{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a012fd12ba0ef2cca86ac74/6a012fea2ba0ef2cca86b028?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 112 - Tara Axford, Art director and maker of art","description":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.buzzsprout.com/933121/fan_mail/new\">Send us Fan Mail</a></p><p><a href='https://www.taraaxford.com/'>Tara Axford</a> welcomed us into her home in Sydney last week to talk with us about her work, and her 25-year career as art director of publications such as The Good Weekend magazine. <br/><br/>&apos;As a mixed media artist working with prints, collage, mixed media, fibre arts, and photography, I am interested in the push-pull of constantly searching for something... Are we developing something new or are we constantly referencing and influenced by the past?I draw inspiration from my surrounds, I find patterns, textures, imperfections. The forgotten, the weathered, the discarded appeal to me. &apos;<br/><br/>We talked to Tara about working full time and making time for art, her process of collecting her &apos;pocket finds&apos; and sharing them with her large online following, her online course with <a href='https://www.fibreartstaketwo.com/'>Fibre Art Take Two,</a> what success means to her, and much more. <br/><br/>Tara has a show at <a href='https://www.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/recreation/venues-and-facilities/galleries/gosford-regional-gallery'>Gosford Regional Gallery</a> on 24th June, with <a href='https://www.themakersstudio.org.au/'>the Makers Studio</a>, so go see it.<br/> <br/>Thanks so much for talking to us, Tara, and showing us your beautiful work and studio. <br/><br/>Links -<br/><a href='https://apps.apple.com/au/app/print-studio/id601882801'>Studio Print Studio </a>printing tiny books<br/><a href='https://au.blurb.com/'>Blurb printing</a> - for printing of catalogues<br/><a href='https://apps.apple.com/au/app/pro-camera-by-moment/id927098908'>Pro Camera by Moment </a><br/><br/></p>","author_name":"Fiona Verity, Julie Nicholson and Gary Seller"}