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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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Matthew Harris: Chance and Constraint

Textile artist Matthew Harris lets a roll of the dice dictate his artistic...

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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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Kerri Hollingsworth: The Intuitive Artist

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

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Sally Blake: Stories Within Nature

From nurse to visual artist, Sally Blake translates the subtle languages of...

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Deborah Carter: Wearable Art

Mixed media artist Deborah Carter makes wearable art from found and discarded...

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Karen Stamper: From Observation to Art

Karen Stamper’s creative talents turn boatyards and seascapes into stunning...

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Anna Carll: Chaos and Order

Creating order from chaos is part of artist Anna's routine. Take Two learned...

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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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Kuweni Dimuthu Dias: Reclaiming My Roots

Sri Lankan-born, Australian-based artist, Kuweni has carved a unique space for...

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Theda Sandiford: Blackity Black Blanket

Theda Sandiford is a Conceptual Materials Social Practice Artist who transforms...

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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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Colleen Southwell: The Garden Artist

Nature and art collide in the stunning, intricate artwork created by Colleen...

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Steve Bannatyne: Behind the Artwork

During this Friday Feature Artist interview, artist Steve shares personal...

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Linda Harvey: teacher and artist

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

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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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Behind the Scenes with Anne Kelly: The Making of Collections and Cloth

Angela Truscott: Jul 31 2024

Behind the scenes insight into filming online art course Collections and Cloth...

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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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Jennie-Maree Tempest: Fibre Flora

Sculpture textile artist Jennie-Maree creates exquisite fabric flowers and...

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Donna Watson: Wabi-Sabi and Washi

In this fascinating Friday Feature Artist interview, fibre artist Donna Watson...

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Jonah Jacobs: The Structure of Nature

Jonah Jacob’s organic sculptures have to be seen to be believed, and even then...

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Debbie Lyddon: Sensing Place

Debbie returns to talk to Take Two about her amazing new Signature course,...

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Joel S. Allen: The Work Takes What The Work Needs

Learn about the flow between making, moving and installing, overcoming...

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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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Crystal Marie: The Special Occasion You Have Been Waiting For

Crystal Marie spoke to Take Two about the trap artists fall into of telling...

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Lydia Needle: Bee Maker

Lydia Needles's lifelike bees are works of art and draw attention to nature in...

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Wanda Gillespie: The Spiritual Form

Textile artist Wanda sculpts wood into forms that challenge narratives and...

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Séverine Gallardo: Creating as an Adventure

Textile artist Séverine's works are striking, impressive and 100% unique. She...

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Carlotta Parisi: Life’s Thread & Chapters

Carlotta's artistic journey has involved many mediums as well as many ups and...

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Stephanie Outridge Field: Hijacked into Ceramics

Stephanie's first choice for her artistic endeavours may not have been...

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Sarah Z Short: For the Love of Paper

As a collage artist, Sarah loves paper. Her work sees bold, graphic,...

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Lizel von Wielligh: Full of Fluff and String

Artist Lizel von Wielligh says if you cut her head open, there is just fluff...

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Zara Muradyan: After The First 100

Armenian-born artist Zara has had a long journey with art and during our...

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Jo Stealey: Capturing Inspiration

Take Two had the privilege of diving into the mind and studio of one of the...