In the Making by Makeshift explores creativity as a prescription for challenging times. Featuring interviews with makers and artists who share their personal stories of how creative practices have helped them through tough times. The conversations are rich, insightful and illuminate the myriad ways that creativity (in all its many forms!) can be a true lifesaver during difficult periods of our lives. 

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Creativity as a prescription for challenging times

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Sometimes the benefits of a regular creative practice don’t just come from the making but whom you’re creating it with. Michele Elliot is a textile artist who was trekking in Nepal after a residency in India when she found herself in the middle of the massive 2015 Gorhka Earthquake. Michele returned safely to Australia but suffered Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. She began to re-evaluate her entire artistic practice and found comfort not only in those repetitive Kantha stitches, but in reconnecting with her local community, teaching workshops and leading a sewing circle at Tender Funerals. 

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Guest: Michele Elliot - micheleelliot.com

Executive Producers: Caitlin Marshall & Lizzie Rose - makeshift.org.au

Producer: Jennifer Macey - jennifermacey.com

Theme Song: Elana Stone - elanastoneband.com.au

Extra Music: Smith and the Devil 

Sound Engineer: Chris Hancock - chrishancock.network

Cover Art: Kiara Mucci - kiaramucci.com


This podcast was produced on the lands of the Wodi Wodi people of the Dharawal Nation and supported by a small cultural grant from Wollongong Council. 

Sometimes the benefits of a regular creative practice don&rsquo;t just come from the making but whom you&rsquo;re creating it with. Michele Elliot is a textile artist who was trekking in Nepal after a residency in India when she found herself in the middle of the massive 2015 Gorhka Earthquake. Michele returned safely to Australia but suffered Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. She began to re-evaluate her entire artistic practice and found comfort not only in those repetitive Kantha stitches, but in reconnecting with her local community, teaching workshops and leading a sewing circle at Tender Funerals.&nbsp;
Makeshift.org.au
Guest: Michele Elliot - micheleelliot.com
Executive Producers: Caitlin Marshall &amp; Lizzie Rose - makeshift.org.au
Producer: Jennifer Macey - jennifermacey.com
Theme Song: Elana Stone - elanastoneband.com.au
Extra Music: Smith and the Devil&nbsp;
Sound Engineer: Chris Hancock - chrishancock.network
Cover Art: Kiara Mucci - kiaramucci.com
 This podcast was produced on the lands of the Wodi Wodi people of the Dharawal Nation and supported by a small cultural grant from Wollongong Council.&nbsp;

Michele Elliot - Textile Artist

For some people there’s no separation between creativity and life. Their home, their clothes, even the food they eat is a work of art. Annie Werner has built a handmade life, from the straw bale home she shares with her partner and two children and many animals, to the hand sewn and hand knitted clothes she wears. The one time Annie couldn’t knit or crochet was while receiving chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer. In this episode we talk about living with cancer, about what she packed in the car when her house was threatened by the Black Summer bushfires - her knitting - and how she built her colourful, handmade life. 

Makeshift.org.au

Guest: Annie Werner - Instagram @doctorannieautumn

Executive Producers: Caitlin Marshall & Lizzie Rose - makeshift.org.au

Producer: Jennifer Macey - jennifermacey.com

Theme Song: Elana Stone - elanastoneband.com.au

Extra Music: Smith and the Devil

Sound Engineer: Chris Hancock - chrishancock.network

Cover Art: Kiara Mucci - kiaramucci.com

This podcast was produced on the lands of the Wodi Wodi people of the Dharawal Nation and supported by a small cultural grant from Wollongong Council.

For some people there&rsquo;s no separation between creativity and life. Their home, their clothes, even the food they eat is a work of art. Annie Werner has built a handmade life, from the straw bale home she shares with her partner and two children and many animals, to the hand sewn and hand knitted clothes she wears. The one time Annie couldn&rsquo;t knit or crochet was while receiving chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer. In this episode we talk about living with cancer, about what she packed in the car when her house was threatened by the Black Summer bushfires - her knitting - and how she built her colourful, handmade life.&nbsp;
Makeshift.org.au
Guest: Annie Werner - Instagram @doctorannieautumn
Executive Producers: Caitlin Marshall &amp; Lizzie Rose - makeshift.org.au
Producer: Jennifer Macey - jennifermacey.com
Theme Song: Elana Stone - elanastoneband.com.au
Extra Music: Smith and the Devil
Sound Engineer: Chris Hancock - chrishancock.network
Cover Art: Kiara Mucci - kiaramucci.com
This podcast was produced on the lands of the Wodi Wodi people of the Dharawal Nation and supported by a small cultural grant from Wollongong Council.

Annie Werner - Knitter + Sewist

How do you get your well-being fix from your creativity if it becomes your job? Joshua Heath studied photography at Art School but as a working photographer the the camera came to represent a tool of the trade rather than a form of artistic expression. After reading the Artists Way, Josh began painting using Posca pens on A5 coloured sheets of card. And then, at the age of 38, Josh suddenly had a stroke - and everything he knew about life, work and creativity turned upside down.

Makeshift.org.au

Guest: Josh Heath - joshuaheath.net Instagram @joshua.heath

Executive Producers: Caitlin Marshall & Lizzie Rose - makeshift.org.au

Producer: Jennifer Macey - jennifermacey.com

Theme Song: Elana Stone - elanastoneband.com.au

Extra Music: Dreamgood 

Post-Production Engineer: Chris Hancock - chrishancock.network

Cover Art: Kiara Mucci - kiaramucci.com

This podcast was produced on the lands of the Wodi Wodi people of the Dharawal Nation and supported by a small cultural grant from Wollongong Council.

How do you get your well-being fix from your creativity if it becomes your job? Joshua Heath studied photography at Art School but as a working photographer the the camera came to represent a tool of the trade rather than a form of artistic expression. After reading the Artists Way, Josh began painting using Posca pens on A5 coloured sheets of card. And then, at the age of 38, Josh suddenly had a stroke - and everything he knew about life, work and creativity turned upside down.
Makeshift.org.au
Guest: Josh Heath - joshuaheath.net Instagram @joshua.heath
Executive Producers: Caitlin Marshall &amp; Lizzie Rose - makeshift.org.au
Producer: Jennifer Macey - jennifermacey.com
Theme Song: Elana Stone - elanastoneband.com.au
Extra Music: Dreamgood&nbsp;
Post-Production Engineer: Chris Hancock - chrishancock.network
Cover Art: Kiara Mucci - kiaramucci.com
This podcast was produced on the lands of the Wodi Wodi people of the Dharawal Nation and supported by a small cultural grant from Wollongong Council.

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