Posts Tagged ‘Hello Atelier’
Hello Atelier | Keeping Time with Maiko Kuzunishi
This week we welcome Maiko Kuzunishi to Hello Atelier. Ten years ago, while designing screenprints, Kuzunishi stumbled across a product that would change her business – a simple clock. Since then she has challenged herself to take clock design as far as she can, incorporating whimsical creatures and flowers with graphic lines to create stunning…
Read MoreHello Atelier | Freya North and Her Caravan of Characters
In a small white building in the midst of the Hertfordshire, England, countryside, best-selling author Freya North works studiously day after day, bringing life to her caravan of characters. Now with 14 novels to her name, North doesn’t think of herself as creating the characters, but acting as an antennae through which fully formed stories flow.…
Read MoreHello Atelier | A Sculptor With a Vision as Big as Her Art
This week we welcome Alanna Derocchi to the show. Alanna has become known for her large-scale sculptural pieces of animals; walrus, hippos, even tapirs. But, an artist is always in evolution, and in this episode Derocchi talks with us about finding her artistic voice and transitioning her vision – even if it means alienating some…
Read MoreHello Atelier | Painting the Music
This week, we welcome Melissa McCracken to Hello Atelier. Melissa paints songs. Specifically, she paints the colors that she sees while listening to songs. Melissa has synesthesia, a neurological condition which, in her case, causes her to visualize colors when listening to music. Through her paintings, Melissa tries to share what she experiences. To grab…
Read MoreHello Atelier | Playing Chicken with City Girl Farm
Sally Jane Linville has a mission: she wants to bring a little bit of farm life into everyone’s home. How? Through chickens of course! And not just any chickens, but her fabulous fiber chicken footstools. These locally sourced chickens balance the line between sculptural and functional art, and are created by a community of artists…
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