The Maker's Story - Issue Two | 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 Two features 12 artists from New Zealand, Australia, the US, UK, France, Ireland and Russia.
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Read more about the feature artists and contributors below!
Feature artists include:
• Domenique Serfontein: Like many creatives, Domenique from Maiden Moose is no stranger to knowing the value of social media for small business owners. But it can often be daunting to know how to use it to propel your work forward, while not getting swept up in it all. In Issue Two, Domenique shares a few things she has learned along the way about sharing your work with the real world
Location: Wicklow, Ireland
• Elena Zaycman: Stained glass doesn’t have to only be admired when looking up at a cathedral, this artist is bringing her fun and colourful creations into the home.
Location: St. Petersburg, Russia
• Elishia Jackson: This artist quickly realised that there was nothing else that moved her to paint quite like an interesting face. Drawn especially to people who belong to a culture other than her own, Elishia’s paintings often depict people in their traditional dress and adornment. She also crafts vases and vessels from string.
Location: Victoria, Australia
• Emma Lock: Emma is a big believer in finding a community as an artist. She shares her thoughts on this as well as how her impressionistic paintings come into being.
Location: Suffolk, United Kingdom
• Georgie Daphne: Georgie started her journey as an artist after exhibiting solo at a local gallery in Melbourne, Victoria. But she still finds it difficult to call herself an artist.
Location: Western Australia
• Jessica Ennor: There’s something special about using threads of cotton and wool to weave together an artwork. And for Jessica Ennor, it is even more special when she can incorporate sustainable, locally-grown flora into her pieces.
Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
• Laure Forêt: As an artist, one of Laure’s favourite things is to solve problems – if she sees something or gets an idea in her head, she will make sure she can bring it to life. ‘Micromosaics’ is one example of this.
Location: France
• Leah Vivienne: You will find Leah creating textiles in her studio on a small vineyard in Martinborough on New Zealand’s South Island. She shares what she loves about working with wool, and how she got started making.
Location: Martinborough, New Zealand
• Liza MacKinnon: Paper and cotton might not seem like the likely recipe for stitching together a dress, but for this artist it is exactly the two things she needs.
Location: Kansas, United States
• Louisa Schmolke: This artist believes we shouldn’t be apologising on our social media platforms for not being present, or sharing enough of their creative process. Instead, she says to just get making.
Location: London, United Kingdom
• Morgan Goodwin: Inspiration is something that Morgan Goodwin jumps at whenever it shows itself, and creating on the canvas then becomes like putting together a puzzle.
Location: Texas, United States
• Sierra Roberts: Sierra Roberts is an artist based in beautiful Wānaka, New Zealand, best known for her hyper detailed portraits and bold colours. Inside Issue Two, Sierra shares how travel has influenced the faces she paints onto her canvases and how Frida Kahlo has inspired pieces from her 'Frida Collection'.
Location: Wānaka, New Zealand