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The secret life of fabric with Hannah Gartside

Angela Truscott: May 18 2025

You have to go beyond what's possible now and think about what's possible...

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Layered Fragments of Time

Exploring time as both companion and catalyst, these works reflect a layered,...

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Making through the mess with Cas Holmes and Clarissa Callesen

Angela Truscott: May 14 2025

Creativity gives us the tools even if we’re not aware of them at the time. It...

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Radical comfort with Luke Haynes

Jo Wright: May 6 2025

There’s something very tactilely, haptically human in the medium… fabric as...

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Creative healing with Karen Olson

Jo Wright: May 1 2025

I’ve never felt more alive. I connected with nature in a way I never had...

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Community Spotlight: Megan Morgan

Louisville-based Megan Morgan is a fine artist whose work explores the...

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From the archives: Transforming trauma with Theda Sandiford

Angela Truscott: Apr 15 2025

I wasn’t making art - I was trying to feel better. And then I realised other...

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From the archives: A life in colour with Carlotta

Deborah White: Apr 15 2025

I wasn’t trying to make something beautiful. I was trying to feel something...

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From the archives: Colour alchemy with Jason Logan

Angela Truscott: Apr 11 2025

The land itself has a message. I don’t think it’s something I can translate...

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Connections.

Through attentive sensing and thoughtful stitching, these works explore the...

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Student Success Story: Jeannet Kool

Despite her passion and dedication, Jeannet Kool found herself at a creative...

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Student Success Story: Jane Douglas

For Jane Douglas, a dedicated artist seeking depth and meaning in her work,...

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A-muse-ing - Student Art Exhibition

Exploring the many meanings of a muse, these works reflect thoughtful...

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From the archives: Antidotes to fast fashion with Claire Wellesley-Smith

Angela Truscott: Apr 3 2025

The only thing I would say is… Make it meaningful for you. You know, that could...

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Community Spotlight: Helga Winter

This month (March 2025), we’re shining the community spotlight on award-winning...

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Student Success Story: Diane Burch

From bits and pieces to confident composition: Diane Burch’s artistic journey...

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Stitching every day with Amanda Nadig

Jo Wright: Mar 27 2025

I have too many things in my life that I put a lot of pressure on myself with....

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Realigned

These works explore how ideas can shift through editing, reassembly, and new...

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Making the repurposed remarkable with Swapna Namboodiri

Tara Axford: Mar 12 2025

I truly believe that art in any form is a pure gift. When we are growing up, we...

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Threads of connection: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

Angela Truscott: Mar 7 2025

In 2024, Take Two had the pleasure of filming a documentary for Haystack...

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Sewing stories with Sara Impey

Jo Wright: Mar 5 2025

Every artist must create something that is true to themselves. I think every...

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Inside the wonderland of Ricky Boscarino

Clarissa Callesen: Feb 28 2025

My master plan was never to have a master plan. I didn’t set out to build an...

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Ellie Burkett: A passion for paper

British-born artist Ellie Burkett travelled to Japan to explore her fascination...

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Embroidered landscapes: The art of Kate Tarling

Through her textile artwork, British textile artist Kate Tarling stitches not...

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Finding delight with Lissa Hunter

Angela Truscott: Feb 21 2025

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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Unmasking Identity with Katie Green

Nicola Rough: Feb 12 2025

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...

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

Angela Truscott: Feb 4 2025

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

Friday Feature Artists, an introduction

Angela Truscott: Jan 29 2025

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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Beyond Technique with Claire Benn

As an artist, technique will only get you so far. Claire Benn explains the...

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Community Spotlight - Ann Mechelink

We're shining the spotlight on Take Two community member and textile artist Ann...

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Art vs. Craft – Insights from Claire Benn

Claire Benn: Dec 13 2024

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

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Student Success Story: Megan Edwards

For artist Megan Edwards our online art course Poetry & Place with Eva Kalien...

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Kerri Hollingsworth: The Intuitive Artist

Kerri is a visionary who crafts sculptural textile art designed to be touched,...

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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...