Recently,
while sitting in an airport with a friend, I noticed he was intently listening
to his iPhone. When I asked what he was
listening to, he explained that he downloads podcasts from NPR and listens to
them while traveling. I usually read a
magazine or novel but thought listening to a podcast (kind of like a radio
show) could be entertaining and educational.
I found a few craft/art related podcasts that I fell in love with and
enjoy listening to while travelling or working in my studio. I thought you might enjoy listening as
well. There are lots of categories of
podcasts out there. Find a series that
interests you and have fun.
Here are my current favorites.
While She
Naps with Abby Glassenberg
From Abby’s site: While She Naps is a blog about sewing
stuffed animals and running a creative business. I’m interested in soft toy
design, publishing, the sewing industry, and entrepreneurship for creative
Abby is a
soft toy maker who has a website where she sells her toy patterns, blogs on
sewing, interviews other artists and does segments on craft business
issues. She does a regular podcast with
a wide range of guests related to sewing crafts and the business of
crafting. Although I haven’t sewed for
years, I like hearing how others go about living their craft.
CraftCast
with Allison Lee
From Allison’s site: CRAFTCAST™ was first
heard in March, 2006. Since then there have been almost 1 million downloads.
Each week, host Alison Lee, talks to a well known artist in their field and
gets right down to the how, what and why behind each artists works. Thousands
of listeners have written in to share how listening in to Alison's interviews
has inspired them and their own work. As Alison says at the end of every show,
Get Your Butt in the Chair and Keep Crafting!
Allison not only does podcasts but she hosts live workshops
with a variety of artists. I've taken a
number of classes on polymer and metal clay, jewelry making and doll
making through CraftCast. These classes are reasonably
priced and archived so you can watch and then re-watch to your heart’s
content. Archived workshops are also
available if you missed the live one.
Allison’s free workshops showcasing the tools various artists love is
fantastic!
Balzer
Designs with Julie Fei-Fan Balzer
From Julie’s site: Julie Fei-Fan
Balzer is a mixed media painter, collage maker, and avid memory keeper. She is
also an author, blogger, TV personality, and teacher.
Julie’s podcast is called “Adventures in Arting”. She interviews various artists and delves into
their art, how they make it, balancing competing demands and the business of
crafting. Julie’s Mother joins her in
the podcasts and it’s nice to get two generational perspectives on the issues
facing crafters/artists. She also does a
lot of papercrafting as well as other videos.
Elise Gets
Crafty with Elise Blaha Cripe
From Elise’s site: Introducing, ELISE GETS CRAFTY,
my new podcast where I host guests and we chat weekly about blogging,
creativity, inspiration, motivation and running a small business.
I’ve just started listening to Elise’s podcasts. Her talks about blogging and creativity have
inspired me.
CraftSanity
with Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood
From
Jennifer’s site: CraftSanity is a website and podcast about all
things arts and crafts.
I’m always curious about how
others use their creativity and these podcasts cover many aspects of balancing
life and crafting.
