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Artist Highlight: Minifi’s Oddities
Fiona Holmes is the artist behind Minifi’s Oddities, specialising in original illustrations and linocut prints. We sat down with Fiona to chat about what inspired her creativity, how 'hands-on' craft brings her closer to folk traditions and how the linocut process helps her to reconnect with herself.
Artist Highlight: Vic Jay Art
We sat down with Vic Jay to discuss her beautiful corn dolly artwork and projects. We chatted about the folklore behind corn dollies, how being more 'hands-on' with ancient crafts is beneficial for modern mental wellbeing and where her creativity stems from.
Artist Highlight Morgana Weeks - Wabi-Sabi Creations
Morgana Weeks is the artist behind Wabi-Sabi Creations. Heavily influenced by folklore, myths, and legends, Northern Folklore Archive had the honour of sitting down with Morgana to chat about her work, folklore influences, how accessibly the folk community is and being inspired by local history.
Artist Highlight: Pickled Pennies Prints
Introducing Pickled Pennies Prints! We sat down with Alice and discussed how creativity manifested itself in her life, how much influence folklore has on her creative projects, if she finds inspiration from the North of the U.K. and the benefits that her artistic processes has on her mental wellbeing.
Stevyn Colgan: Artist, Author and Folklorist
Kicking off his career as a writer and researcher for BBC TV show QI and sister shows on radio and podcast, The Museum of Curiosity and No Such Thing as a Fish, Northern Folklore Archive had the absolute pleasure of chatting to author, artist and folklorist Stevyn Colgan.
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