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Margo is joined by printmaker, surface designer, textile artist, and author Jen Hewett. Jen's work combines her love of loud prints, 1970s maximalism, and saturated colors with the textures and light of the landscapes that surround her. In addition to creating her own products, Jen designs fabric for the quilting and home sewing market, and home collections for national manufacturers and retailers. Her clients include: Moda Fabrics, World Market, Anthropologie, Blue Sky Planners, and Brewster Home Fashions. She is the author of Print, Pattern, Sew, and This Long Thread: Women of Color on Craft, Community and Connection.   Margo and Jen discuss: Her creative path from HR consulting to creative and where she got the courage to change career paths Creating creative momentum Finding harmony as a self-employed artist Keeping your day job until your business is viable Why she shares her income sources and breakdown publicly  When and where she started to notice a lack of diversity within the craft community Why she believes in selling her misprints (and why they often sell quickly) Working in digital versus analog and her process for each Some of her new collections and projects she's looking forward to And so much more   Connect with Jen: https://jenhewett.com/ www.instagram.com/jenhewett  

How does craft deepen your understanding of your history, your community, or yourself? And how can predominantly-white craft spaces better welcome diverse experiences?Textile artist and printmaker Jen Hewett threads the needle on these questions in her latest book, This Long Thread: Women of Color on Craft, Community and Connection. The book includes interviews with 19 fiber artists, and surveys hundreds of creators of color, all of whom draw on their relationship with making. This hour, we hear from Hewett – and briefly, from writer Mia Nakaji Monnier. Plus, Susi Ryan is an author and social justice activist from Connecticut who co-founded the quilt guild, Sisters In Stitches Joined By The Cloth. Ryan recently wrote a piece about how craft connects her to her ancestors, titled "Cloth Has Given Me A Voice," for Mass Humanities' We, Too, Are America series. She says, "Cloth has given me a voice to recall the memory of my enslaved ancestors. The quilts that I create visually depict and document in cloth the life journeys of my family, my ancestors, and the many others who lived through the African diaspora," Ryan writes. "The stories my quilts tell allow me to ease into uncomfortable conversations about such critical issues as racism, social and medical justice, prison reform, African American history and literature, farm, food and housing sustainability, climate change, women's rights, religion, politics, and human trafficking, that sadly still exists today." GUESTS: Jen Hewett: Printmaker; Textile Artist; Author, This Long Thread: Women of Color on Craft, Community, and Connection Susi Ryan: Author; Speaker; Fiber Artist; Social Justice Activist; Co-Founder, Sisters In Stitches Joined By The Cloth Where We Live is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode. Cat Pastor contributed to this show which originally aired April 28, 2022.Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join the Black Women Stitch Patreon. Jen HewettJen Hewett is a printmaker, surface designer, and textile artist. Depending on how you look at it, artist is either Jen's second or fifth career. With a degree in English Literature from the University of California, Berkeley, she started her working life in education and educational nonprofits. She then briefly ran her own stationery business and took a few detours through business operations, human resources, and consulting before becoming a full-time working artist (again). She partly credits the success of her experience running her own creative business to her non-linear (but always interesting) career path.Jen's first book, Print, Pattern, Sew: Block Printing Basics + Simple Sewing Projects for an Inspired Wardrobe, was published by Roost Books in May 2018. Her second book,  This Long Thread: Women of Color on Craft, Community, and Connection, was published by Roost Books in November 2021. Her clients include Anthropologie, Cost Plus World Market, Moda Fabrics, Unilever, and Yelp. Her work has been featured in Better Homes and Gardens, Uppercase, and MSNBC. Lisa WoolforkLisa Woolfork is an associate professor of English, specializing in African American literature and culture. Her teaching and research explore Black women writers, Black identity, trauma theory, and American slavery. She is the convener and founder of Black Women Stitch, the sewing group where Black lives matter. She is also the host/producer of Stitch Please, a weekly audio podcast that centers on Black women, girls, and femmes in sewing. In the summer of 2017, she actively resisted the white supremacist marches in her community, Charlottesville Virginia. The city became a symbol of lethal resurging white supremacist violence. #Charlottesville. She remains active in a variety of university and community initiatives, including the Community Engaged Scholars program. She believes in the power of creative liberation. Insights from this episode:Who Jen Hewett is and what she doesHow Jen's book came to beHow Jen got into printmakingJen's print-making processHow to believe in your work and voiceWhy Jen considers herself a textile artistThe inspiration behind Jen's bookCreating representative workWhat to expect from Jen Hewett Quotes from the show:“I design a lot of things for the sewing industry. So, I design primarily fabric and I have been doing that since 2018. I am on my third or fourth fabric collection at this point” —Jen Hewett in “Stitch Please”“I have done a lot of textile art and didn't call myself a textile artist. I always say I am a printmaker first and everything flows from that, but I am owning it now, that I am a person who does and likes many things” —Jen Hewett in “Stitch Please”“With printmaking, you do one thing and you do it over and over again, unlike being a painter who does a one-of-a-kind one thing. A printmaker is already set up operationally, it makes sense to do the same thing over and over again” —Jen Hewett in “Stitch Please”“What's the saying like ‘walk around with the confidence of a white man and you will get what you want'?” –Nicole Angeline  in “Stitch Please”“The nice thing about the work that I do is that it is replicable. So it feels in many ways, low stakes. That I am constantly putting things out there, some will stick, some won't” —Jen Hewett in “Stitch Please”“When I find books like this one, that are good and I like them, and I like to go back to them, because not every book you get that you are gonna go back to, but this one is nice and it's very digestible” —Ada Chen in “Stitch Please”“The overall consensus seems to be celebratory and gratitude, if I can put it in two words. Folks who are celebrating that this book exists and that women of color are having their voices centred and amplified, and talking to a variety of people. And then the gratitude which extends towards you for creating and pulling this together” —Lisa Woolfork in “Stitch Please”“I wanted it to be representative. Not necessarily everybody because that's impossible, but to include people who are not included” —Jen Hewett in “Stitch Please”“In many ways, writing this book didn't feel like a race because I had this really strong sense that the community would have my back. But then I had to do everybody's story's justice in order for people to have my back”  —Jen Hewett in “Stitch Please” Resources MentionedAsian Sewist Collective Stay Connected:Lisa WoolforkInstagram: Lisa WoolforkTwitter: Lisa Woolfork Jen HewettWebsite: Jen HewettInstagram: Jen Hewett This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Jen Hewett is a printmaker, textile designer, author, and more. Alicia returns as a guest host to get the inside scoop on how Jen found her way to art after working in a variety of other industries. They talk about practical tips for staying on top of finances as a business owner and the importance of finding community when you're creative, as well as the stories behind both of Jen's incredible books.  https://jenhewett.com/ https://www.instagram.com/jenhewett/

In this week's episode, we're using This Long Thread, a book by Jen Hewett, to guide our discussion. Jen is a printmaker, surface designer, teacher and author. In addition to designing and selling her own products, Jen also licenses her work to fabric manufacturers and large retailers. In the press for her first book, Print, Pattern, Sew, Jen talked about growing up mixed race - her dad is black and her mom is Filipina, and Jen's experience as a woman of color in the crafting world informed the creation of This Long Thread. Learn more about Jen at jenhewett.com or @jenhewett on Instagram. In this episode, we'll use the questions Jen asked for This Long Thread to ask you, our community, about your experiences in the sewing and fiber arts world. For show notes and a transcript of this episode, please see: https://asiansewistcollective.com/episode-34-this-long-thread/  If you find our podcast informative and enjoy listening, you can support us by joining our monthly membership or making a one-time donation via Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/asiansewistcollective  

How does craft deepen your understanding of your history, your community, or yourself? And how can predominantly-white craft spaces better welcome diverse experiences?Textile artist and printmaker Jen Hewett threads the needle on these questions in her latest book, This Long Thread: Women of Color on Craft, Community and Connection. The book includes interviews with 19 fiber artists, and surveys hundreds of creators of color, all of whom draw on their relationship with making. This hour, we hear from Hewett – and briefly, from writer Mia Nakaji Monnier.Plus, Susi Ryan is an author and social justice activist from Connecticut who co-founded the quilt guild, Sisters In Stitches Joined By The Cloth. Ryan recently wrote a piece about how craft connects her to her ancestors, titled "Cloth Has Given Me A Voice," for Mass Humanities' We, Too, Are America series. She says, "Cloth has given me a voice to recall the memory of my enslaved ancestors."Untitled" The quilts that I create visually depict and document in cloth the life journeys of my family, my ancestors, and the many others who lived through the African diaspora," Ryan writes. "The stories my quilts tell allow me to ease into uncomfortable conversations about such critical issues as racism, social and medical justice, prison reform, African American history and literature, farm, food and housing sustainability, climate change, women's rights, religion, politics, and human trafficking, that sadly still exists today." GUESTS: Jen Hewett:Printmaker; Textile Artist; Author, This Long Thread: Women of Color on Craft, Community, and Connection Susi Ryan: Author; Speaker; Fiber Artist; Social Justice Activist; Co-Founder, Sisters In Stitches Joined By The Cloth Where We Live is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts,Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode. Our programming is made possible thanks to listeners like you. Please consider supporting this show and Connecticut Public with a donation today by visiting ctpublic.org/donate. Cat Pastor contributed to this show which originally aired April 28, 2022. Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Hear more from Jen Hewett on aligning her business with her personal values, the willingness to pivot and make big career changes, resisting the hustle mindset and prioritizing care, slow and consistent growth over time as the key to her success, and navigating the worlds of licensing and book publishing.   Astropad Studio — Podcast sponsor, the ultimate iPad app for artists that turns your iPad into a drawing tablet for your Mac or PC. Start your 30-day free trial of Astropad Studio today via THIS LINK just for Beyond the Studio listeners! Plus, save 10% on your first year when you enter the promo code BEYOND at checkout.   *Please note: Promo code is only valid at astropad.com (not on the App Store)   beyondthe.studio   Listener Spotlight @beyondthestudio    Intro and Ad Music by: Suahn Branding by: David Colson

How does craft deepen your understanding of your history, your community, or yourself? And how can predominantly-white craft spaces better welcome diverse experiences? Textile artist and printmaker Jen Hewett threads the needle on these questions in her latest book, This Long Thread: Women of Color on Craft, Community and Connection. The book includes interviews with 19 fiber artists, and surveys hundreds of creators of color, all of whom draw on their relationship with making. This hour, we hear from Hewett. Plus, Susi Ryan is an author and social justice activist from Connecticut who co-founded the quilt guild, Sisters In Stitches Joined By The Cloth. Ryan recently wrote a piece about how craft connects her to her ancestors, titled "Cloth Has Given Me A Voice," for Mass Humanities' We, Too, Are America series. She says, "Cloth has given me a voice to recall the memory of my enslaved ancestors." 1 of 2Sisters In Stitches Joined By The Cloth quilt exhibit at a Venture Smith Day event. Smith became a successful farmer in colonial Connecticut, and documented his life and his experience of slavery in the 18th century.Sisters In Stitches Joined By The Cloth2 of 2Sisters In Stitches Joined By The Cloth quilt exhibit at a Venture Smith Day event. Smith became a successful farmer in colonial Connecticut, and documented his life and his experience of slavery in the 18th century.Sisters In Stitches Joined By The Cloth "The quilts that I create visually depict and document in cloth the life journeys of my family, my ancestors, and the many others who lived through the African diaspora," Ryan writes. "The stories my quilts tell allow me to ease into uncomfortable conversations about such critical issues as racism, social and medical justice, prison reform, African American history and literature, farm, food and housing sustainability, climate change, women's rights, religion, politics, and human trafficking, that sadly still exists today." GUESTS: Jen Hewett: Printmaker; Textile Artist; Author, This Long Thread: Women of Color on Craft, Community, and Connection Susi Ryan: Author; Speaker; Social Justice Activist; Co-Founder, Sisters In Stitches Joined By The Cloth Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sarai and Haley talk with Jen about how she wove data and narrative together for her book This Long thread, to create a collection of stories, interviews, and essays that reflect the everyday crafts of BIPOC in a way that honors individuality.

This week on First Coat we have Jen Hewett. Jen Hewett is a printmaker, surface designer, textile artist, and author based in the Hudson Valley. She recently came out with her second book This Long Thread: Women of Color on Craft, Community, and Connection. In this episode we talk about her new book, her experience as an artist and business owner, and what's inspiring her right now. Show Notes: https://distillcreative.com/blog/1/4/22/jen-hewett-on-women-of-color-in-craftFollow First Coat on Instagram: @firstcoatpodcastFollow First Coat on Twitter: @firstcoatpodFollow First Coat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FirstCoatPodcastSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/firstcoat)

Resources:This Long Thread: Women of Color on Craft, Community, and ConnectionJen's previous Stitch Please podcast episode  Black Women Stitch 2022 Wall Calendar available here. 

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This episode was originally released on September 17, 2018. In this Love to Sew Favourite, Jen Hewett shares her passion for block printing and tells us how we can print our own fabrics! She walks us through how she got started with block printing, why she loves turning her printed fabrics into garments, and what makes a good block. We also discuss listening to your body while you work, wearing prints, and why not to turn your hobby into a business.

Support the Stitch Please podcast and Black Women Stitch$15 to the Paypal account for a Black Women Stitch lapel pin! DM or email your mailing to address for free shipping. You can also pay with  Cash App Sustained support also appreciated here:For as little as $2 a month, your Patreon support means a lot: Join  here PatreonJen HewettYou can find Jen on her website and on instagram. And she will have a fabric collection coming out in the spring of 2021. Her book, This Long Thread, will be published in Fall 2021. And she will be launching her 2021 Scarf Club soon! She has two home collections coming out Fall 2021.  She is also working on a packaging redesign for a beloved personal care brand. Learn more about and from Jen  here:https://ownyourcontent.wordpress.com/2019/04/23/jen-hewett-on-letting-go-of-perfection-and-growing-multiple-skills-to-enrich-her-creativity/ https://hellogiggles.com/lifestyle/jen-hewett-artist-of-color-perfectionism/ https://creativemornings.com/talks/jen-hewett/1 

Show Notes:5:13 - Half-square triangles6:25 - Jenny Doan of Missouri Star Quilt Company YouTube Channel6:46 - Jenny Doan’s YouTube tutorial on machine binding10:58 - Example of “Extreme cool weather quilts in the wild” photos14:46 - ‘What’s in your sewing bag’ series19:53 - Karen Lewis20:15 - Essex Linen20:17 - Jen Hewett, ‘Imagined Landscapes’21:52 - ‘WALK: Master Machine Quilting with your Walking Foot’ by Jacquie Gering23:08 - @clothandcrescent23:18 - @villageboundquilts23:39 - @suzyquilts24:15 - Cloud Surfing Quilt24:22 - Papper Sax Ten Oval Drunkard's Path templates25:58 - @pappersaxten26:40 - @geekybobbin27:11 - @porcupinestew_threadsFollow Shannon:@shannonfraserdesignshttps://www.shannonfraserdesigns.ca/Follow us:Amanda: @broadclothstudiohttps://broadclothstudio.com/Wendy: @the.weekendquilterhttps://the-weekendquilter.com/Anna: @waxandwanestudiohttps://www.waxandwanestudio.com/Quilt Buzz: @quilt.buzzhttps://quiltbuzzpodcast.com/Intro/Outro Music:Golden Hour by Vlad Gluschenko

Danny Wirtz, fourth generation owner of one of the most famous and successful hockey teams in US history, The Chicago Blackhawks and also the head of many of the Wirtz family private businesses. Including his work with his foundation, The Chicago Blackhawks Foundation, Danny has revolutionized they way his family engages with the community, uses technology for insights and growth and creates wealth for other small, family-owned businesses, that are all part of the Wirtz family of brands. Danny's is a natural with positive business acumen--someone that any multigenerational family would want to take the helm and go next level. --- The Honest Field Guide is a production of brand strategy and visual identity agency Birk Creative at http://www.birkcreative.com. Episode song "Mabel Custer" can be downloaded on Apple here https://music.apple.com/us/album/mabel-custer/206143120?i=206143227 and is written by Grant Birkenbeuel and JinJa Davis, from the band Utah Carol http://www.utahcarol.com. Recorded at Stomping Ground Studios. Podcast mastering by Jason Marck. Episode artwork by Jen Hewett https://jenhewett.com. --- Do you love our show? We would love your dollars to keep going! We can take a donation to support our podcast here and we will shout you our when you do it on an upcoming podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/support. --- Text The Honest Field Guide at ‪(312) 445-0903‬ Send us a voice message and we will record it on an upcoming episode: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/message . --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/support

Reggie Jackson aka "Mr. October," Major League Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee, shares intimate stories for the very first time, during an in-person interview to JinJa Birkenbeuel, The Honest Field Guide, about his journey from childhood, to a New York Yankee, to becoming the first professional ball player turned entrepreneur while he was still playing ball, back in the 70s, during a tumultuous time of extreme racial hatred. Reggie, the businessman, passionately tells us how he is still fighting to ensure Black people and in particular Black and brown children, through his Mr. October Foundation, gain access to the millions of opportunities in technology fields in the USA. --- The Honest Field Guide is a production of brand strategy and visual identity agency Birk Creative at http://www.birkcreative.com. Episode song "Promised Land" and "When We're Apart" can be downloaded on Apple here https://music.apple.com/us/album/when-were-apart/206188206?i=206188230 and here https://music.apple.com/us/album/promised-land/206188206?i=206188233 and is written by Grant Birkenbeuel and JinJa Davis, from the band Utah Carol http://www.utahcarol.com. Recorded at Stomping Ground Studios. Podcast mastering by Jason Marck. Episode artwork by Jen Hewett https://jenhewett.com. --- Do you love our show? We would love your dollars to keep going! We can take a donation to support our podcast here and we will shout you our when you do it on an upcoming podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/support. --- Text The Honest Field Guide at ‪(312) 445-0903‬ Send us a voice message and we will record it on an upcoming episode: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/message . --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/support

All of our entrepreneur lives, we've been told "If you don't grow, you will shrink, and if you shrink you will go out of business." Or, "Always be closing." Or, 'Always be growing." As a result, we've battled and fought our way to at least make ourselves look like what Tom Hanks wanted: TO BE BIG. From paying high rent for corporate spaces, getting augmented staff for presentations and meetings, giant websites with pages upon pages of stuff, and stumbling over our words after we share the volume of work we complete for clients, and yet people keep asking us in disbelief, "How many employees do you have?" without understanding that Entrepreneurs Don't Sleep. The struggle to fake it until you make it to become a "real" company is exhausting. We learned about "The Company of One," by Paul Jarvis, from our friend and fellow entrepreneur Keila Hill-Trawick, owner of Little Fish Accounting. She told us about the book on an earlier podcast, episode 22, that the book changed her life and gave her the courage to quit and walk away from her comfortable, government day job. Lucky for us, our podcast mastering engineer Chris Enns, introduced us to Paul and then that's the beginning of our story with How We Learned To Love Being Small. Reading "The Company Of One" written by Paul Jarvis inspired so much greatness in our thoughts about our agency business Birk Creative, the book helped us refocus on the type of hard work that is meaningful and drives real success. We had to find out more. So, we did what any crazy entrepreneur would do: We took a flight to British Columbia, Vancouver, then took a ferry to Victoria Island and hit the road and drove another two hours to meet our new hero in person to ask him face to face: "How Can Anyone Win In Business If They Are Only One and Done?" Our intimate conversation with Paul Jarvis will absolutely surprise you, and motivate you to rethink *everything* you've ever been told and believed about the business of getting big. -- The Honest Field Guide is a production of brand strategy and visual identity agency Birk Creative at http://www.birkcreative.com. Episode song "Misfits" can be downloaded on Apple here https://music.apple.com/us/album/misfits/206188206?i=206188212 and is written by Grant Birkenbeuel and JinJa Davis, from the band Utah Carol http://www.utahcarol.com. Recorded at Stomping Ground Studios. Podcast consultant: Chris Enns. Podcast Editing by Jason Marck. Custom episode artwork designed for this episode created by American printmaker and textile designer Jen Hewett https://jenhewett.com. --- Text The Honest Field Guide at ‪(312) 445-0903‬! Send us a voice message and we will record it on an upcoming episode: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/message Do you love our show? We would love your dollars to keep going! We can take a donation to support our podcast here and we will shout you our when you do it on an upcoming podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/support --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/support

Being an owner, operator, chef, creator and manager in the restaurant business is really, really tough. The money is always tight, customer's tastes change, and rent always rises. In Chicago, the business is painfully competitive but most of all, the dining experience can be positively brutal for the owner but also for the customer. Not at Wishbone Restaurant, a Chicago staple in part put on the map by Oprah Winfrey and her fans back in the early 90s. Joel Nickson with his brothers, were able to exceed expectations for all, not only with their delicious southern comfort food, but with the welcoming vibe, the great service and the culture that created ease and relaxation for after church Sunday brunch for Black Chicagoans, in a city with a violent history of racism, segregation and plantation-like politics--that still exists today. Joel shares how he built his family-owned business, Wishbone Restaurant, from his roots as the picky-eater and dyslexic son of a French immigrant artist mother, to working in the kitchens of New York, to his two brothers pulling him to Chicago to help create a new concept family-style restaurant that after two major transitions, and luckily ended up dead-smack in the path of the establishment of one of the most famous Black Americans in the world that gave her famous stamp of approval: Oprah Winfrey. -- The Honest Field Guide is a production of brand strategy and visual identity agency Birk Creative at http://www.birkcreative.com. Episode song "Golden West" can be downloaded on Apple here https://music.apple.com/us/album/charmed-life/206143120?i=206143135https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-golden-west/212635734?i=212635810 and is written by Grant Birkenbeuel and JinJa Davis, from the band Utah Carol http://www.utahcarol.com. Recorded at Stomping Ground Studios. Podcast Editing by Jason Marck. Custom episode artwork designed for our podcast created by American printmaker and textile designer Jen Hewett https://jenhewett.com. --- Text The Honest Field Guide at ‪(312) 445-0903‬ Send us a voice message and we will record it on an upcoming episode: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/message Do you love our show? We would love your dollars to keep going! We can take a donation to support our podcast here and we will shout you our when you do it on an upcoming podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/support --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/support

Jen Hewett is a printmaker, surface designer, textile artist, and teacher. A lifelong Californian, Jen combines her love of loud prints and saturated colors with the textures and light of the California landscapes to create highly tactile, visually-layered, printed textiles. In this episode, we discuss the importance of “showing up,” her two passion projects that helped launch her creative business, and how to avoid the comparison trap when using social media. Show notes: NacheSnow.com/95

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Hi everyone, welcome to another episode of the Zen Courses Show! Today, we are joined by the talented Jen Hewett. Jen is a self-taught printmaker, illustrator, and a teacher. In this episode, Jen and I talk about her online course “Design, Carve, Print”, her experience being an online course teacher and some tips for artists who want to follow her footsteps. I guide people from the very beginning to printing to the fabric Jen’s journey is an interesting one. After “running her stationary business into the ground” in her twenties, she returned to corporate life--and thought she would stay there until retirement. But life had other plans. After the economy tanked, Jen took a screenprinting class that changed her life. Jen pursued her passion for art and eventually created “Design, Carve, Print,” which focuses around block printing on fabric and caters to not only artists but hobbyists as well. Design, Carve, Print is a 6-week online class with a combination of videos and blog posts, starting from introduction to block printing, materials and tools used, to the practical things like how to draw the design, carving it and printing it on fabric. Episode Quotes "I realized that I wasn't going to be everything to everyone." "I guide people from the very beginning of even just coming up with ideas." "The nice thing about an online class is it's evergreen. Once you've done it you can repurpose it forever if you want." "It's flexible enough that I do change things as I go." "It comes from letting go of ego when you teach…" "Make sure people want to learn what you want to teach." Listen to Learn 00:43 Getting to know Jen Hewett 03:30 Rapid 5 Questions 05:36 Jen's journey in becoming a printmaker, textile artist and online class creator 11:25 Design, Carve, Print - Who is it for? What problem does it solve? 13:05 Teaching in Person vs. Teaching Online 19:45 Course Overview: Launching, Structure and Activities 25:00 Is there anything you would have changed when you started teaching it online? 27:50 Why do you think that skill level doesn't matter in the course? 31:00 Jen's tips for artists who want to start teaching online 33:00 Coming up: Exciting things to look forward to from Jen, links and announcements

Jen Hewett shares her passion for block printing and tells us how we can print our own fabrics! She walks us through how she got started with block printing, why she loves turning her printed fabrics into garments, and what makes a good block. We also discuss listening to your body while you work, wearing prints, and why not to turn your hobby into a business.

Welcome to another episode of the DHL podcast I’m Nicole and today we’re talking about Asserting boundaries and using your voice on social media with our guest Jen Hewett who is a printmaker, surface designer, textile artist, author and teacher living in San Francisco.

On today's episode of the Craft Industry Alliance podcast, we're talking about textile design with my guest, Jen Hewett. Jen is a printmaker, surface designer, textile artist and teacher. A lifelong Californian, Jen combines her love of loud prints and saturated colors with the textures and light of the California landscapes to create highly-tactile, visually-layered, printed textiles.  Jen’s first book, Print, Pattern, Sew: Block Printing Basics + Simple Sewing Projects for an Inspired Wardrobe, was published by Roost Books in May 2018 and her first line of commercial fabrics will be available with Cotton+Steel in August 2018. Jen and her dog Gus live in San Francisco, two blocks from Golden Gate Park, and three miles from the Pacific Ocean. +++++ Inspire your creative spirit with Indygo Junction books & patterns! Visit our Indygo Junction Blog to learn more about fabrics and techniques as well as giveaways & events. Join our Facebook Sewing Pattern Group and receive our Everyday Dress Pattern! Use coupon code WSN25 for 25% off your entire order!  +++++ Please note that this show used to be called the While She Naps podcast. The name has changed, but the content and host have stayed the same.   To get the full show notes for this episode, visit Craft Industry Alliance where you can learn more about becoming a member of our supportive trade association. Strengthen your creative business, stay up to date on industry news, and build connections with forward-thinking craft professionals. Meet with show host, Abby Glassenberg, each month for our Craft Business Roundtable, get access to courses and webinars taught by industry leaders, and much more.

Jen Hewett and I had such a great conversation for this episode! You'll hear us talk about: + how she knew when it was time to quit her consulting work+ and what she did to prepare for being on her own financially+ how she balances long and short term projects and focuses in her creative work + how she sets (and maintains) boundaries+ how she keeps her eye on her current projects rather than getting easily distracted by new ideas+ how she knows when it's time to let something go and move on to new things AND SO MUCH MORE! Enjoy, enjoy! Show Notes: Connect with Tiffany on Insta Get Tiffany's newsletter and stay in the know Get your RYHSY Starter Kit Connect with Jen:Website | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter Jen's new book: Print, Pattern, Sew: Block-Printing Basics + Simple Sewing Projects for an Inspired Wardrobe RYHSY Ep. 10: Jen Hewett on Community Jen's CreativeBug classes Jen's fabric line with Cotton + Steel announcement

Jen Hewett and I had such a great conversation for this episode! You'll hear us talk about: + how she knew when it was time to quit her consulting work+ and what she did to prepare for being on her own financially+ how she balances long and short term projects and focuses in her creative work + how she sets (and maintains) boundaries+ how she keeps her eye on her current projects rather than getting easily distracted by new ideas+ how she knows when it's time to let something go and move on to new things AND SO MUCH MORE! Enjoy, enjoy! Show Notes: Connect with Tiffany on Insta Get Tiffany's newsletter and stay in the know Get your RYHSY Starter Kit Connect with Jen:Website | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter Jen's new book: Print, Pattern, Sew: Block-Printing Basics + Simple Sewing Projects for an Inspired Wardrobe RYHSY Ep. 10: Jen Hewett on Community Jen's CreativeBug classes Jen's fabric line with Cotton + Steel announcement

Jen Hewett is a print maker, textile design and teacher joining us in December to teach silkscreening. In this episode, we chat about her home studio, a day-in-the-life, her journey to textile design and how she originally fell for screen printing. Jen shares about the tools & materials found in her curated kit and the process her hands-on video walks through in next month's workshop.  Learn More: https://thecraftersbox.com/2017-12_featured-maker/

On this episode of Making Ways, we’re joined by printmaker, surface designer, author, and teacher Jen Hewett. Jen’s path is a winding one. She began her career working in education, started a stationery business, later moved into the technology world doing HR and operations for an e-learning company, and only recently began pursuing her creative passions full time. Today, Jen creates highly tactile, visually layered printed textiles for both big clients and personal commissions, and her stunning artwork has been shown in galleries around the country. She also teaches a number of popular classes, both online and in person. During our conversation, Jen shares missteps she made with her first business in her 20s and discusses the breakthrough moments when she started to experiment with printmaking and selling her goods on Etsy. Hear all about Jen’s unexpected journey to her multifaceted creative career, on this week’s episode of Making Ways.

In this short bonus episode of Making Ways, guest Jen Hewett walks you through the process for screenprinting and block (or relief) printing. For anyone curious about the nuts and bolts of printmaking or interested in diving into producing work themselves––this three-minute bonus episode is for you.

Today's podcast guest is Jen Hewett. Living in San Francisco, Jen is a printmaker, surface designer, textile artist, teacher and mother to Gus, her adorable dog. During our discussion, we talk about her personal challenges such as Print, Pattern, Sew along with her 52 Weeks of Printmaking. We delve into the importance of self confidence while making, the sensitivity to nuance created when in between "worlds", how anxiety can shape creative work, and more. I hope you enjoy our conversation. For more information about this episode (including show notes), please check out my website.    Podcast music by Mekanism Sound.   Special thanks to Hunter's Design Studio for sponsoring this episode (and check out her latest quilt pattern: a tribute to Carrie Fisher and General Organa with proceeds going to ChickTech)

Today’s episode is the first in a new series focused on those who teach their craft to others and it brought me to the studio of Jen Hewett in San Francisco a few weeks ago. Jen is an illustrator, printmaker and surface designer who has been teaching block printing to others over the last several years and she has just recently transitioned to working on her art full time. I was, of course, curious to see how adding the element of teaching to her business model made that transition possible. In the interview we talk about some of the issues that come up around teaching others to do what you do and why Jen actually wants to see her students open their own block printing shops and studios. She also chats very candidly about how she sets boundaries regarding her time and skills, how she's committing to breaking out of her routines this year and much more. You can find the full episode + show notes at creatingyourownpath.com.

This week on Raise your Hand Say Yes, I was thrilled to chat with my friend, Jen Hewett. Jen is an HR Consultant by day and a textile designer and artist by weekend and night and all the time in between.  What I thought would be a conversation about paying the bills quickly turned into a conversation about everything else, including finding your own creative community, something that I hear so many people say they are craving! We also talked about how to find time to make your creative work and what to do when things go wrong.  Show Notes: Connect with Jen: Website | Blog | Shop | Twitter | Instagram Jen's 52 Weeks of Printmaking Project Jen's new collection Jen's Kickstarter   Jen's Block Printing E-Course

This week on Raise your Hand Say Yes, I was thrilled to chat with my friend, Jen Hewett. Jen is an HR Consultant by day and a textile designer and artist by weekend and night and all the time in between.  What I thought would be a conversation about paying the bills quickly turned into a conversation about everything else, including finding your own creative community, something that I hear so many people say they are craving! We also talked about how to find time to make your creative work and what to do when things go wrong.  Show Notes: Connect with Jen: Website | Blog | Shop | Twitter | Instagram Jen's 52 Weeks of Printmaking Project Jen's new collection Jen's Kickstarter   Jen's Block Printing E-Course