An Art To It
Episodes
44: Finding Your Artistic Life with Gabriella Buckingham
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, I chat to visual artist Gabriella Buckingham, whose creative path has taken her from illustration, to product design, to onlin...
Unframed 5: It's Makeover Time
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this final episode of my mini-series An Art to It: Unframed, we're talking about the quiet power of presentation - and why giving your digital pres...
Ep 43: A Certain Kind of Crazy: Ten Years as a Maker with Amy Stringer
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of An Art to It, I'm joined by applied artist Amy Stringer, who has just celebrated ten years of running her creative business. Amy'...
Unframed 4: Copycats
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's one thing when a friend deliberately buys the same coat as you. It's quite another when your creative work, or something very similar, turns up o...
42: The Art of Reinvention with Jane Wilson
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when the art you're known for no longer brings you joy? In this episode, mixed media artist Jane Wilson shares her journey from fashion b...
Unframed 3: Invisible Women: Time to Throw off the Cloak
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In episode three of my mini series of mini podcasts, I'm talking about something that comes up again and again - in both quiet conversations and loud ...
41: Creative Hands, Bold Moves with Franca Westaway
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode of An Art to It, I chat to artist I talk to the multi-talented Franca Westaway - an artist, designer, educator and all-round cr...
Unframed 2: The Comparison Trap: When to Look — and When to Look Away
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We've all done it, a quick scroll turns into a spiral. Someone else is making more, selling more, getting that gallery show or grant… and suddenly, ...
40: The Creative Spiral with Lisa Henshall
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Artist and mentor Lisa Henshall joins me from her Norfolk studio to talk about the creative spiral that underpins her practice. From a wild and free C...
Unframed 1: Are You Faking It? (The Real Imposter Might Surprise You…)
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode of An Art to It: Unframed, I'm taking a look at something that comes up again and again - in my coaching, my course, and in conv...
39: Layer by Layer: Process and Progress in Glass with Susan Kinley
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of An Art to It, I chat to artist Susan Kinley, whose striking glasswork blends a fine art sensibility with applied material technique...
38: Trusting the Process, Finding the Confidence with Liz O'Dwyer
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I'm joined by ceramicist Liz O'Dwyer in an entertaining - and very honest - chat about building a creative practice from the ground up. ...
37: Two Hats, One Vision with Sharon Harvey
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Artist, Gallery Owner, Creative Force This week, I'm joined by Sharon Harvey: a painter, gallery owner, and passionate creative, to explore what it re...
36: Carving out a Creative Life (helped by proper coffee!) with Jill Hudson
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I'm joined by painter, and Byre Gallery regular, Jill Hudson, whose creative life has been shaped by travel, resilience, and an enduring lo...
35: A Life in Full Colour with Sara McKee
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I'm joined by the brilliant and irrepressible Sara McKee - art historian, copywriter, branding expert, and founder of Life Full Colour, htt...
34. Balancing the Business of Art with Melody Reynolds
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I chat with London-based painter Melody Reynolds, whose luminous swimming pool and beach scenes have brought a welcome breeze to the ...
33. Finding Form with Alex O'Connor
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I chat with award-winning silversmith Alex O'Connor about the winding path that led her from sculpture to silver—and from the Isle ...
32: Keeping it True with Siobhan Purdy
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to make art that's truly yours—even when it doesn't fit the mould and you have to face potential resistance in the market place? I...
31: Owning Who You Are with Deborah Harwood
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 31 of An Art to It, ceramicist Deborah Harwood joins me from her beautiful studio on the Goodwood Estate in West Sussex. Deborah shares her...
30: Brand New Friend with Elaine Dye
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this solo episode of An Art to It, I share my experiences of creating a brand identity for myself. Why am I doing that you might ask. Last year I r...
29: Glass Ceilings (and how to fire through them) with Caroline Reed
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 29, I'm delighted to be chatting to Caroline Reed, a London-based glass artist working in the exquisite and lesser-known technique of pâte...
28: A Cut Above with Claire Brewster
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For many artists, despite having an idea of what you want to create, sometimes the work finds you. For Claire Brewster it was a love of paper, a passi...
27: Curating and Creating with Judi Green
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We have a double delight in this week's episode of An Art to It: a painter who is also a gallery owners, as I'm joined by Judi Green—painter, curato...
26: The joy of clay: exploring light and form, and building a business with Amy Frankie Smith
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of An Art to It, I'm joined by Amy Frankie Smith, a ceramic artist and designer whose stunning porcelain lighting and fluid watercolou...
25: From Fashion Dreams to Crafting an Arts Legacy with Laura Wasley
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shaping a fresh brand identity is something a younger Laura Wasley might have envisioned—but back then, it would have been for a major fashion house...
24: Defining success with Nikki Mosley
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nikki Mosley's stunning paintings - whether her cool, pale and elegant beach scenes or her passionate pink skies - do feel quintessentially Cornish. A...
23: Many creative threads with Claire Stockings-Baker
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When you have an artistic eye and a talent for creativity you are often blessed with being able to use this skills in different ways, and Claire Stock...
22: Finding the right catalyst with Kerry Louise Bennett
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes a guiding hand is all that is needed to kick start you on a particular path or career, and sometimes fate delivers that in an unexpected way...
21: Creating in all its forms, from chocolate to canvas with Aisleigh Anne
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you could pick the ideal medium to create your art work what would it be? Oil paint, charcoal, … or chocolate? Although painting had been a part ...
20: The pattern for a successful creative career with Sarah Pooley
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Creativity has always been part of Sarah Pooley's life. But after completing a degree in textiles her career took her into the knitwear industry where...
19: An eventful journey to being a full time artist with Claire Howlett
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There probably aren't many artists who can lay claim to a previous career working with stunt horses in film and TV productions, but Claire Howlett can...
18: Creative entrepreneurship and multi-tasking with Emily Hadley
29 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A glance at Emily Hadley's website is enough to make the most accomplished of creative business owners feel (more than?) slightly inadequate. Not only...
17: Flower Power: the art of creative business juggling with Lucy Innes Williams
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lucy Innes Williams runs not one, but two creative businesses - her fine art practice and her printed goods and stationery business, Floradore. In our...
16: The art of taking every opportunity, with Helen Wilde
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Textile artist Helen Wilde, aka Ova Bloom has made a career of being in the right place at the right time and grasping every opportunity with both han...
15: Colours and Lines, a Glass Act with Ruth Shelley
08 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Colour is at the very heart of Ruth Shelley's creative life. Growing up in rural Wales with limited external entertainment, making and domestic crea...
14: Mapping a career in ceramics with Loraine Rutt
01 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A love of making - and of maps - has taken ceramic artist Loraine Rutt on an unusual but very successful creative journey. Loraine began her career as...
13: The Fine Art of Fashion with Sophie Harding
25 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Growing up as part of a creative family - and a keen painter from an early age - it was no surprise that Sophie Harding decided to attend art college....
12. An Insider's Guide to Gallery Success: Bonus Session
19 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a cheeky little extra session where I talk about my online course 'An Insider's Guide to Gallery Success' and explain why with a number of alt...
11: Alchemy: Blending art and science into jewellery with Beverly Bartlett
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After a successful career as a scientist, Beverly Bartlett turned her jewellery making hobby into her new profession. In our chat, we discuss how Bev ...
10: Successfully finding the right creative path with Sarah Hutt
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Hutt is a Northamptonshire based visual artist whose creative journey has taken her from print design, via teaching to being a painter. In this ...
9: Success and making it personal, a solo show with Elaine Dye
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We all measure or success in different ways, yet we still seem to compare ourselves to others and what they're achieving. In this episode I share my p...
8: The importance of commercial galleries in the creative community with Liz Francis
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liz Francis has run the hugely popular and successful Padstow Gallery in north Cornwall since 2018. Since then it has gained a deserved reputation for...
7: Being in the right place at the right time with Imogen Bone
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It was the allure of Cornwall's palm trees that convinced Imogen Bone that moving south for art college in Falmouth rather than her native Scotland wa...
6: Work/life, and time on the beach balance with Carin Lindberg
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Carin Lindberg swapped her Swedish homeland and a science background for the life of a jewellery designer maker creating stunning pieces from her Nort...
5: Encouraging women artists in their prime with Sharon Bruster
16 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sharon Bruster swapped a career in the NHS for the life of a sea-inspired Cornwall visual artist and has never looked back. She is also the co-founder...
4: You're never too young to embrace entrepreneurship with Emily Tapp
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Emily Tapp is the founder and creative behind EOT ceramics, which in under five years has carved itself an impressive reputation for its elegant forms...
3: Creative Encouragement for Artists with Tara Leaver
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tara Leaver describes herself as an artist and an aquaphile so not surprisingly in episode Three of An Art to It we discuss Tara's love of swimming an...
2: Imposter Syndrome and Ceramic Success with Judy McKenzie
26 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In episode two I talk to ceramicist Judy McKenzie who, after a life long love of 'playing' with clay decided to pursue a BA and then a Masters degree ...
1: Creative Curation with Elaine Dye
26 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode I share my journey to becoming a curator and gallery owner; my career in PR in Scotland and London and how my desire to be a crea...
An Art To It - TRAILER
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When does your passion become your profession? Can you take a love of making and creating and turn it into a successful business? This is the podcas...