The Maker's Story - Issue One - Digital Edition
The Maker's Story is a community of creatives from across the globe. They’re painters, fibre artists, embroiderers, textile artists, ceramic artists, graphic designers… people creating wonderful things. Here, you can hear the messages and stories behind their creations, discover why they started and what they've learned along the way.
The Maker’s Story - Issue One feature 14 artists from different corners of the world. This is a digital edition of the print magazine. After purchase, you can download the magazine as a PDF. The link will expire after 24 hours. The file large, so is best downloaded on a computer.
Read more about the feature artists and contributors below!
Feature artists include:
• Charlotte Guest: A PhD student and bookseller, turned painter who picked up the paintbrush at a time when she needed it most. She hasn’t looked back since. Geelong, Australia. Photographed by Benjamin Hoffman.
Location: Geelong, Australia
• Kate Marshall: With the universe on her side, this Australian artist was able to make the leap from her job as a primary school teacher, to taking her love for art to the next level.
Location: Wagga Wagga, Australia
• Emily Day: Mother to a rescue dog and a young daughter, Emily is a full-time artist based in Brisbane, Australia. Originally studying and working in architecture throughout her twenties, painting is now her full-time gig.
Location: Brisbane, Australia
• Ashley Morales: Embracing imperfection is one of Ashley’s favourite things about pottery. The mother-of-two shares how her journey started in the midst of the pandemic and how she juggles her creativity in her busy life. Photographed by Christian Barkla.
Location: Bendigo, Australia
• Heidi Koers: Heidi’s children didn’t enjoy school photographs… so she decided to embroider their portraits instead.
Location: Haarlem, Netherlands.
• Michelle Fitzgerald: As a hobby sewist in her teenage years, Michelle struggled to find corset patterns for the late Victorian silhouettes she loved best. So she started making them herself.
Location: Denver, United States
• Rachael Mayne: This Kiwi artist’s paintings make us what to step right into them. Created in her home studio, the landscapes are influenced by flowering meadows she has passed, flowers in vases around her home, and inspiring pictures she has stumbled across online.
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
• Chelsea Baker: For Australian artist Chelsea Baker, seedpods are her canvas. She shares why her focus is to uncover the unseen and disregard treasures in the environment that are often overlooked in daily life. Photographed by Studio Bitsy.
Location: Toowoomba, Australia
• Franziska Wiedemann: This German artist’s latest collection has all the retro vibes. A collaboration with ceramist Nela from Mion Arts, Franziska’s beaded jewellery has been inspired by all things sweet and summer vacation shots from the 60s and 70s.
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
• Lina Gordievsky: Inspired by childhood memories of being in nature and the landscapes she sees around her today, Lina’s artworks depict stunning meadows and misty mornings.
Location: New England, United States
• Abby Lynne: Earlier this year we spoke to artist Abby Lynne and thought it would be lovely to check back in with her. We spoke about what has been inspiring her lately and took a step back to learn why she started painting in the first place.
Location: Northern Carolina, United States
Contributing writers include:
• Domenique Serfontein: Domenique has put pen to paper to share with us pockets full of lessons from her studio, including how to translate inspiration into visual stories, the importance of making time for intuitive drawing, and knowing when a story needs a voice.
Location: Wicklow, Ireland
• Jacklyn Foster: Jacklyn shares her journey to being a full-time artist, and how to survive in this creative world.
Location: Geelong, Australia
• Alina Buffiere: Studying for 12 years and earning a PhD in the field of engineering before becoming an artist, Alina has a lot to share on finding your path.
Location: The Hague, Netherlands
The 108-page magazine (incl. cover) is also a celebration of the first 12 months of The Maker’s Story website. Over this first year, over 60 creatives from across the globe shared their stories with us. Each of these makers also feature in this special birthday celebration issue with their name, a short paragraph, photograph, their location and Instagram.
I hope you find inspiration in these pages, and learn and connect with the talented women who feature.
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