The Creativity Cafe

The Creativity Cafe

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The Creativity Cafe episodes

  • Channelling Creative Flow with Satsuki Shibuya
    In her abstract pieces that blend mesmerizing colors and shapes, Satsuki Shibuya, a native of Los Angeles, California, invites us to notice the ways the energies of the unseen world can be translated into something more tangible. While the primary medium she might be known for is watercolor, she currently incorporates multiple media, including oil and hard pastels, color pencils, crayons, oil, and acrylic paints. Her past work has also included fabrics and music, which we may begin to see woven into her practice again. Regardless of what medium she may be working in, Satsuki's spiritual practice lies at the root of her creative expression. It is the driving force behind why she creates, and guides her towards where she's headed next. This relationship is clear in the ways Satsuki's work draws the viewer into contemplation as well as the emotional experience of connecting with her evocative imagery. https://satsukishibuya.com https://www.instagram.com/satsukishibuya
    1 hr 5 min
  • Meet the Illustrators from The Emerging Queendom
    In this special episode, we interviewed all 4 of the illustrators commissioned to create images for the upcoming publication of the book Paige Co-created with Maria, The Emerging Queendom. It was fascinating to hear how each illustrator approached the project so listen as we learn more about this fantastic book. Help publish the book and pick up one of the amazing perks by contributing to Indiegogo.
    https://igg.me/at/teqbook/x#/
    Nasim - https://www.instagram.com/minisnailarts
    Lia Dova - https://www.instagram.com/lia.dova
    Jordana Matsuda - https://www.instagram.com/jordanaillustration
    Do you have a question for the Ask Us Anything segment?
    Any topic is fine, we love to hear from all our listeners. Email us here and we will do our best to answer your question in one of the episodes.
    https://www.instagram.com/thecreativitycafepodcast
    Paige Baldwin Ando
    https://www.wholeselfcreative.com
    https://instagram.com/wholeselfcreative
    Jordana Matsuda
    https://instagram.com/jordanaillustration
    https://www.jordana-matsuda.com
    1 hr 16 min
  • The Emerging Queendom book with Maria and Paige.
    The Emerging Queendom book is a creative collaboration between Maria, a fiber artist and cross stitch designer from Tallinn (Estonia) and Paige, a writer and creativity coach from Tokyo (Japan).
    Perfect for fans of fantasy and fiber arts alike, The Emerging Queendom is a celebration of strength, healing, and feminine powers. It weaves together thirteen magical stories rooted in symbols and folklore accompanied by thirteen intricate cross stitch designs. Each story also features an original illustration, created by four female artists from around the world.
    The stories in The Emerging Queendom showcase unique female archetypes and their strengths. But the tales of an ancient curse, a heroine’s journey, and the crumbling towers are just a canvas to embroider messages of love, resilience, finding your own path, and having the right circle of friends to support you along the way.
    Maria’s stunning cross stitch designs add a visual depth to the narrative, making the reading experience even more immersive and enchanting. The Emerging Queendom is scheduled to be released in early December, 2024. If you would like to purchase one of the perks and help get the book published, please click on this Indie GoGo link and find out more. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-emerging-queendom-book?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaYgdYOU_Mv4roiMeCkufB0-cS6HCL6ePACBjeE7bMMj63Bj5c-z2XEKoFE_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw%23%2F#/
    54 min
  • Altered Books with Isobelle Ouzman

    Isobelle Ouzman is a multinational artist who creates intricate, magical worlds through her work as an Altered Book Artist in Bratislava, Slovakia. Having been born in Leeds, in the United Kingdom, Isobelle relocated to Washington state in the US as a teenager. Through her work with altered books, Isobelle conjures opportunities for reflection, connection, and the contemplation of the ways in which we reconcile our inner lives with the world we find around us.


    https://isobelleouzman.com

    https://www.instagram.com/isobelle.ouzman

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfCOyXjcGo0sflOrp2Qf4hQ



    Do you have a question for the Ask Us Anything segment?

    Any topic is fine, we love to hear from all our listeners. Email us here and we will do our best to answer your question in one of the episodes.

    https://www.instagram.com/thecreativitycafepodcast



    Paige Baldwin Ando

    https://www.wholeselfcreative.com

    https://instagram.com/wholeselfcreative



    Jordana Matsuda

    https://instagram.com/jordanaillustration

    https://www.jordana-matsuda.com



    44 min
  • Bending Time with YA Author Clara Kumagai

    Clara Kumagai is from Canada, Japan and Ireland. Her fiction and non-fiction for children and adults has been published in The Stinging Fly, The Irish Times, Banshee and The Kyoto Journal. Her debut YA novel, Catfish Rolling blends magical realism with Japanese myth in a story about grief, memory and time. Catfish Rolling was nominated for the YOTO Carnegie Award, a finalist for the Great Reads Award and shortlisted for the 2023 KPMG Children's Books Ireland Awards. She lives and writes in Ireland.


    Here is the blurb from Clara’s book:

    There's a catfish under the islands of Japan and when it rolls the land rises and falls.

    Sora hates the catfish whose rolling caused an earthquake so powerful it cracked time itself. It destroyed her home and took her mother. Now Sora and her scientist father live close to the zones – the wild and abandoned places where time runs faster or slower than normal. Sora is sensitive to the shifts, and her father recruits her help in exploring these liminal spaces.
    But it's dangerous there – and as she strays further inside in search of her mother, she finds that time distorts, memories fracture and shadows, a glimmer of things not entirely human, linger. After Sora's father goes missing, she has no choice but to venture into uncharted spaces within the time zones to find him, her mother and perhaps even the catfish itself...


    https://www.instagram.com/clarakiyoko

    https://x.com/clarakiyoko



    Do you have a question for the Ask Us Anything segment?

    Any topic is fine, we love to hear from all our listeners. Email us here and we will do our best to answer your question in one of the episodes.

    https://www.instagram.com/thecreativitycafepodcast


    Paige Baldwin Ando

    https://www.wholeselfcreative.com

    https://instagram.com/wholeselfcreative


    Jordana Matsuda

    https://instagram.com/jordanaillustration

    https://www.jordana-matsuda.com

    1 hr 24 min
  • The Joy of Baking with Stacey Ward of Mornington Crescent
    Owner of Mornington Crescent Baking School and Bakery here in Tokyo, Japan, Stacey Ward originally hails from the Stockport, in the UK. Through the bakery, Stacey teaches people to make delicacies that might be different from what they're used to, but give them new baking skills and a fresh understanding of the baked goods in their cultural context. Twice a month, Mornington Crescent opens to the public, and they also have a baking book published in both English and Japanese. This year is the tenth anniversary of the bakery sharing delicious treats with its community by bringing the best of authentic British home baking to us here in Tokyo. http://mornington-crescent.co.jp
    1 hr 12 min
  • A Colorful Chat with Dar James
    Through her bold and innovative use of vibrant color, painter Dar James invites us into a world of striking shapes and textures. From her home in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania in the United States, Dar is a full-time working and teaching artist, the writer and illustrator of six picture books for children, and an educator for GOLDEN Acrylics and Silver Brush Company. Inspired by the natural world, Dar paints from the imagination and sees each piece of art like a puzzle to be solved, where each mark or shape makes way for another mark or shape, and every step along the way connects the beginning to the final dot or line. Dar also conducts online workshops, facilitates immersion weekends in New York, and participates in regional shows and exhibits. To her, being an artist means living a life of wonder, and sharing that with others. Find out more about Dar https://www.darsworld.com https://www.instagram.com/indarsworld
    1 hr 19 min
  • Land Art with Mayumi Nakabayashi
    Born on the eastern edge of the Eurasian continent, in Hokkaido, Japan, Mayumi Nakabayashi has now spent 24 years on its western end, in the Republic of Ireland. While Mayumi's primary medium of expression is Land Art, which is art that's made through and with natural materials in the environment, she also works with voice. This means that the materials she creates with are diverse and ever-changing. From the delicate nature of working with spider webs to the dynamism of working with the human body, the contrasts and internal contradictions of Mayumi's work give her cause to think deeply about the nature of each piece she interacts with.
    Through Land Art, Mayumi creates geometric patterns using petals, twigs, leaves, stones, and other natural materials in her environment. While her materials inevitably come in diverse shapes and sizes, they do follow the rhythms of the sun and moon, have innate geometries in their beings, and behave collectively according to the principle of emergence. Rhythms, geometries, and patterns seem to bring harmony and connection in the natural world, and Mayumi's work is greatly inspired by these aspects of nature. Find out more about Mayumi here: https://www.instagram.com/mayuminakabayashi?igsh=N2Y3bWh6cXV5Zjdo
    1 hr 2 min
  • Joyful Fabric Arts with Rosemary of The NuaNua

    The Nuanua is a colourful creative space created by Rosemary, an artist and designer living in Sydney Australia. Starting with woven wall hangings, her creative journey has moved into more fibre art including punch needle and the most recent addition of rug tufting.

    The name of her creative space ‘Nuanua’ is derived from the Samoan word for rainbow, which is part of Rosemary’s heritage. As an inspired and curious creative, Rosemary hopes to keep The Nuanua as an open artistic adventure, constantly exploring old and new mediums, keeping her colourful space open to endless possibilities.


    Find out more here:

    https://www.instagram.com/thenuanua



    Do you have a question for the Ask Us Anything segment?

    Any topic is fine, we love to hear from all our listeners. Email us here and we will do our best to answer your question in one of the episodes.

    https://www.instagram.com/thecreativitycafepodcast


    Paige Baldwin Ando

    https://www.wholeselfcreative.com

    https://instagram.com/wholeselfcreative


    Jordana Matsuda

    https://instagram.com/jordanaillustration

    https://www.jordana-matsuda.com


    57 min
  • Intuitive Embroidery with Lindsey Gradolph

    Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States, Lindsey Gradolph has lived in various parts of Japan since 2009. Using repurposed denim and other secondhand or vintage textiles, Lindsey creates abstract, intuitive embroidery works that each compose their own little universes. Incorporating bright colors and a variety of textures, Lindsey's pieces are a bit like being invited into a zen garden or a hako niwa, a small, contained garden that encompasses a tiny world of tactile discovery. Rich and compelling in their themes and explorations, each piece invites you to get lost in it, and enjoy the experience thoroughly. 


    Find out more about Lindsey here:

    https://www.lindzeanne.com

    https://www.instagram.com/lindzeanne

    https://lindzeanne.substack.com/about



    Do you have a question for the Ask Us Anything segment?

    Any topic is fine, we love to hear from all our listeners. Email us here and we will do our best to answer your question in one of the episodes.



    Paige Baldwin Ando

    https://www.wholeselfcreative.com

    https://instagram.com/wholeselfcreative



    Jordana Matsuda

    https://instagram.com/jordanaillustration

    https://www.jordana-matsuda.com

    59 min

About The Creativity Cafe

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For the creatively adventurous, this is The Creativity Cafe Podcast. Hosts Paige and Jordana answer your questions about creativity, share ideas to spark your creative practice, and interview creatives from all over the world. So grab a cup of tea and join us in discovering new creative landscapes, here on The Creativity Café.