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by Take Two

Articles, artist interviews, and student stories - offering insight into creative practice, process, and possibility.

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Finding delight with Lissa Hunter

My father was a magician. That sense of relationship to the world is part of my...

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Order, Disorder, Reorder

Through experimentation, uncertainty, and careful reworking, these artists move...

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Katie Green - Friday Feature Artist

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Unmasking Identity with Katie Green

The masks are gritty, visceral, and truth-telling, and they ask the public to...

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Capturing Moments

Exploring the space between photography and mixed media, these works capture...

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Seasons.

Through stitched painting and mixed media embroidery, these works explore the...

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From Elements to Archetypes

Exploring the elements of design and the archetypal structures of composition,...

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Stitching nature into existence with Amanda Cobbett

The sound of the sewing machine is the soundtrack to my life. My stitching is...

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Friday Feature Artists, an introduction

After sharing over 150 Friday Feature Artist interviews with you over YouTube,...

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In Retrospect

These works reflect thoughtful visual enquiry into memory, meaning, and...

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Art vs. Craft – Insights from Claire Benn

The debate between art and craft has long been a topic of discussion among...

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Nurturing Revolutions

Through sculptural weaving and basketry, these works explore nurture as both...

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Collating Past, Present

Inspired by personal objects and the stories they hold, these works explore...

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Sue Brown - Friday Feature Artist Interview with Take Two

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Sue Brown: Collagraph and Birds

Sue is a master collagrapher and artistic storyteller. She shared her love of...

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What Remains

Inspired by the quiet beauty of imperfection and impermanence, these collages...

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Sue Hotchkis: The Beauty of Aging and Decay

Sue is a fibre artist with a fascination for decay. During her Friday Feature...

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Where the Light gets in

Inspired by the beauty found in imperfection, these works celebrate...

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Marjolein Dallinga: The Space Between Art and Craft

Marjolein is a fibre artist and in her Friday Feature Artist interview with us...

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Seen Unseen Worlds

Rooted in personal connection to place, these works explore the visible and the...

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Anne Kelly: Finding the Visual Spark

Canadian-born, UK-based Anne Kelly stitches stories. Take Two had the pleasure...

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Sensing Paths

Rooted in attentive sensing and quiet reflection, these works explore the...

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Earth Materials

Working with earth pigments, soya milk, and cloth, these pieces reflect...

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What is Wabi Sabi Art?

Wabi-sabi is a Japanese aesthetic and way of life or a way of looking at things...

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Lindsey Gradolph: Instagram and Tarot

Lindsey, known as Lindzeanne on Instagram, talked to Take Two about her art in...

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Rosie James: Fluffy Threads and Wheelie Cases

Take Two enjoyed a wonderful chat with artist Rosie about her art, thread,...

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Jessie Mordine Young: Woven Painting

Artist Jessie Mordine calls her art ‘woven paintings’. Fibre Arts Take Two...

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Reminiscence

Inspired by precious moments and personal memories, these collages translate...

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Untamed

Inspired by the wild beauty of the natural world, these embroidered works...

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Stopping in the Now

Exploring the meeting point of photography, fibre, paper, and mixed media,...

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Joining the Dots

Through gel plate printing and thoughtful enquiry, these works explore how...

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Make, Unmake, Remake

Through repeated cycles of making, unmaking, and thoughtful reconstruction,...

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Journeys in Art

From land art and landscape studies to artist books and assemblage, these works...

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Claire Benn: Dig deep

UK-based textile artist Claire shares her thoughts on art vs design and how...

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Ann Goddard: Mixed Media

Ann uses mixed media to create her unique, boundary-pushing art. Take Two...

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Jason Logan: Making Ink

Toronto-based illustrator and designer Jason took time to talk to Take Two...

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Alice Fox: Textile Artist

Textile artist Alice explains her background, discusses her work and reminds...

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Tansy Hargan: It’s About Colour

UK artist Tansy works the rainbow and explores the whole spectrum, listening...

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Fleur Woods: A Stitch in Time

Fleur made the impressive leap from commercial art to making art for her own...

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Patricia Kelly: Lines and Textures

Patricia takes her Irish heritage and turns it into art. Take Two loved...

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Sarah Brayer: Washi and Phosphorescence

Come with Take Two to Japan as we interview artist Sarah Brayer. Take a journey...

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Sandra Meech: Silence and Ice

UK based artist Sandra talked to Take Two about the world of ice and silence....

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