175: Documentary Photography with Kamal X
A chat with documentary photographer Kamal X about his work and new book Black Astronaut. https://www.iamkamalx.com
Nov 07, 2023•51 min
Art Supply Posse
Inspirational art making interviews with artists, makers, manufacturers, and retailers of art supplies. Art Supply Posse is produced by Kim Cofield and Marcus Clearspring.
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174: Stationery Design and Letter Writing with Kim Mak
Kim Mak chats about letter writing and her stationery design business. Betty Mae Wrote stationery https://bettymaewrote.com Instagram @bettymaewrote
Oct 24, 2023•42 min
173: Watercolours with Nicki Traikos
Nicki Traikos is a painter and calligrapher. https://www.nickitraikos.com
Oct 10, 2023
172: Loose Watercolours with Crystal Tan
Crystal Tan tells us how she picked up watercolor paints and immediately took to them. Crystal currently paints loose watercolour florals, but she's also been trying out acrylics and mixed media. https://www.crystaltanart.com
Sep 26, 2023
171: Cold Wax Painting with Diana Briscoe
Diana Briscoe talks about cold wax painting and experimenting with many different art supplies. https://www.instagram.com/dianabriscoeart/
Sep 12, 2023
170: Gabrielle Motola
Note! There's strong language in this episode. https://www.gabriellemotola.com
Aug 29, 2023•1 hr 15 min
169: Top 3 Art Supplies with Denise Smith and Nicky Normandale
Denise Smith and Nicky Normandale tell us about their current top three art supplies. Contact us if you want to tell us about your top three art supplies. Nicky Normandale is on Instagram as @miss_nicky_creates.
Aug 15, 2023•27 min
168: Art Education with Christine Garvey
Note! There's some mild swearing in this episode. Christine Garvey talks with Kim about art education and the importance of playfulness when creating art. https://www.amightypractice.com
Aug 01, 2023•52 min
167: Art Journaling with Kim
Kim answers a listener question about how to get started with art journalling. She explains what an art journal is, some pre-made notebooks and journals you can use, as well as alternatives and materials you probably already have.
Jul 18, 2023
166: Multifaceted Creativity with Gary Mills
Gary Mills is a multifaceted artist who seeks creativity in all he does. Gary talks about his path from cook to fashion designer, to university art teacher, and the creative workshops he does today. https://linktr.ee/garymillsdesigns
Jul 04, 2023•54 min
165: 1000 Hearts with Sarah De Jonge
Sarah De Jonge talks about her project 1000 Hearts. Sarah began creating pocket-sized hearts made of wool felt and sending them to strangers as an act of kindness. The project is now global, and has people all over the world creating the hearts out of various materials, using many different techniques. https://www.1000hearts.com.au/about/about-sarah
Jun 20, 2023•55 min
164: Collage Artist Gina-Marie Cincinnati
Gina-Marie Cincinnati is a collage artist participating in the XIV Florence Biennale 2023. She chats with Kim about her art journey from the USA to Germany, the UK, and now Japan. https://ginamariecincinnati.com https://www.instagram.com/awomanwithoutacountry/
Jun 06, 2023
163: Rachel The Barefoot Crafter
Rachel chats about her eclectic crafting interests, the joy in being able to craft any time, and 15 years of blogging about crafting. https://thebarefootcrafter.com
May 23, 2023
162: Rutuja from Viviva Colors
Rutuja is co-founder of Viviva Colors, a manufacturer of easily portable watercolors. The paints are on sheets of paper making them lightweight and as easy to carry as a sketchpad. https://vivivacolors.com
May 09, 2023•48 min
161: Alchemist Anna
Anna (@alchemist_anna) chats with Kim about struggling to accept the creation of art as something truly worthwhile.
Apr 25, 2023
160: Rachel Pierman of Crafty Monkies
Rachel Pierman went from presenting a crafting show on TV, to starting her own crafting business called Crafty Monkies. Rachel chats with Kim about how she rediscovered her creative side after being reminded how she had crafted with her dad as a young girl. https://www.craftymonkies.com
Apr 12, 2023
159: The Artist's Way Book Discussion
Kim and three guests discuss The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron.
Mar 28, 2023
158: Landscape Embroidery with Hannah Austin
Hannah Austin tells how a move to Oregon inspired her art of creating landscapes with embroidery techniques. Hannah runs an online store. She talks about what its like to run that full time, deal with social media marketing, and care for her family. Hannah also creates embroidery kits available in her shop. You will find her everywhere under the name "needle or thread". http://needleorthread.com/
Mar 14, 2023
157: Sashiko with Sarah OHalloran
Sarah O'Halloran joins Kim to talk about the art and craft of Sashiko. Wikipedia on Sashiko https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sashiko
Feb 28, 2023•48 min
156: The Magic of Art with Vered Brett
Vered Brett is an abstract artist living in Portugal. Vered always wanted to be an artist, but had a long journey before taking up art professionally. https://www.veredbrett.com
Feb 15, 2023
155: Art Chat with Rebecca Weeks Howard and Alan Trautman
Kim chats with Rebecca Weeks Howard and Alan Trautman about various art-making topics like the immediate feeling after creating a piece of art, versus how you feel after gaining distance to your art.
Jan 28, 2023•49 min
Feedback Request
Please contact Kim and let her know what you would like to hear, and send your suggestions for artists to interview. Or maybe you would like to talk about your own art or favourite art supplies on the podcast? Listen to the message for how to contact Kim.
Jan 16, 2023
154: Art on the Road with Mary DRozario
Mary D'Rozario was fed up of being confined to her home due to illness and exchanged her house for an RV (recreational vehicle). Her art supplies take up a significant amount of space in her RV. Mary now creates art while travelling. She has written a book titled "The Airstream that Ran Away with the Spoon". Mary is on Instagram as @loafingcactus
Dec 06, 2022
153: Becoming an Artist Later in Life with Denise Smith
Denise Smith talks about how creating art calms her mind, and finding her way to art later in life.
Nov 22, 2022
152: Putting Nature on Canvas with Jaclyn Gordyan
Jaclyn Gordyan talks about collecting, appreciating, and using natural objects like tree bark as the main focus for her artwork.
Nov 08, 2022•52 min
151: The Freedom of Abstract Painting with Holly Forbes
Holly Forbes talks about the freedom of painting abstracts. Visit Holly‘s website to see her paintings. https://www.hollyforbes.com /
Oct 26, 2022•45 min
150: Art in Turbulent Times A Panel Discussion
A panel of previous guests and one new guest look back over the past two years to discuss how the pandemic and other changes have influenced their art and lives as artists.
Oct 11, 2022•1 hr 9 min
149: Painting Abstract Art with Usha Shukla
Usha Shukla talks about studying art as a mature student, becoming a professional artist, growing up in India and moving to California. Visit Usha's website to see her art. https://www.ushashuklaart.com/
Sep 27, 2022•1 hr 2 min
148: Drawing all of London with Jack Hines
Jack Hines has set himself the goal of drawing every building in the Greater London area. It's a massive, presumably a lifelong project. Jack chats with Kim about how the project developed out of his architecture studies, and how he organises the project. Originals and prints are available at the project website. Jack currently also accepts commissions. https://drawingalloflondon.co.uk
Sep 06, 2022•44 min
147: Painting Outdoors - Plein Air with Sarah Burns
Sarah Burns talks about plein air painting, its joys and challenges, and her plan to walk the entire Scottish coastline and paint it. Visit Sarah's website for her painting tutorials. https://www.sarahburnsstudio.com/paintalong
Aug 23, 2022•1 hr 12 min
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