The CraftSanity Podcast

Claudine Hellmuth has worked very hard to make a life for herself as a professional artist and the cool part is she’s willing to tell us how she did it. Claudine travels the country teaching art workshops and makes art in her home studio.

Rhonda Simmons talks about all kinds of wild stuff: art parties, body casting, artist trading cards and her latest venture... Outsider Art in a Box.

Melanie Falick is editorial director STC Craft Melanie Falick books. We chat about her popular knitting books, her adventures in writing, her career in publishing and we even talk a little bit about the flying trapeze.

Today we’re going to hear from Nilda Callanaupa, 46, the weaver who founded The Center for Tradicional Textiles of Cusco, Peru, Richard Ashford, the managing director of Ashford Handcrafts and Jane Patrick, author of “Time to Weave.”

Debbie Stoller, the co-creator of Bust magazine and author of the Stitch 'N Bitch books, including her latest crafty publication, "Stitch 'N Bitch Crochet: The Happy Hooker."

Amy Karol has several craft Web sites, including the Angry Chicken craft weblog documenting her creative life.

Linda Permann is living the ultimate crafty girl's dream in the Big Apple. She's 26-year-old craft and decorating editor for Adorn magazine, the new craft SOHO publication that just hit newsstands this summer. Tune in to find out what it's like to be a craft trend-spotter who gets to bring funky and fun crafty goodness to the masses. Linda is going tell us how she landed her cool gig and how you can be published in her magazine.

This week I’m going to bring you a chat with Heidi Kenney, the crafty woman behind the web-site and online shop My Paper Crane. She’s a mother and maker who creates whatever she wants out of fabric.

Interview with Betz White, a fashion designer, knitter and felter, who creates her products with recycled sweaters.

Tune in this week to hear a chat with Gayla Trail, designer, photographer and creator of www.YouGrowGirl.com, the fantastic everything-garden website. She's a crafty girl with a green thumb growing her own in Toronto.

If you knit and you own an iPod, this week's guest needs no introduction. Pour yourself some tea and grab your knitting because you’re about to hear from Brenda Dayne, producer of "Cast-On, a podcast for knitters."

Ted Anderson carves beautiful walking sticks. Recently I took my little show on the road to Sparta, Michigan, where I visited his basement workshop and learned a thing or two about crafting with wood.

This week we’ll hear the story of a fine artist living a creative life on the outskirts of Marfa, Texas. Her name is Katherine Shaughnessy, creator of the hip Wool & Hoop Crewel Embroidery Kits and author of “The New Crewel.”

From Canberra, Australia, Kathreen Ricketson has created a new crafty portal that highlights the latest and greatest in the artsy world -- whipup.net.

So have you heard about the Red Thread Project yet? On this episode you'll hear from Chicago fiber artist Lindsay Obermeyer, creator of the fantastic Red Thread Project, which is under way in Grand Rapids, Michigan.