Fain House Radio: Creative Living Podcast

Jul 10 2024 45 ep. 38 mins 6

Fain House Radio: Creative Living Podcast artwork

How can you do all that needs done in life and still pursue your desire to learn French, or the guitar, or grow a plant or make art? You can’t put a fiddle under our pillow and wake up playing it (though, how cool would that be!). Join me, Annie Fain Barralon, as I interview painters and gardeners, designers and musicians, photographers and cooks, creative livers of any kind, who have some how, in the middle of it all, continued on their creative paths no matter what.

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44: Some things really aren't broken w/ Lesley Darling

Jul 10 2024 53 mins

Is it possible to create within fashion-culture and not create environmental waste? For fiber artist and natural dyer, Lesley Darling, this question is as much a part of her lifestyle as it is her artwork. Her passion for whole systems (from animal to thread) have landed her in places such Sweden, Whales and various folk schools in the U.S. foraging and growing natural dyes and con

43: A fierce devotion to the beauty of the ordinary w/ Emileigh Zola

May 01 2023 35 mins

Years ago, a class Emileigh Zola signed up for was canceled last minute and she ended up in a traditional broom making class. This serendipitous turn of events put her on the path to what would become a big love of her life as well as her main livelihood. It's more than just how good it feels to make things with our hands, Emileigh has what she describes as "a fierce devot

42: Creativity as a language that moves us beyond words w/ Ginger Huebner

Dec 20 2022 30 mins

The medium where Ginger Huebner feels most at home is the mixing of collage and chalk. Trained as an architect she realized that what called to her more than how a building was designed and put together was how a space "felt." She now uses these mixed media as a way to translate those feelings and, in her words, considers the process her second language. She reminds us that creativ

41: Building it is just the beginning w/ Lindsey Liden

Dec 13 2022 42 mins

Lindsey Liden has had quite a few creative step-stones in his life. He has played full drum kit for a punk band, painted huge colorful wall paintings that couldn't even fit into his car, worked in various restaurant kitchens, toured as a fiddle player and completed a university degree in classical percussion. Little did he know that all steps would lead to his now career as a banjo

40: Start Where You Are w/ Jason Pierson

Nov 09 2022 38 mins

Quilter, natural dyer, Jason Pierson has all kinds of ways of folding his making life into his work and family life. Sometimes it means working on smaller wall hangings rather than large, full-scale quilts. Sometimes it means stirring the dye pot on the stove in-between work meetings on his computer or always having his hand sewing nearby, road trips and visits with friends include

39: Making something from nothing w/ Rachel Yearick

Oct 31 2022 41 mins

Seamstress, quilter, mom of three, Rachel Yearick, loves to sew so much and has sewn for so long that she doesn't even remember learning how. At some point she found herself with a big batch of tossed king size, hotel sheets from the second hand shop and started experimenting with natural dying. Eventually these sheets got cut into pieces and became a source for her dress fabrics.

38: Facing the Blank Canvas w/ Hannah Seng

Oct 25 2022 55 mins

Painter, fiddler, banjo player Hannah Seng feels deeply that not matter what we say, we're all creative. We put so much pressure on ourselves to do things just right, even from the beginning, forgetting that we are just not going to hit the mark the first time and that's ok. Hannah knows from experience that it all boils down to alot of repeating of gestures by regularly "doing the

37: Move your feet w/ Becky Hill

Sep 22 2022 40 mins

Dance has been the main guiding force in Becky Hill's life. Her love of, and involvement in, percussive dance has quite literally shaped friends she's made and places she's been. With banjo playing and square dance calling added to the mix, Appalachian music and dance traditions have become a sacred connection to place and community for her. She reminds us that some of our creative

36: We are all born creative w/ Kate King

Sep 15 2022 38 mins

For Kate King the world of creativity has always felt like a safe place to be. As an artist, author, licensed counselor, art therapist and creator of the Radiant Life Project, Kate's approach to overall wellness is to honor the connection point where psyche meets spirit meets art. This holistic perspective of using art for healing, growth and insight involves a mix of clinical anal

35: Dreaming in real time w/ Kelcey Loomer

Sep 07 2022 42 mins

Should you make just what you know will sell or just what your heart wants to make? Or both? This question and many more flow through Kelcey Loomer's head as she paints for hours at her canvas. Working mostly with oils and prepared mixed media surfaces, on both large and small scales, she finds inspiration from everything to time in the woods and her kids to facing grief and a new