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by Take Two

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Friday Feature Artists (4)

ARTWORK BY REBECCA CROWELL

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Rebecca Crowell: Waxing Lyrical

Rebecca Crowell is a leading talent in the cold wax medium. Take Two talked to...

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Artwork by Beverly Ayling-Smith

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Beverly Ayling-Smith: The Fabric of her Being 

Beverly Ayling-Smith makes art from the fascinating subject of pain. She shared...

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Artwork by Wen Redmond

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Wen Redmond: Making Art by the Seat of the Pants

Mixed media artist Wen Redmond is technically retired, but you can’t stop an...

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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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Art meets science with Julie Ryder

Textile artist Julie blends her career skills, drawing from her scientific...

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Mary Jo Hoffman

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Mary Jo Hoffman: Still Blogging

Mary Jo Hoffman left aeronautics ten years ago and started a creative journey...

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Barbara Schneider: The unseen and the in-between 

Wabi-sabi is the Japanese philosophy of seeing beauty in imperfection. We spoke...

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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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Ana Žanić: Spontaneity and Play 

Croatian-born, US-based artist Ana loves spontaneity. She shared her artistic...

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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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Artwork by Ava Roth

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Ava Roth: In Collaboration With Bees 

Ava is an encaustic painter, embroiderer, and mixed media artist. Take Two was...

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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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Artwork by Sarah Brayer

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Sarah Brayer: Washi and Phosphorescence

Join us as we interview artist Sarah Brayer and take a journey through...

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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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Bryony Rose Jennings: Textile Art

Take Two speaks with renowned textile artist Bryony Rose Jennings about her...

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A sketch a day… talking art with Shelley Rhodes

British textile artist Shelley Rhodes shares insight about her path to art, her...

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Marian Jazmik: Breaking the Rules

Marian creates unique fibre art from her village in Northern England. She...

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Tina Marais: From a Means to an End

Tina creates large-scale textile abstractions and sculptural work that attempt...

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