Art Muse Podcast

This episode will enchant you with the world of paper floristry and sculpture. Artist and workshop owner Carrissa Wu from Jotterbook Flowers joins host Liana Berry to share the insights, tips and passion of her craft. Carissa has a gentle, affirming and grounded approach to all that she does, prioritising relationship and connection and fostering awe through both her workshops and her artist installations. Carissa’s sculptures posi...

Ever been excited to learn something new and then started only to be confronted by feeling terrible at it? It wasn’t the picture you had in your mind was it? This episode is all about normalising the creative visions we have, the feelings of vulnerability and the ups and downs of learning. Host Liana reflects on the role of mastery in wellbeing, the choices we have in skill building and learning and the value in imagination regardl...

In this episode Pia Jones generously shares her insights and wisdom as a creative arts psychotherapist and author on the topics of fairytale, folklore, myth and storytelling.  A dynamic conversation explores how we make meaning, find commonality and express our inner-worlds; including our pain, grief and yearning through storytelling. Pia shares the creativity that fairytale and folklore has at its core and how this can be utilised...

It’s all about perspective isn’t it? I mean it’s all we have, the lens through which we see the world; shaped by our experiences, our emotions, our social and cultural contexts. In this episode host Liana dives into the relationship between creativity and perspective. Including how it’s a core foundation for empathy. She curiously unpacks how our perspective sustains the way we connect and relate and how you can use art-making to c...

This episode unpacks the experiences of early career artist Rebecca Hepworth as she shares her creative practice as a painter, illustrator and prophetic artist. Topics include studying visual arts, forging identity and building creative habit as well as artmaking beyond inspiration and interweaving faith. Rebecca graciously shares her insights, her encouragement and her grounded perspective. An thought provoking and warm conversati...

Do you struggle with creative habits and making your art a routine? Perhaps it is always on your to do list but never gets done. First things first, you are in good company.  This episode muses over the drive we have to create new habits, the barriers we experience in successfully making them and explores how re-framing perspective, considering your creative values as well as cycles can unbind you from the pressure to make and crea...

Rounding out season two is a Q & A episode. Host Liana Berry answers some of your burning questions about art therapy, creativity and herself! Lured in by the complex, dominant and prevalent human experience of inner criticism, Liana spends the first part of the episode walking you through practical ways to approach, understand and work with that relentless voice so you can get to what you want to do most, make art. Whilst she ...

Joelie Russell is an environmental activist and artist working from the Cocos Keeling Islands. In this episode she chats with host Liana Berry about transforming plastic rope and debris into beautiful hand woven baskets and earrings. She shares how this process has nourished her with much needed inspiration and hope and become a key  way to share the stories and call to action for what she loves most; the ocean and the earth.  Joel...

Join host Liana Berry as she muses over the little and localized ways art creates change, spreads kindness and has impact on the things that matter. She brainstorms ways that you can use art as a form of activism in community, kindness and environmental contexts from fundraisers, felt hearts, elephant blankets and themed artworks. It's a diverse topic and one that will hopefully inspire you, empower you and reignite your hope.

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There’s something irresistible and enchanting about hand printed cards, notebooks and inspiration decks; products made from a magical, old world slowness and precision with press machines close to a century old. This episodes guest is Emily Shingleton from The Little Press; a specialist letter press printer, artist and shop owner. She will have you falling in love with meticulous making, paper and hand writing. Pour some tea, grab ...

The pace of art is, well, slow. Yes, Yes I know its not what you wanted to hear. And whilst we have all (at times) been engulfed in inspiration, striding through creativity with unrelenting force, creativity has a fundamentally slow pace. From the physical processes themselves to the ways we find inspiration and process and express our inner landscapes: it’s a long journey. A life-time in fact and one that benefits richly from slow...

Good pairings might include pears and cheese, boots and puddles, flowers and glass, snow and scarves, but what about poetry and medicine? Join us for episode 20 with Loredana Poloska-Knit as she discusses the interweaving of her life as a doctor and poet. Loredana advocates to never give up something you love for something else, that each of  us has poetry potential and that all projects can have a multitude of purposes. She genero...

A courageous musing into the layered and conceptual world of language and words. Host Liana Berry discusses the value, challenge and nuance of language in expression and how it can be harnessed in creative process. the episode will introduce you to symbolism and it’s duality as an individualized and unifying form and how to identify, generate and express symbolic artwork by utilizing words and dialoguing with your artwork.

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Join a worldly chat with well traveled papier-mâché sculptor and artist Osa Rosti. Osa shares her processes, inspiration and the deep connection she has with her craft. Purpose, joy and encouragement weave their way through Osa’s conversation with host Liana Berry as they discuss the transformative qualities, the unexpected artisan history and the magic of papier-mâché. Osa and Liana try to articulate the complex feelings of a crea...

A well worn promise, transformation is readily coupled with the process of art-making and creative soul searching. But just how does transformation happen in art-making? what does it actually look like and can you elicit it? Perhaps transformation is as slow as evolution. Join host Liana Berry as she muses over one of healing arts biggest secrets; how art transforms you.

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An interview with family photographer Cat Timms brings rise to musings on authenticity, play and finding your creativity. We discuss the importance of capturing joy, our ongoing desire to memoralise the people and moments we care about and that the path to knowing yourself is a slow one. Cat is also a strong advocate for small business, women and motherhood and this shines through in her interview. Get to know Cat a little more, or...

From 10 reasons why you should make art with family (a.k.a anyone you have a connection with), to explaining the differences between collaborative and parallel approaches to art making with others. Host Liana spends episode fifteen exploring some of the depths and discoveries of relational art-making and the things to consider and embrace on the journey. 

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Episode 14 is an interview with artist, slow fashion designer, educator and  contemplative soul; Leuca Jane Zimmons. Leuca and host Liana Berry discuss breaking and challenging self and socially attributed definitions in order to embrace a creative practice that encompasses multiplicity. Leuca reflects on balancing the work of the runway with intimate art exhibitions (aptly likened to tea for one) whilst feeding her desire for posi...