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Printing without a pattern with Pat Pauly

Jo Wright: May 30 2025

They look like paintings from afar… and then you realise they’re quilts. People...

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Process and discomfort Caroline Bartlett

Angela Truscott: May 27 2025

It’s the doing and the undoing and the redoing. There’s a repetition in that…...

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Memory and moment through collage with Robert Lee Davis

Nicola Rough: May 20 2025

All of these bits and pieces make up our landscape. I’m trying to present the...

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Sue Brown: Collagraph and Birds

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

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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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Linda Harvey: teacher and artist

As both a teacher and an artist, to have a balance between the two Linda...

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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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Anne Kelly: Finding the Visual Spark

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

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Judith E. Martin: the aesthetics of care

Over a long and successful career in quilting, Judith E. Martin has gathered...

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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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Ann Weber: from pottery to cardboard

Ann's career has transformed from functional pottery to large cardboard...

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Jason Horejs: the art of business and the business of art

Dreaming of a gallery show? Here’s an in-depth interview with Xanadu Gallery...

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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...