Podcast appearances and mentions of christi friesen

Do you have ready access to your child side? Do you often create just to amuse yourself or do you find you are primarily motivated and maybe get lost in your obligations to other people or a sense of being of service to other people and the betterment of our world in general?As you'll hear, none of these approaches are exclusive of each other but sometimes the balance between taking care of ourselves and taking care of others, attending to our needs in order to better attend to others, kind of gets out of whack. So today, for this first podcast of the year, I'm creating a tradition of having my first guest ever, Christi Friesen, return for a bantering conversation about these questions. Come along and consider where you are on that spectrum of having a good balance of self-care and self-amusement while caring and fulfilling obligations for others in your life. Contact my guest:https://www.christifriesen.com/-Leave a COMMENT: https://thesagearts.com/episodes/-CONTACT SAGEEmail Sage via the contact form or send a voice mail (use the red button, bottom right) on the show website: https://thesagearts.com/contact/And join Sage on social media:Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thesageartspodcast/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TheSageArtsPodcast-GET WEEKLY PODCAST NOTICES & BONUS MATERIAL:https://sagebrayvaron.com/the-sage-arts-podcast/-JOIN THE COMMUNITY:The Sage Arts Share Space on Facebook-SUPPORT THIS PODCAST· Buy me a coffee!· Give back with PayPal· Buy a STICKER! (Get 2 per order as of this release.)· Buy polymer art books and magazines-CREDITS:Cover design by Sage; Illustration by Olga KostenkoCover Art, Little Worlds project by Christi FriesenMusic by PlaysoundFor Transcript click on the episode here: https://rss.com/podcasts/thesagearts/

Who do you create for and why?My conversation today is with the multi-talented powerhouse of an artist, Christi Friesen, a polymer and mixed media artist who has authored a dozen books and more articles in more magazines than I think even she can count. She is a skillful teacher with a huge, magnetic personality that has drawn fans from all over the world. She's built a life around her full-time creative career but not without some bumps and self-questioning, which is a large part of what she talked with me about in this episode.Get ready for a really fun conversation with this truly insightful guest.Find more about Christi and her work, as well as shop at her art supply store and sign up for her entertaining newsletter, at www.christifriesen.comCONTACT SAGESend me your thoughts...If you'd like to share your thoughts on the episode's question du jour, or just send your own ideas on art and creativity to share in a future podcast, email me via the contact form or send a voice mail (use the red button, bottom right) on the show website: https://thesagearts.com/contact/And join me on social media:Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thesageartspodcast/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TheSageArtsPodcastSUPPORT THIS PODCASTFeel inclined to contribute to the financial support of this project? Buy me a coffee!https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thesageartsSPECIAL OFFERGet an additional 15% off Christi's books and my polymer centric publications, many already on sale, at: https://tenthmusearts.com/Use Promo Code: CFSAGEThis discount is good through January 31st, 2023 - 15% off your entire cart (shipping & tax excluded) only at tenthmusearts.comCredits:Cover design by Sage; Illustration by Olga KostenkoMusic by Playsound

“You're shy — so are they,” says polymer clay artist Christi Friesen about making a career of your art, acknowledging how hard it can be to put yourself out there. As she tells Jewelry Artist podcast host Katie Hacker, “We're always selling ourselves: a piece of our heart, our hand, our brain.” But it's important to do it and connect with people any way you can, Christi advises. Drawn to her medium first for its super range of colors, she also considers its easy workability and low cost an invitation to play. “You're not trying to make a masterpiece every day,” she reminds us. Assume you're going to smash what you make some days, have fun, and learn to be yourself. Find out how Christi has built a Creative Circle that inspires her and sustains her business.  Learn more and see Christi's work on our blog: https://www.interweave.com/jewelry-artist-podcast/christi-friesen/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this open-table episode, we talk with Kelly Russell of Beadfuddled, Christi Friesen of Christi Friesen Originals, and Andrew Thornton of Allegory Gallery. Join us as we all speak openly and honestly about our lives as makers and artists including how selling, creating, and making a living have changed over the years. This episode is a bit different than many of our others as it's an open-table format and you're getting an un-censored and inside look at the thoughts and views of these wonderfully creative individuals!

In this episode, we talk with Christi Friesen of Christi Friesen Originals and Andrew Thornton of Allegory Gallery. Christi has just recently completed her second teaching session with us here in Ligonier, PA, and we were excited to hear about her year of travel and all the plans that she has for the next few months! You can always find out what we have for sale of Christi's on our website at agbeads.com/christi

Alberta farmers Christi Friesen and Kyle Tarkowski share their take-aways from a presentation by futurist Bob Treadway. Treadway (trendtalk.com)spoke recently at Alberta Canola's #CanolaLeaders event in Edmonton. Friesen and Tarkowski were there. So was podcast host Jay Whetter.

http://www.polymerclaytv.comToday on Polymer Clay TV Ilysa shares her experience with Swellegant dyes and metal coatings from Christi Friesen's line of products.

Christi is such a fun artist to have for a teacher. Her brain is always "on" and her animals just come to life under her deft fingers.Be sure to visit Polymer Clay TV.com for the whole video- it was quite long!

Be sure to sign up for the Mother's Day Gift Guide, as well as to submit yourself and your Polymer Clay Guild for possible inclusion in our new book about Polymer Clay Guilds around the world! Check out our site for the details. Be sure to come back next week for Polymer Clay TV- a very special demo by Christi Friesen that she did at this year's Orlando Clay Fandango retreat.

Today we have an early new episode of Polymer Clay TV as we will be heading out of town to attend the Orlando Clay Fandango tomorrow. They have this really cool thing called a day tripper pass, so if you are in the area and just want to come spend the day at the event and get the retreat experience, come on down, we would love to meet you! We will have a ton of footage to share when we return. You can check out more of Christi Friesen’s work at her website and she will be teaching at the Fandango so I am sure we will have some more footage of her but enjoy the interview! We did an interview with Ann & Karen Mitchell while we were at CHA and we share that in this episode as well as our regular scheduled programming mokume gane demo. Enjoy!