Welcome to Crafting Voices. The Crafting Voices is an audio program that focuses on American craft and those individuals who spend their lives creating, promoting, and collecting American craft.

Partly inspired by the Chicago Public Radio program, "This American Life", each show has a theme and features interviews with working artists and professional craftspeople...

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Episode Guide& Season 105 Jun 2007 08:04 pm

Into the Garden

Whether your thumb is green or brown, almost everyone has a fascination with gardens, flowers, and nature. There have been countless artists who have used gardens and nature as an inspiration for your work. On today’s show, we’re looking at art inspired by nature and gardening.

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Episode Guide& Season 110 May 2007 02:36 am

Women’s Work

Back in the day, little girls were expected to learn how to sew, how knit, how to embroider, and how to quilt, because it was part of the skills women needed in order to run their households. With the advent of mass produced clothing and home products, the necessity of knowing traditional “women’s” skills became less important, and for a time, knitting and sewing seemed to be terribly “old fashioned” and almost hokey. Not so anymore. Books and videos on quilting and knitting has exploded…and there is a revival of the old fashioned sewing or knitting circle - with a modern edge. And you’re likely to find more than just lady-like doilies and baby booties…today’s generation of knitters, quilters, and embroiders are creating amazing things. On today’s show, we’re looking at Women’s Work - the traditional domestic skills of sewing, embroidery, and knitting and how today’s artists are using these skills to make incredible art.

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Episode Guide& Season 124 Apr 2007 03:30 pm

Inspiration

One question that artists are always getting is, “Where do you get all of your ideas?”. In reality, I’ve found that some of the most incredible artists are inspired by some of the most unremarkable and everyday things. On this week’s show, I’ll be exploring how artists become inspired, what gave them their “aha” moment, and how they stay inspired.

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Episode Guide& Season 117 Apr 2007 02:00 pm

The Transformation of Trash

The most we ever think about trash…if we ever really think about it at all…is that we
have to put it out on the curb on Thursday nights so it can be picked up early the next morning. Most of our awareness about the things we discard stops at the trash can at the curb. There are a number of artists who use what we throw away to create their art and are breathing new life into the things that we consider trash. In celebration of Earth Day this first episode of Season 1 of Crafting Voices, we’ll look at three artists who use discarded materials to create their work and how they transform trash into a thing of beauty.

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Episode Guide& Pilot Episodes14 Sep 2006 11:28 pm

So You Want to Own a Gallery?

Most things in life start with a passion for something. If you enjoy entertaining and welcoming guests, you’ve probably dreamed about opening a bed and breakfast. If cooking is your passion, you may harbor secret fantasies about opening your own restaurant. And if you have a passion for art, chances are that you’ve probably daydreamed about opening your own gallery. So what happens when someone decides to take their daydreams and make them into reality? In this episode, I’ll talk to three gallery owners, each in three different stages of their business and find out what happens when they take their dreams and make them a reality.

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Episode Guide& Pilot Episodes17 Aug 2006 08:07 pm

Open Studio

For this episode, I decided to start close to home. In Norfolk, Virginia, there is an art center called d’Art Center. Here, artists rent studio space and all of their studios are open to the public. Visitors can watch artists work and learn a bit about the different mediums represented at the center. In this episode, I talk to the artists and learn what it’s like to work in the public eye.

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