Artists’ Open Studios are a great idea for artists whether they are working from home or a separate allocated studio space.

This post lists a bunch of reasons to show from your studio, including making direct sales without paying a commission, growing your mailing list, and meeting your collectors and patrons.

Barbara Segal is the guest on this episode of the podcast. Barbara is a stone carver and contemporary artist producing stunning work in a variety of marble and stones.

Sebastian Martorano is a stone sculptor based in Baltimore, Maryland. Much of the material used for his sculptures is salvaged from Baltimore’s historic, though often discarded, architecture.

Andrea Tyrimos is a street artist based in London. She also has a studio practice and is continually building a project titled Bipolar Picasso which draws attention to mental health issues. In this podcast we talk about her work as a street artist and collaboration with Centrepoint and Roys People Art Fair.

Mark Pearson is an artist who works from his studio in the Bussey Building in Peckham, South London. His paintings are often built from studies from life and he is regularly seen on the streets of Peckham and around the station, drawing and taking photographs.

Remi Rough is an abstract artist who works around the world. He started as a graffiti artist and has a distinctive graphic style.

Sarah Needham is a London based artist who joined me on the podcast to talk about the research that goes into her work.

Patricia Volk is a ceramic sculptor and she joined me for an episode of the podcast. Here I write about 8 things I learned about Patricia.

Katharine Morling is a London based ceramic sculptor whose work has a ‘drawn’ appearance. Her work has received international acclaim and she regularly shows at the Royal Academy Summer Show.

Debbie Carne is an artist who uses vintage plates onto which she applies her designs sourced from image libraries.

Jamie Rawlings embroiders over found vintage photographs, giving the subject a new headdress or colourful outfit.

Snowden Flood runs a design practice and has a shop at the Oxo Tower on the South Bank, London. In this post we talk about her work and career, why she collects antiques and wearing the many hats of a creative.

Sam Peacock is a mixed media artist who works from his home studio in Sussex. He produces abstract landscapes on sheet metal using paint, coffee & fire amongst other things.

Roy Tyson is a driven artist who enjoyed the thrill of taking part in artists' fairs where he could learn from his visitors and sell his fine art photography. It led him to set up his own art fair called Roy’s People Art Fair, in 2017 which now takes place twice a year.

This episode of the podcast is all about licensing art which allows the artist to create another revenue stream from their work. My guest is Jehane Boden Spiers who is an art consultant, helping artists license their art and designs.

In this episode of the podcast I talk to business strategist and coach, Nicole Liloia.

Rachel Gluyas from Dulwich Festival Artists' Open House and I talk about Open Studios including our work behind the scenes and how can artists make the best of showing their work from their home or their studio.

In this episode I talk to artist and designer Sarah Hamilton about the Just A Card campaign which encourages people to buy from independent shops and makers.Sarah talks about what inspired her to start the campaign and how she grew her volunteer team to help support the project.

Gita Joshi talks to artist Liz Atkin who is an artist that uses her art practice to control her skin picking compulsion. In this episode we talk about the impact of art on mental health and how Liz came to find her medium of choice, charcoal. She talks about the type of work that has come her way as an artist, since facing her skin picking compulsion head on.

In this episode of Podcast, host Gita Joshi with guest Debbie Allen who organises the Camberwell Arts Market discusses arts markets and craft fairs where artists and makers can sell directly to the public.