Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAardman's Peter Lord on Plasticine.
Season 13 Episode 3
Peter Lord founded Aardman Animations, with his school friend David Sproxton, in 1972. The Bristol-based company rapidly became known for its witty, …
4 years, 6 months ago
Alison Britton on clay.
Season 13 Episode 2
Alison Britton is a ceramicist, writer and educator, who emerged as part of a revolutionary group of artists from the Royal College of Art in the 197…
4 years, 6 months ago
Tom Raffield on steam bending.
Season 13 Episode 1
Tom Raffield is a designer and maker who has built a hugely successful business by creating an array of products from wood that have been steam bent …
4 years, 6 months ago
Lucy Sparrow on felt.
Season 12 Episode 5
Lucy Sparrow came to widespread attention in 2014 with an extraordinary installation held in a derelict site in London’s Eastend. At The Cornershop, …
4 years, 8 months ago
Dr Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg on nature and technology.
Season 12 Episode 4
Dr Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg started her career as an architect, before going on to study on the revolutionary Design Interactions course at the Roya…
4 years, 9 months ago
Robert Penn on bread – and the politics behind baking.
Season 12 Episode 3
Robert Penn describes himself as a journalist, woodsman and lifelong cyclist, who has written some of the best craft-based books of recent years, inc…
4 years, 9 months ago
Carmen Hijosa on creating Pinatex (a non-woven textile made from pineapple leaves).
Season 12 Episode 2
Carmen Hijosa is the creator of Pinatex, a new, non-woven textile made from pineapple leaves.
After finishing a PhD in textiles at the Royal College …
4 years, 9 months ago
Amin Taha on building with stone.
Season 12 Episode 1
Amin Taha has been described as ‘London’s most controversial architect’. This is largely due to 15 Clerkenwell Close, a development that is defined b…
4 years, 9 months ago
Mark Cropper on paper and his family's extraordinary history with the material.
Season 11 Episode 5
Did you know that, for years, paper was made from rags rather than wood pulp? No, me neither.
Mark Cropper is chair of the extraordinary paper manufa…
4 years, 10 months ago
Claire Wilcox on clothes (and her brilliant book, Patch Work)
Season 11 Episode 4
Claire Wilcox is best known for her work as senior curator of fashion at the V&A, where she has staged shows such as Radical Fashion, Vivienne Westwo…
4 years, 11 months ago