Creative-Me-Podcast

We finish off this year with a brand new episode featuring trained Potterer Jo Morgan aka (Joseph Morgan Ceramics) During our conversation I spoke with Joe about his journey from his initial interest in illustration to his exploration into ceramics and pottery, his experiences being an independent business owner and creative and some good words of wisdom in between. I had a great time catching up...

After a long break Creative Me Podcast is back with a brand new episode featuring Mahin Hussain who is a print designer & visual artist. Originally from Pakistan Mahin moved to Aberdeen with her family in late 2019. I've been following Mahin and her work for a number of years now, so it was great to have the opportunity to talk with her about her creative journey, and the cultural inspirations tha...

Creative Me Podcast is back with a brand new conversation, this episode was made possible by Lauren La Rose and the Disability Arts Online Team for their online content takeover series. And features visual artist Rudy Khanye. During over conversation we spoke about Rudy's recent and first solo exhibition, Composition with Red and Yellow that took place in Aberdeen last month at the Look Again Proj...

To mark five years of Creative Me Podcast. I thought it would be great to catch up with the very first guest I had on the podcast back in November 2017 Ever since I met Gary his not only been good people, but has actively been doing some great work via Doric Skateboards and is also passionate about Aberdeen and changing the "nothing ever happens here" narrative We had a good reflective chat about...

Welcome back to Creative Me Podcast we kick off a new series of conversations with episode 114 featuring award winning Journalist and Author Tasnim Nazeer. I first became aware of Tasnim and her work back in 2020, so it was great to have the time to speak with Tasnim about her work, the importance of representation within journalism and what it means to break the glass ceiling. Big thanks to Tasni...

Episode 113 is with musician Matt Hickman better known as Brown Bear. I connected with Matt online two years ago, so it was great to finally record this conversation as we touched on quite a lot during this episode including how this all started for Matt, the current climate of the Scottish music industry, being a musician of colour in Scotland and the importance of identity and culture, and stayi...

Episode 112 is with Constantine Zeus and his writing partner Emiliy-Rose. Constantine first featured on the podcast back in 2018 on episode 13 so it was great to get a catch up with him after all this time. During our conversation I found out more about how Constantine and Emiliy-Rose met and began to work with each other on the Jazz Mafia Project Volume 2, and how this was developed into a tourin...

Episode 111 features local actress Danielle Jam. I've been following Danielle and her work for a while now, so it was great to get a catch up with her to talk about how she developed an interest in acting, and some of the projects she's been involved over the years. A huge thanks to Danielle for coming on the podcast and sharing her story with us. She's clearly doing great work and is a local tale...

In our third and final episode in partnership with North Lands Creative featuring artists participating in this year's #Collect2022 International Art Fair for Modern Craft and Design. I sat down with artist Jahday Ford who is based in Manchester. Jahday's work specialises in hot glass and mould design. Using the combination of glass blowing and digital design the materiality of his glass objects c...

In our second episode in partnership with North Lands Creative featuring artists participating in this year's #Collect2022 International Art Fair for Modern Craft and Design. I sat down with artist Te Rongo Kirkwood who is based in Auckland New Zealand. Her work fuses glass, textiles and other media creating sculptural artworks and personal adornment that are a contemporary expression of Maori ide...

In partnership with North lands Creative I'm pleased to bring you a selection of new conversations with three talented artists who are being represented by North Lands Creative for the Collect International art fair for modern craft and design. Our first episode features Magdalene Odundo an artist based in England who specialises in ceramics. It was great to speak with Magdalene about identity, cu...

In partnership with Applied Arts Scotland Creative Me Podcast brings you a four part series of podcasts with participants involved in The DISTANCE Project (Digital Immersive Technologies and Craft Engagement) which is a multi-stage project that offers makers opportunities to collaborate and to share experiences and objects in new and exciting ways through immersive digital technologies. DISTANCE b...

In the second episode in our series of conversations with participants involved in the Distance Project I sat down with Aubin Stewart, Chris Donnelly, and Niela Nell Kalra to discuss their involvement in the project, the journey they went on and how this impacted and influenced their individual practices. It was great to gain an insight into how they navigated using immersive technologies for the...

In the third episode of our series of conversations with participants who took part in the Distance Project I sat down with Carrie Fertig, Clare Waddle one half Yellow Broom Lighting, and Mariam Syed to discuss how the project has impacted on their individual practices and how this new technological experience can potentially shape future projects. I want to thank Carrie, Claire, and Mariam for co...

In the final episode of in the series of conversations with participants involved in the DISATNCE Project I sat down with Ann-Marie Shillito, and Maija Nygren. We discussed how they both navigated using immersive technologies in a dedicated online space and how they this experience has provided them both with new and interesting learning opportunities. I really enjoyed this conversation and it was...

This is the second and final episode of the citymoves dance live festival podcasts. I was lucky enough to have a nice conversation with Glasgow based performer Jian Yi. We discussed their early inspirations, the thought processes involved in their practice and their performance for the festival called Weathervanes. It was great to catch up with Jian for these series of podcasts. He'll be performin...

We have partnered up with citymoves for the Dance Live Festival again to bring you a couple of podcast episodes with some of this year's performers. For today's episode I sat down with choreographer and performer Fleur Darkin. It was a great opportunity to find out a bit more about what motivates Fleur in her practice and where her work has taken her over the years, and the important conversations...

So here it is the official 100th episode of Creative Me Podcast. I thought I'd record a mini pod to reflect not only on the podcast, but also the friendships and other opportunities and experiences this has led me to over the years. You'll notice that on our episode list that two part episodes count as one, hence why this is the "official" 100th episode, strange thinking I know 😅 On the 5th Novem...

Episode 99 of the podcast is with local digital artist Natasha Falconer. During our conversation we spoke about how last year impacted on Natasha's work and life in general. The importance of identity and culture and how this can have such a significant impact on the creative practice. I really enjoyed this chat and brings it back to what the podcast is all about amplifying the voices of artists a...

Hey people just dropping a quick episode to give you an update on why there hasn't been any new episodes of the podcast this year. A lot going on at the moment. But it's good to be back to check in with you all. Part of this episode was recorded at my studio space at the anatomy rooms and at home towards the end, so apologies for the change in sound quality during this episode. Thanks again to eve...

Our final conversation in the Glass Lives Week podcasts is with Choi Keeryong who is a glass artist and lecturer originally from South Korea who has been residing in Edinburgh for fourteen years. Choi was initially studying fine art in Korea before he became interested in working with glass. We spoke about how his experiences living and working in Scotland has influenced his work and how this crea...

Our fifth episode in Glass Lives Week is with glass artist and lecturer Jessamy Kelly who is based in Edinburgh who works in kiln glass combined with ceramics. During the episode we discussed her early influences and her initial interest in ceramics which subsequently changed once she developed an interest and connection in working with glass. We also spoke about how she developed a career in educ...

We continue the conversation in the Glass Lives Week with Hannah Gibson who specialises in casting glass. A geologist originally from North Wales who has been residing in Scotland for a number of years Hannah’s work is very much rooted in sustainability and working with recycled glass. We also discussed the process involved with casting onto small lego figures which Hannah sees as an universally i...

The third episode in Glass Lives Week podcast series is with artist and musician Moulyae Niang who is based in Venice. We spoke about Moulaye growing up in a family of artists and musicians which has clearly had a huge influence on him. We also spoke about how he developed a passion for working with Murano glass and the everyday experiences which inspire and influence his work, and how the pandemi...

Episode two is with artist and glass blower Chris Day. We spoke about Chris engagement with art developing at a later stage in his life, being an artist of mixed English and Jamaican parentage and what it means to be black in the UK. Which he also explored further this year with his first solo exhibition Blown, Bound and Bold. https://www.chrisdayglass.com/ https://www.instagram.com/christopherday...