Breaking Art: The Podcast

Designer Charli Marie is soooo much more than just a designer. Charli is passionate about helping creatives improve their craft and process. But, Charli is also passionate about side projects. The side hustle. Charli is in the enviable position of having a very steady and reliable income, doing something she [ … ]

The eryngium giganteum – aka Miss Willmott’s ghost – is a thistle, a sharp prickly plant. Yet for someone who collects – thoughts, ideas, images, inspiration – this prickly plant provided a huge source of inspiration and enabled her to create pure art. “what could I live with on my [ … ]

Starvation, Caffeination, Isolation Imagine taking weeks to leave aside your family and retreating to a friend’s caravan to do one thing: write. Author Vanessa Evetts is 3 books into her journey of authoring 8 books, and this is just one of the many tactics she uses to get her books [ … ]

“Just turn up”. As a creative, some days are amazing. You’re thrilled. You’re excited. You’re inspired. You’re in your happy place and you can’t wait to build, craft, create. Some days are tougher. Some days you can barely open the door. Creativity is a habit, and the most important thing [ … ]

As creatives, we’re so much more than just our title. It’s hard to brand ourselves using just a single word, and Yvette Edwards is no exception. Yvette has experience as a ‘florist’, could possibly be identified as a ‘stylist’, but prefers to be identified as a ‘visual creative’. Nothing – [ … ]

Scrappy, humourous, upfront & honest, insanely talented. Illustrator Pepper Raccoon joined me in the Kombi to talk business: selling products & services, the value of humour, and quite simply – not being ashamed to sell your artwork. “to have a career you have to make money“ Pepper also discussed [ … ]

Scrappy, humourous, upfront & honest, insanely talented. Illustrator Pepper Raccoon joined me in the Kombi to talk business: selling products & services, the value of humour, and quite simply – not being ashamed to sell your artwork. “to have a career you have to make money“ Pepper also discussed [ … ]

Can you ever imagine how the toughest time in your life could possibly result in your career taking off? Max Patte is the sculptor responsible for the iconic Wellington waterfront sculpture: Solace in the Wind. Described by the artist as an “emotional portrait”, Solace is considered a physical representation of [ … ]

How does the public decide what art should take pride of place on their walls? Should a piece of art be $40, $400, $4,000, or more? What does an art gallery look like? Today’s guest, Elliot from endemicworld.com, is breaking the art rules and challenging the answers to all of [ … ]

Ever had anyone cry while you were creating your art? Ever had someone just want to hang out alongside you for hours as you craft and create, just because what you’re creating – how you’re creating it – is such an amazing process? Today’s guest, photographer Paul Alsop, is bringing [ … ]