Making Meaning podcast. It’s online and anyone can join – tickets are just £2 and available here. You can submit a question or just come along and watch / listen. Book here. I’d love to know what you want…
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Making Meaning Podcast Episode 32 with Zoe Murphy
Episode 32 of Making Meaning is with designer and all-round creative powerhouse Zoe Murphy. Zoe works with colourful screen prints to transform old furniture into amazing, meaningful pieces. We talk about her multi-faceted creative life, about connecting and sharing creative joy and about how storytelling and research are fundamental to how she works. Furniture and…