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The must-listen In Conversation podcast features interviews with leading artists and craftspeople hosted by journalist Timothy Alletson Saunders. Highlights include an in-depth conversation with David Roberts, who is acknowledged as being responsible for the introduction and promotion of modern, large scale Raku in Britain and instrumental in its re-introduction in America. Learn something, stay informed. Available wherever you get your podcasts.

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    • Jul 19, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 20m AVG DURATION
    • 48 EPISODES


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    Talking floral and equestrian art

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2022 22:51


    Cotswolds based Alexandra Churchill talks to Tim Saunders about her art and her secret marketing weapon. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/543-alexandra-churchill

    Russ Chester talks about art, Wales, camper vans and rock climbing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2022 31:05


    He studied photography and art and his landscape paintings of Welsh scenes are popular. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1313-russ-chester

    Large canvases celebrating the beautiful Yorkshire landscape

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2022 22:15


    Heather Burton adores the Yorkshire landscape, which inspires much of her art but she also produces still lifes. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1307-heather-burton

    Watercolour landscapes and portraiture

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2022 19:05


    David Thomas ARSMA has drawn since he was small and feels that this ability helped him to become an architect and now a successful landscape and portrait painter working in watercolours. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1305-david-thomas-riba-arsma

    iPad paintings, art therapy and facial blindness

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2022 22:39


    Once a junior doctor, artist Danny Mooney is turning his hand to political cartoons. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/900-danny-mooney

    Interview with Tim Saunders

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2022 4:59


    Tim Saunders is interviewed about the Creative Coverage exhibition at Ilminster Arts Centre in Ilminster, Somerset from April 19 to May 14, 2022. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk

    Stone carving with Maria Moorhouse

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2022 26:08


    Stone sculptor and carver Maria Moorhouse talks to Tim Saunders about stone, her new project celebrating the intelligence of trees and how relaxing carving can be. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1273-maria-moorhouse

    Dealing with life through sculpture

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2022 20:27


    Multi-award winning sculptor Teresa Wells MRSS talks candidly to Tim Saunders about how channelling her emotions into sculpture has helped her tackle life's great challenges. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1299-teresa-wells-mrss

    Watercolours with a message

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2022 38:26


    Liz Chaderton's work often celebrates animals and as a result she feels it incumbent upon her to carefully consider the welfare and environmental issues surrounding her work. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/683-liz-chaderton

    Art saved me

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2021 37:20


    It's not too melodramatic to say that, according to photorealist Sarah Graham, who believes that her art rescued her from the bipolar disorder that sectioned her. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1261-sarah-graham

    Criticism shapes art but so too do friends

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2021 22:48


    President of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Steve Evans tells Tim Saunders how one friend in particular kickstarted his journey into the world of art. Agnes Martin's grid paintings played a part, too. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1168-steve-evans-rbsa

    Taking time gets results for Andrew Forkner

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2021 25:27


    It was Andrew's mother-in-law that he thanks for spurring him on his artistic journey. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1293-andrew-forkner

    Contemporary Glass Society update

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2021 5:01


    CGS Chair Sue Purser Hope gives an update on the organisation. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/craftspeople/item/691-susan-purser-hope

    Colour, contrariness and the excitement of glass

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2021 25:18


    The enthusiasm that Sue Purser Hope (Chair of the Contemporary Glass Society) has for glass is nothing short of contagious. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/craftspeople/item/691-susan-purser-hope

    Painting ephemera

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2021 14:54


    Jill Barthorpe has a strict routine and does not paint to please the buyer http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/321-jill-barthorpe Episode image: November morning where Jill has painted fog

    Birds, aluminium and the RA

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2021 11:18


    Oil painter Tony Feld chats to Tim Saunders about his painting and practice. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1231-tony-feld

    Remembering Mieczyslaw Chojko (1919 to 1978)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2021 29:55


    Mieczyslaw's daughter Magda chats to Tim Saunders about her father and his devotion to art that ultimately cost her parents' marriage. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1221-mieczyslaw-stanislaw-chojko

    All things jewellery with Michele White PPRBSA

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2021 23:35


    Michele White PPRBSA has her gallery and workshop in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter. Here she chats to Tim Saunders about what inspires her and her working practice. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/craftspeople/item/1287-michele-white-rbsa

    Mastering art and ceramics

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2021 27:44


    She considers herself "a quiet anarchist" who keeps things simple. In so doing Bronwyn Williams-Ellis RCA lets her work speak for itself. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/craftspeople/item/208-bronwyn-williams-ellis

    Commissions provide a reliable income stream

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2021 17:55


    Successful wildlife artist Richard Whittlestone talks to Tim Saunders about his life as a painter and how his base at the Chatsworth Estate in Derbyshire has been a perfect location for him in more ways than one http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/827-richard-whittlestone

    Turning art into a business

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2021 19:46


    Jonathan Wheeler talks to Tim Saunders about how he has made art his business http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/365-jonathan-wheeler

    Improving one's self through painting

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2021 27:02


    Silvia Pastore chats to Tim Saunders about how art plays a large part in her journey of discovery and how the great Italian painters inspired her as she grew up in Venice http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1191-silvia-pastore

    Making a career from art

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2021 27:00


    Successful droplet painter Sarah Pye will explore any opportunity to get her work in front of her buying public; she has even appeared on television http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/571-sarah-pye

    Visual elements stir emotions says Wayne Attwood PRBSA

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2021 25:16


    He employs a destructive layering technique even using bathroom squeegees. Francis Bacon, Picasso and Sickert are all inspirations http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/969-wayne-attwood-vprbsa

    Construction sites and cranes are inspirational

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2021 17:06


    Linda Saul talks to Tim Saunders about texture and collage in her various watercolour works http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1183-linda-saul

    Nature, art and public service

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2021 19:20


    The two don't compliment each other whatsover, according to botanical artist and ecologist Sally Pinhey, who could have become an architect but chose social work instead although she has taught art in prison. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/114-sally-pinhey-aoi-sgm

    The influence of art history on contemporary art

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2021 14:09


    Rowena Comrie explains to Tim Saunders how art history has guided her on her own unique journey http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/866-rowena-comrie

    There's a lot to abstract art, explains Nigel Moores

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2021 27:23


    Nigel Moores talks to Tim Saunders about abstract art and how inspirational meetings with Terry Frost and Howard Hodgkin helped shape his work http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1269-nigel-moores

    Nature, Salcombe and dolphins

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2021 11:31


    Maria Ellis talks to Tim Saunders about how nature, Salcombe and dolphins inspire her slightly abstract paintings http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1132-maria-ellis

    Geology and geography in landscape paintings

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2021 24:14


    Landscape architect turned painter Roger Griffiths RBSA talks to Tim Saunders about his methodical approach, inspirational artists and his appearance on Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year 2015.

    The attraction of stone

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2021 27:08


    Sculptor Ann Coomber explains why she is passionate about stone to Tim Saunders. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1170-ann-coomber

    The warmth of glass blowing... and engraving

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2021 25:58


    British born Dominic Fondé FGE ARMS chats to Tim Saunders about glassblowing and engraving and how he ended up in Japan. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/craftspeople/item/1267-dominic-fonde-fgge-arsmpsg

    Being out of your comfort zone creates the best art

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2020 24:14


    So says the award winning sculptor Liz Watts, who likes to make her life as difficult as possible but it pays off she tells Tim Saunders http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/341-liz-watts

    The joy of screenprinting

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2020 11:09


    Anthony Hopkinson extolls the virtues of screenprinting http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1257-anthony-hopkinson

    Art embraces health changes

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2020 9:34


    For many years Marilyn Ewens has painted landscapes, especially of Somerset where she has lived for over 40 years. But now her health presents challenges and she explains to Tim Saunders how her work is adapting. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/82-marilyn-ewens

    The allure of hand building ceramics

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2020 31:39


    David Roberts has been hand building for over 40 years and he chats to Tim Saunders about what appeals to him about this process http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/craftspeople/item/1249-david-roberts

    Landscapes and portraiture with Joanna Commings

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2020 22:27


    Joanna Commings chats to Tim Saunders about light and when to finish a painting as well as the important part that eggs and melons play when learning portraiture. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1070-joanna-commings

    Collagraphs and the Tin Coast, Cornwall

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2020 18:52


    Eric Pentecost talks to Tim Saunders about the collagraph process, how he became an artist and what he's working on at the moment. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/587-eric-pentecost

    Art is therapy for an accountant, says Gerry Defries

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2020 10:49


    Gerry Defries talks to Tim Saunders about his landscape and seascape paintings. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/210-gerry-defries

    An artist's life

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2020 9:35


    The artist Wendy Clouse chats to Tim Saunders about her life and work. One thing Wendy did during lockdown was to paint the portraits of 2 NHS doctors, requested by Instagram. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1112-wendy-clouse

    Pop artist Richard Blacklaw-Jones

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2020 19:39


    The premier Welsh pop artist Richard Blacklaw-Jones talks to Tim Saunders

    The world has changed for professional photographers

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2020 22:33


    Nigel Hudson talks about how the world is different for professional photographers now.

    Four decades a potter

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2020 25:53


    The potter Andrew Matheson, an elected member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, talks to Tim Saunders about his ceramic journey http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/craftspeople/item/422-andrew-matheson-rbsa

    The delights of Nerikomi porcelain with Barbara Gittings

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2020 14:29


    Barbara talks to Tim Saunders about how she makes Nerikomi porcelain http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/craftspeople/item/1247-barbara-gittings

    Trees are Philippa Beale's passion

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2020 9:49


    Philippa Beale talks about her passion for trees http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/940-philippa-beale

    Fossil collage

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2020 5:41


    Miranda talks about how she arrived at using collage in her work. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1078-miranda-pender

    In Conversation - trailer

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2020 0:26


    Introducing In Conversation, the new podcast about artists and their inspiration from www.creativecoverage.co.uk

    Acting and painting with Tom Cotcher

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2020 7:57


    Actor Tom Cotcher explains how he became an artist. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/852-tom-cotcher

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