Authentic Obsessions

• Sarah Haskell - Loose Thread: Let It Be Dangling

  Let the loose thread be dangling! Born and raised in New England, Sarah Haskell has a BFA in Textile Design from RISD and a Masters of Art and Healing from Wisdom University.  As a seeker, maker and creative pathfinder her medium is most often thread, investigating the mystery of encoded fabrics and the hidden language of cloth.Sarah talks about the soothing nature of weaving, the importance of community involvement, how the natural world and its objects (rocks, shells, pinecones) speak to her, and making work that you yourself need to see. Sarah uses embroidery, weaving, and natural dyes to explore personal truth and universal wisdom. I love how she describes her obsession as taking separate objects and putting them together in an organized structure that other people can respond to. She creates a structure from things that are chaotic.Takeaways:A sketchbook is a repository for your dreams, thoughts and ideas - all of it, everything!Weaving is a full body process.Thread is elemental- almost like DNA.Approach everything with an awareness of all the things we can see and those that we cannot.Make the work you need.Find a way to raise up all the boats in the harbor.Take off the backpack of self-doubt and keep forging ahead.Sarah HaskellSarah Haskell on InstagramSarah Haskell on FacebookMolly Meng

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• Melissa Guido - Pushing A Boundary

  Melissa Guido is a multidisciplinary printmaker and illustrator whose work draws inspiration from fashion and costume design of the 1920’s. Melissa is currently living in Iceland for 9 months under a Student Fulbright Open/Study Research Grant where she is exploring Iceland’s sustainable textile practices and unique plant sources for natural dyeing. During our conversation Melissa talks about digital art, the magic of Iceland, the collaborative nature of printmaking and some surprising revelations about rulers and paper cutters. Her obsession with pushing boundaries is evident in her printing work –screen printing, letterpress, etching, lithography, and relief printing – as well as her current creative pursuits focused on traditional textile arts, natural dyeing, embroidery, weaving, and knitting.As the co-founder of Sourwood Press, a design and printing studio established with Brittany Emerson, Melissa leads a female-run business specializing in designing, producing, and selling products such as bandanas, stationery, and tote bags. Sourwood Press also collaborates with designers and businesses to create bespoke printed goods and products. TakeawaysWhat is the best possible way to make a piece shine?My skills were built over having lots of mistakes.Stay curious about tactile skills.Don’t ever wish your life away.Melissa GuidoMelissa Guido on InstagramSourwood Press on EtsyPeter Hristoff on InstagramChelsea CardinalLarry B WrightCharles YoderJillian Tamaki graphic novelistDafi Kühne on InstagramHamilton Wood Type MuseumPressing On: The Letterpress FilmNew York Collage EnsembleFulbright Student Fulbright Open/Study Research Grant

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• Elizabeth DeJure Wood - Bulbous Forms & Mysticism

  Artist, teacher, collector, and storyteller Molly Meng interviews artist and illustrator Elizabeth DeJure Wood for today’s episode. They discuss the authenticity of non-human animals, being fully present, generating ideas and limiting options.Elizabeth has a creative background in ceramics, graphic design, illustration, and fine art. She loves drawing every day and enjoys developing novel visual solutions for clients. Molly and Elizabeth met in the beautiful coastal town of Portsmouth New Hampshire where they both reside.TakeawaysAnimals are inherently authentic.Staring into space is important for your creative life.An extended eye to eye with an eel makes an impact.Being fully present in the moment to moment makes a really great life.Keep your instruments or tools of play in sight so you can express yourself fully whenever you need.Generating ideas often come during the ordinary moments and while moving our bodies.Limiting options in the media you use helps with discipline and getting into a more regular art practice.Elizabeth DeJure WoodElizabeth DeJure Wood on InstagramElizabeth DeJure Wood on YouTubeElizabeth DeJure Wood on LinkedInElizabeth DeJure Wood on BlueskyElizabeth DeJure Wood on PinterestMolly Meng

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• Sarah Pedlow - Honoring the Overlooked

  SarahPedlow, founder of ThreadWritten, is an artist working with embroidery and cultural preservation through workshops, textile travel tours, and fine art. ThreadWritten supports women artisans, traditional textile practices, and the preservation of heritage through research, education, and the cultivation of a global community of makers.While participating in an artist’s residency in Budapest, Hungary in 2009, Sarah fell in love with Hungarian embroidery and clothing during a visit to the Ethnographic Museum. The experience led her to seek out women embroidering in the written style in Transylvania, Romania, and start ThreadWritten in 2012, first with artisan-made bags and pillows. Since 2014 she has focused on education, lecturing, and teaching cultural embroidery workshops. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, she moved to Amsterdam, NL, in 2019, and to Rotterdam this year.TakeawaysNotice what feels nourishing to you. Keep your antenna up and remain curious and creative.Each part enriches the other part.Keep the channel open – the gist of a longer quote by Martha Graham“A miracle is a shift in perception.” Marianne WilliamsonSarah PedlowSarah Pedlow on InstagramThreadWrittenThreadWritten on InstagramTim IngoldA brush with…podcastMuseum of Ethnography, Budapest

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• Krista V. Allenstein - French Culture

  Krista V. Allenstein, Midwest Optimistic Artist, loves neon signs, old buildings, dollhouses and the culinary delights of Kwik Trip. She loves painting things often overlooked as beautiful. Monkeying around with words and phrases makes her especially happy. Krista often wishes she had a camera in her eyeball so she could share how she sees the world. Her paintings attempt to make that wish a reality. During our conversation Krista talks about embracing chaos, being uncomfortable with compliments, middle-age anonymity and invisibility, and the crippling nature of looking backwards. Krista is a true Francophile who would move to Paris if she could get away with it. She embraces and reveals all the parts of her authentic self – from her contagious optimism and positivity to her control freak tendencies.A graduate of the School of Visual Arts (NYC), Krista has had the opportunity to participate in exhibitions at the Lakefront Festival of the Arts (In 2023 as the featured poster artist), Des Moines Arts Festival, Columbus Arts Festival, Oconomowoc Arts Festival, Madison Art Fair On the Square, Cincinnati Artfest, Free Range Art, Frank Juarez Gallery, Gallery 2622, MARN Gallery, 2020 Wisconsin Artist Biennial, and a 2019-2020 ARTservancy and MARN mentor/mentee appointments.TakeawaysSee the world not the way it is but the way you prefer it to be.Tightly controlled situations aren't that interesting.You have two choices. You could live your life being scared something terrible is going to happen again, or you could just live your life and assume it's not going to.You’re exactly how you’re supposed to be whether you like it or not.The key to successful art is when people know that you mean exactly what you put out there and you're not trying to be someone else, you’re not trying to say something you don't mean. People respond to that kind of authenticity.Krista V. AllensteinAmélieThe Regal Find, Madison, WisconsinNews in Slow FrenchFinch  

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