Creative reading and listening suggestions from Claire
For this episode it's me. JUST me!I’ve got some book and podcast recommendations for your creative enjoyment, and a shout out to some...
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Episodes
Latest firstLauren Deakin – with a creative degree, what happens next? Working for free, feeling undervalued to starting her own creative business
When you leave university with a creative degree, what do you do next? Trying to forge a career in creative arts can involve working for...
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Jonathan Self – from photographing firefighters at 9/11 to founding the first photography and mindfulness course for children
For this episode I’m speaking with Jonathan Self, who has travelled widely and seen what he describes as the best and worst of humanity....
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Lou Hamilton – dealing with a buried trauma and rediscovering pencil and paintbrush
Lou Hamilton was living an idyllic and artistic life in Scotland when she witnessed the Lockerbie air disaster. Years later she realized...
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Maxyne Ryan – Guildhall graduate with soul (and jazz)
Studying at Guildhall School of Music and Drama is challenging and invigorating, rigorous and demanding, and the standard of tuition is...
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Weaving Workshops with Cass Sabo and The Oxford Weaving Studio
Looking for ways to explore your own creativity? Cass Sabo of Oxford Weaving Studio (see S1 Ep3) teaches weaving workshops for all ages....
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Furrah Syed – art you can touch
Colour energy and art workshops for the blind and partially sightedFurrah Syed’s art is ALL about interaction. She creates heavily textured...
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Mark Deeks – playing piano your way
Mark Deeks wants to shatter the myth that in order to play the piano you need to have started as a child, learnt scales and arpeggios and...
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Louise Luton – painting wildlife with oils after 20 years as a teacher
Louise Luton was a teacher for 20 years, but after realizing she was in burnout she took the difficult decision to leave the profession and...
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Jon Bond – double exposure photography and coping with mental health
Jon Bond has trained in theatre studies and media arts, but during the lockdowns of Covid 19 has developed his own creative explorations...
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Jane Beinart – art from the inside
After not being accepted onto the university course she wanted to join, Jane Beinart lost her confidence in her art. Fast forward ten years...
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Gestalt therapy, writing and performing solo shows with Cecilia Poullain
Cecilia Poullain has had a successful career in law and finance. When she started seeing a Gestalt therapist, she discovered a source of...
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Andrew Wildman – the 'Transformation' of a comic book career
Before the multiverse: from Marvel UK to the brink of disaster.Andrew Wildman loved drawing as a child, and even while studying for a...
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Peter White – Great Pottery Throw Down Finalist: Part 2 of 2
This episode is ALL about Peter's experiences on The Great PotteryThrow Down.CreativityFound.co.ukWoburn Sands Clay at...
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Peter White – Great Pottery Throw Down Finalist: Part 1 of 2
Peter White had a successful and busy engineering business, perhaps too busy. After falling ill he decided to make a big change in his...
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When Law Isn't Right, But Theatre Is with Tara L Lacey
Tara L Lacey loved drama activities at schools in Oxford and Trinidad, but put the performing arts to the side partway through her...
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Adriana Saldivar – beauty in urban decay
Adriana is a healthcare worker who finds her escape and creativity through urbex photography. When her son became more independent as he...
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Debrah Martin – the challenge of writing
Debrah Martin took up writing by joining a course to help her through a very tough time in her life. She is now an award-winning author,...
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Lesley Wildman RCA – if at first you don't succeed . . .
Lesley Wildman loved her art foundation year, but was disappointed not to get into art college. It wasn’t until she decided to train to be...
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Richard Nicoll – later life punk rock
Richard Nicoll had a successful design career, which he loved. As his career became more business-oriented and less creative, he found...
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