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Jane Walkley: Weaving memory into material
2026/05/07 | 1h 2 mins.
Jane Walkley is a Leeds-based artist working across tapestry, mould making, and casting. Her practice explores memory, labour, and regeneration within post-industrial sites. In this conversation, she reflects on her research at Sunny Bank Mill, where material, rhythm, and lived experience converge. The episode offers a considered look at process-led making and how meaning develops through repetition, attention, and time.
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From the archives: Finding wonder in the everyday with Shona Wilson
2026/04/30 | 1h 17 mins.
Australian artist Shona Wilson creates delicate, ephemeral works in collaboration with nature, transforming found materials into moments of quiet wonder. With a practice spanning three decades, she reflects on attention, scale and connection – inviting us to slow down and rediscover the extraordinary within the everyday. This episode is a gentle meditation on making, presence and belonging.
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From the archives: Folding quiet forms with Kinga Földi
2026/04/23 | 54 mins.
In this episode, we chat with Hungarian textile artist Kinga Földi creates delicate silk sculptures shaped by pintuck, origami and a deep attentiveness to nature. After years in fashion, costume and theatre design, she turned to freestanding sculptural work as a slower, more personal form of expression. This discussion explores material transformation, patient making, and the search for forms that offer rest in an overstimulated world.
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From the archives: Between life and form with Juz Kitson
2026/04/17 | 1h 10 mins.
In this episode, ceramic artist Juz Kitson creates visceral, hybrid sculptures that blur the line between human, animal and object. Working across porcelain, found materials and installation, her practice is both technically rigorous and deeply intuitive. In this conversation, Juz reflects on process, materiality, and what it means to reinvent tradition while building a sustainable creative life.
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Robert Lee Davis: Playing your way back to art
2026/04/10 | 1h 4 mins.
In conversation, mixed media artist and educator Robert Lee Davis reflects on creativity as a deeply human, accessible practice grounded in memory, observation and play. Working with found materials and everyday fragments, he reveals how art can soften the world, invite reflection, and reconnect us to ourselves. This conversation offers a gentle yet powerful reminder that creativity begins wherever you are, with whatever you have.
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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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