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Hello Atelier | Objects Are Not What They Seem
Like pop art icons Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, ceramicist Shalene Valenzuela transforms mass produced images and objects into art. Recreating household items like rolling pins and telephones out of clay mutates them from a comforting everyday object to a hollow form, filling the viewer with uncertainty as they realize the object isn’t what it…
Hello Atelier | Inside the House of Tula Pink
Fabric designer Tula Pink has created a fantasy world we can visit through her art. Her fabric designs are bright, colorful and just a bit surreal – psychedelic cats, day-glo frogs, and swirling octopuses have all taken center stage in her fabric collections. Pink’s designs have garnered her an international following of fans, dubbed Tula’s…
Hello Atelier | For the Love of Dance
Despite a late introduction to ballet, Devon Carney has spent his professional life as a dancer. Working with the Boston Ballet right out of high school, he was mentored by the great Rudolf Nureyev, from whom he learned the key to being a successful performer. Today, though retired from the stage, Carney is a choreographer…
Hello Atelier | That Disney Life
Growing up, Kevin Kidney knew he was destined to live at Disneyland. Once he realized that people don’t actually get to live there, he did the next best thing. He got a job there. In the art department, Kevin had the opportunity to work on design projects large and small for the Disney company – everything…
Hello Atelier | From Students to Teachers
Episode 15 | Brandon Mably A chance meeting at a bus stop propelled textile artist Brandon Mably from a career in catering to his life as a designer. Known for his bold and graphic use of color, Mably isn’t content to create by himself; he also shares his colorful talent with his global students. As he puts…
Hello Atelier | Keeping Time with Maiko Kuzunishi
This week we welcome Maiko Kuzunishi to Hello Atelier. Ten years ago, while designing screenprints, Kuzunishi stumbled across a product that would change her business – a simple clock. Since then she has challenged herself to take clock design as far as she can, incorporating whimsical creatures and flowers with graphic lines to create stunning…
Hello Atelier | Freya North and Her Caravan of Characters
In a small white building in the midst of the Hertfordshire, England, countryside, best-selling author Freya North works studiously day after day, bringing life to her caravan of characters. Now with 14 novels to her name, North doesn’t think of herself as creating the characters, but acting as an antennae through which fully formed stories flow….
Hello Atelier | A Sculptor With a Vision as Big as Her Art
This week we welcome Alanna Derocchi to the show. Alanna has become known for her large-scale sculptural pieces of animals; walrus, hippos, even tapirs. But, an artist is always in evolution, and in this episode Derocchi talks with us about finding her artistic voice and transitioning her vision – even if it means alienating some…
Hello Atelier | Painting the Music
This week, we welcome Melissa McCracken to Hello Atelier. Melissa paints songs. Specifically, she paints the colors that she sees while listening to songs. Melissa has synesthesia, a neurological condition which, in her case, causes her to visualize colors when listening to music. Through her paintings, Melissa tries to share what she experiences. To grab…
Hello Atelier | Playing Chicken with City Girl Farm
Sally Jane Linville has a mission: she wants to bring a little bit of farm life into everyone’s home. How? Through chickens of course! And not just any chickens, but her fabulous fiber chicken footstools. These locally sourced chickens balance the line between sculptural and functional art, and are created by a community of artists…
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