If you don't listen to this podcast, I don't know what to tell you. While every single podcast is, at the moment I publish it, My Very Favorite One EVER, this one is definitely at the top of the top of the list. I don't care if you don't make figurative sculpture or if you have no interest in clay or if you've somehow never heard of Victoria or
seen her fabulous work.
What matters is this: you need to hear what she has to say. She's a working artist, and she's a full-time professor of Fine Arts and Graphic Design at Palm Beach State College in Florida, where she's also Department Chair. She advises her art students, and the things she helps them figure out are the things the rest of us are trying to figure out, as well: how to make art a priority, how to find and follow our passion, how to make space for making art. That kind of stuff.
Not only is Victoria a source of fabulous and useful information, but she's just fun to listen to, full of enthusiasm and passion for what she does. She makes me laugh, and she makes my brain full of ideas, stuff I'd never stopped to think about before. So listen. And enjoy.
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I've had such trouble leaving comments lately i'm going to do a little test one to make sure i can leave a comment.......
Whew! It worked! Thank goodness because Rice i have to tell you i listened to this podcast in its entirety. (and i want you to know i just looked that word up in the dictionary because i wasn't sure and i didn't want to put a misspelled word in my comment.lol!)Rice i love ya to death but i have trouble getting all the way through your podcasts.
I think i'm just a very visual person so a podcast has trouble holding my attention. But Victoria did just that. I would listen a little bit , pause, piddle around the house, digest what she had to say then come back and listen some more.
I walked away with alot of insight. One of my favorite things she said was basically, 'Don't wait for perfect or you'll be waiting forever."That really spoke to me. I'am my own worse critic. Now i just need someone standing over my shoulder whispering that in my ear several times a day.
Thanks so much for leaving a comment on my blog! I feel like framing it! LOL! That doodle is done now and i just posted the finished piece this morning. I noticed it looks a little blurry, may have to rescan but if you want to take a look its there.
Great podcast Rice!
I'm glad you got through this one--she's amazing. And I don't think anyone really just sits and listens--you put on head phones on the treadmill (or, for you, while you're running) or in the car or in the studio. *I* couldn't sit and listen to podcasts just sitting. Yikes!
Awesome interview! And thank you for introducing me to Victoria Rose Martin's work! I have studied both ceramics and polymer clay sculpture--I now primarily use polymer clay, but this gave me some serious thought about ceramic clays!
For me, the main difference is that when you sculpt with ceramic clays, you need to be able to let go of your work when it goes into the kiln. In college I took several semesters of ceramic sculpture and so many of the pieces either cracked or exploded in the kilns. It became an exercise in letting go.
Thank you so much for the time and effort you put into these podcasts. I've only just bought an MP3 player and have yet to work out how to down load podcasts onto it, but I should have some time to sort it out tomorrow. Yay!
This interview was wonderful! Very inspirational. I'm looking forward to another interview with Victoria. Thanks for doing these podcasts Rice!
Thank you SO much for listening. I really appreciate your taking time to listen to these, even if they're sometimes long. The people who talk to me have so much great information and energy to share.
What a fabulous lesson: letting go. I don't know if I could do all that work and then give it over to the kiln. Yikes. I may have just the tiniest, teeniest bit of an issue with control. (I can hear my husband snorting.)
By far this is the best interview yet! I loved your questions. Her answers were pushing every button I had.
Maybe you two could write a book together.
Excellent.
Thank you.
Hi Risa
As always I enjoyed your podcast you definitely have a talent for interviews. And Victoria was endearing and so genuine. Her words and artistic reference to the loss of her mother and brother were unfortunately too familiar and truly touched my heart.
I look forward to following her work and hopefully chatting with her in the future. It is such gift to find talented people that a so willing to share their souls.
You take care my friend and keep giving people like me a glimpse into other artist worlds.
Kimberly
Wow! Victoria was great. Listening to her was a big help. Especially with pricing your pieces. I have always had a hard time with that. I also just finished listening to your interview with Michael DeMeng and he put some things into perspective for me. Thanks for all your hard work. I look forward to each and every one of your podcasts.
Victoria is truly a fountain of knowledge and inspiration. Her advice can be applied to all arts including the performing arts which is where my focus lies.
So inspirational, helpful, and practical, too; such generosity! Thanks so much for this podcast. I'll be tracking down the books Ms. Martin mentioned, and dusting off my copy of 500 Handmade Dolls to rediscover her work in that.
Last year, your books Creative Time and Space, and Living the Creative Life helped jumpstart my arting again; I've been keeping a sketch journal for 1-1/2 years; and recently started an illustrated blog. I hope you will visit it here: http://artyology.wordpress.com.
Meantime, I'll keep dropping in here for a helping of more arty goodies. Thanks again!
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