CraftSanity podcast

By Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood Businesswoman and author Felicia Lo Wong took an unusual path to launching a hand dyed yarn business in Vancouver, Canada.…

On this episode of the podcast Gloria Kirk-Hanna takes us behind the scenes of her 2017 ArtPrize entry “Fragments of Old Bones; New…

By Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood Educated women with opinions have always made some folks a little uncomfortable. And when you throw older, educated women with…

  Some artists make art to entertain and amuse, while activist artists like Ti-Rock Moore make art to challenge and raise awareness about…

Jeana Eve Klein, 42, of Boone, North Carolina was one of five artists invited to compete in Pitch Night Durham where artists pitch…

By Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood Owning a handmade business can be a wild ride. Just ask Angela Smith, owner and creative director of the Houston,…

When jewelry artist Emily Wohlscheid, owner of Bricolage Studios, learned to spin she probably didn’t realize that dabbling in the fiber arts was…

In an former veterinary clinic-turned-clay studio just outside of Plainwell, Michigan, Heidi Fahrenbacher creates a whimsical Bella Joy Pottery line. To produce her…

Through the years, I’ve interviewed plenty of bloggers who eventually get book deals, but recording this podcast episode was especially fun because my…

Sometimes the best love stories are the ones we write with our children. Often underrated, the parent child bond is an awesome one…

If you’re still having difficulty accepting the fact that Donald Trump will be president in a matter of days, you’re not alone. I…

Jane LaFazio is a watercolor and mixed media artist, art quilter and all-around creative force with a passion for travel and teaching others…

On this episode of CraftSanity, we’re going sheep to skein to unravel the story of how wool from a West Michigan flock is being spun into…

Making a go of it as an independent business isn’t easy, but long-time friends and business partners Barb Langerak & Cheryl VanHaitsma have been…

Just weeks before the 2012 release of her first book “Reinvention,” a primer focused on sewing with repurposed materials, Maya Pagan Donenfeld was…