Michele D'Avenia
What was the point in time when you knew that you wanted to be an artist? Ever since I was a child, I have always been attracted to drawing. I…
Linda Coomber
Explain what led you to basket weaving? My interest in basketry and fibre art is a mid-life phenomenon that grew out of a need and into a passion.…
Loren Eiferman
How overwhelmed do you feel about the environment we are passing onto the next generation? As with most of my circle, I feel very stressed about…
Julie Payne
You have been short listed for the Glover Prize on several occasions. Can you explain your work, and a little about the Glover Prize? The Glover…
Jacob Barfield
Comment on your statement, ‘Piecing the puzzle of life together through art and creativity.’ This statement is something I created to describe the…
Jaynie Crimmins
Can you firstly, discuss the importance of the original text in all your pieces? My source materials are integral to the conceptualization of a…
Anne Petters
Having been born in Dresden how has this affected your art, with movements from, Germany, to USA and finally England? Born in Dresden in 1978 I grew…
Veronica Hodges
You are currently living and working in Denmark, how did this come about? I am born a raised in Denmark. My father was American and my mother…
Kait Rhoads
Explain how spending six years on a boat in the Caribbean has influenced your work? I grew up, mostly underwater. The rhythm of the sea dictated my…
Richard Healy
Your work is divided in two parts, as a Sculptor and Memorial artist. Which came first? I studied fine art sculpture at the National College of Art…
Bob Quinn
Having had a career in advertising what lead you to take up full time sculpture? I always had an interest in sculpture, and illustration was part of…
Philip Walker
Explain the importance of both Qest and training with Alison Crowther. My scholarship funding from Qest provides an opportunity to have dedicated…
Patricia Shone
Your method is very manual and physical discuss.Forest Jar, 2021, height 23cm The feel of soft clay in my hands and between my fingers. Years of…
Silvy Weatherall
The Last Supper: How did this work come into life?The concept was born after my studio was flooded by heavy rain. When clearing it out, I found…
Barbara Nell Morejon
You have been working with textiles for over 30 years. When did you narrow it down to felt making? Felting became my sole focus in 2005 when I…
Julie Nelson
Can you discuss the importance of symbolism in your work? Symbols allow us to communicate without the barrier of language. They might mean different…
Julia Levander Drew
Can you expand on the terminology of fake taxidermy – fauxidermy? It was a good word to use in the beginning when I was mostly doing quirky and…
Susan Avishai
You have been working with textile waste for the past ten years. What lead you to this area of art? Inspiration. My mother died in 2009 and the sad…
David Higgins
You have had many residencies take two and expand on how the actual residency developed your art. It is hard to say which residency has impacted me…
Penelope McMorris
What made you change direction and start on a career in photography? It was more a matter of “discovering” photography than of changing careers. I…
Nicholas Lees
You have said, “I am intrigued in exploring the boundaries between shadows and light.” Discuss in relations to your current work. My current body of…
Sally Cleary
What lead you to Paris? I married a French man in 2014 and moved to Paris. It was unexpected but life changing. How has your Australian background…
Pamela Sunday
What, lead you to leap into ceramics full time? I entered the world of ceramic serendipitously. A group of friends were searching for creative ways…
Emma Rodgers
Can you expand on the importance of people, places and experiences in your life as an artist? People who have influenced me There have been so many…
Eva Ennist
Can you explain about your residency at Tartu? Your personal background with Estonia Your mother’s working gloves How these two aspects influenced…
Gjertrud Hals
Explain about your recent work with copper wire.EIR series, Knitted copper wire, Photo by Sjur Fedje For the last 2-3 years I have been working…
Helen McAllister
Explain about your training both PHD in Practice Design and MA in Embroidered Textiles. The Embroidery interest emerged in my final years in school.…
Norma Minkowitz
So many found objects and textiles, how did this combination come about? Early on in the 1970's my work was both knitted and crocheted in opaque…
Kerry Miller
Can you expand on several of your floral works? One of the first flower book sculptures I made was called “Plant Life of the Black Forest” where I…
Henry Jabbour
You use colour and very heavy brush strokes; how do you still capture such serenity? That is such an interesting question. I definitely don’t feel…
Susan Cutts
Are all, of your sculptures constructed in paper? Yes, I work solely in paper although having said that I have used tulle dipped in pulp for the…
Bruce Marks
Your Bird Series is about form, can you discuss the importance of human recognition of form and your bird series? I think that certain forms can…
David Oliveira
Your sculpture is just like a drawing. How did you come to this technique? I consider my sculptures drawings, or if you prefer 3D drawings. I was…
Georgie Seccull
How did you become involved in the Art of Dining exhibition at the NGV (National Gallery of Victoria)? Briefly discuss how the ‘whole’ table setting…
Charlene Foster
How influential was the Avon Place Glass in Cambridge, USA have on your early career? Avon Place Glass was the first hot shop I stepped foot into,…
Yasemen Hussein
What made you move from glass to metal? I actually started off my imagined career as a dancer, god did I want to be a dancer, but my parents were…
Deborah Duffin MRSS
The natural world has had a huge influence on your work. How can this be seen in two current works and one from the past. I began to look at the…
Preston Singletary
Can you expand how important, your glass art has been to your own Tlingit cultural heritage. I cannot claim that my work is any more important than…
Alison Crowther
Can you explain how you came to be working with wood, especially at such a large scale? I started working with wood whilst doing my first degree in…
Antonia Salmon
Can we discuss the interesting past you have and how it has led and developed into the work you do today? Labarinth Pattern Axe Head Both my…
Ray Besserdin
With years of working with paper, Ray Besserdin's paper truly becomes sculpture Zoneone Arts brings Ray Besserdin to you… Can you discuss and compare…
Muffy Clark Gill
Takes the old craft of batik; into contemporary art, giving it an new life. Zoneone Arts brings Muffy Clark Gill to you… I first discovered…
Jan Huling
Jan Huling, New York, USA Beads, beads and more beads make up the art by Jan Huling. Zoneone Arts brings Jan Huling to you… What lead you to beads?…
Yevgeniya Kaganovich
Yevgeniya Kaganovich, Milwaukee, USA How does Kaganovich find the time? With this complex mix, Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Art…
Tasha Lewis
Tasha Lewis, New York, USA Tasha Lewis explains how she showed her art around the world. The Swam went from the South Pole to her home city, New…
Peter Hayes Bath
Your studio is in a very ‘special’ place can you share your studio and showroom with us? I converted the old toll house on Cleveland Bridge into a…
Karen LaMonte
Rather than ask Karen LaMonte to repeat herself by answering my questions Zoneone Arts knows you will be enthralled by watching the video as Karen…
Francesca Vitali
How did you first become involved with paper? I have always folded paper since I was a kid. My parents' store, among other things used to run a lotto…
Carol Milne
Although it seems absurd, as an artist, I am much more interested and involved in the act of creation over the finished product. And it makes me…
Catherine Greene
Your work can be found around the world, where is one of the least expected paces you thought it would end up in? There is work of mine in many…