Molly Hatch is an American fine art ceramicist who has become internationally famous for her multi-plate art installations. In this episode, she speaks about how she studied drawing, painting and printmaking but fell in love with the process of working with clay. She talks about how she successfully built up her own designer brand on functional pottery while making stand alone artworks as well, and how these have developed into multiple plate installations.
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Saad Qureshi’s artworks range from painting, works on paper to sculpture. He is a multi prize-winner and has exhibited the world over. In this episode, he talks about memories of his childhood in Pakistan and the experience of moving to Bradford where he was later to witness riots. He speaks about how memory is a vital theme in his works, his emphasis on cultural unity, notions of Paradise and how he visualises these in sculptural tableaux he calls “mindscapes”.
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In this episode, Catarina Diaz talks about how memories of a childhood in the Portuguese colony of Angola are central to her collages, how a period of depression turned her from a successful career in education to becoming a full time artist, how her art emphasises the beauty of life and seeks to empower viewers to work on their creative selves by exploring their inner world, how her collages explore modern female identity, and how she has delved into fashion and collaborated with other artists, musicians and film directors.
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In this episode, Matt Jacob talks about his artistic mission to capture different peoples and cultures across the world, how an illness in his youth focused his mind on life’s fragility, his journey towards becoming a professional photographer, some of the stories behind his series taken in often remote parts of the world, the technical equipment he uses to photograph his subjects, and about his MOOD Podcast in which he invites fellow photographers to ruminate on their profession.
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In this episode, Ben Edge talks about his paintings that document the extraordinary ancient customs and rituals that abound in Britain, how he was inspired by eccentric family members, how a trip to the Tower of London first fired his passion for folklore, some of the interesting characters he has come across, what old folk traditions provide for communities and how they act as a mirror to our history and connect us to our past.
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In this episode, Laura talks about her childhood in a fairground family in Wales, the early influence of magical, other-worldly artists, how she was nearly thrown out of art school, representing Wales at the 2005 Venice Biennale, why her works can be bitter-sweet and wrapped in absurdist humour, and about some of the pieces in her new show called Under This Roof.
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In this episode, Lottie talks about how she became interested in painting her signature period interiors and why people are absent from them, how she makes references to modern British mainly female artists, the importance of making work that’s visually appealing that bursts with symbolism and deeper meaning for those who want it, the influence of poetry and why portrayals of girls reading are a recurring feature in several of her paintings.
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Ros Burgin combines her love of sculpture with a compulsion to express her feelings about environmental causes. In this episode, she talks about how a previous career on sailing ships first gave her a direct experience of pollution and climate change, how sculpture for her is object and material based, how water emerged as a key area of her practice, the types of found materials she uses, the ingenuity behind recontextualising them, how female equality is another concern and how a recent trip to the Arctic icecap has inspired a future series of works.
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In this episode, British abstract artist and filmmaker Mark James talks about his tortuous route to securing a place at Goldsmith’s art college, how he witnessed the Freeze exhibition mounted by the so-called Young British Artists, YBAs, and how he made a subsequent film about it, the intrigue behind his first film about the American sculptor Carl Andre, how films about other artists both dead and alive re-awakened his desire to resume painting, how random shapes and forms inspire his abstract work and how he strives to create emotion in his paintings.
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London-based Portuguese artist Nelson Ferreira has studied different painting and drawing styles throughout the world including Russian and Greek iconography, Indian miniatures and old Master Flemish techniques. His own art reflects many of these influences. He is also a teacher of art and in this episode is highly critical of current art school teachers accusing them of “murdering” craftsmanship. He claims too that contemporary art died decades ago.
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