Way back when my book was brand new, so sometime in early 2021 most likely, Longthread media recorded a podcast interview with me. They re-released it this week and I had a listen in the car a few days ago. It is always reassuring to find that you sound reasonably intelligent and like you know something about your subject. While I do know a lot about tapestry weaving and my own history and I suppose I am of at least average intelligence, giving interviews does often lead me to wish I’d had a little more sparkly brilliance somehow or at least remembered to say something I forgot to mention. That feeling of regret can be pretty strong. But in this case, the interviewer was excellent and the resulting chat I had with Anne Merrow is fun to listen to.
Sometimes I fumble over words and don’t quite make sense when talking about something as we all do, and I’m sure that was the case when this interview was recorded. I can reassure you that in the hands of a skilled interviewer like Anne Merrow, I sound pretty good! I also believe Longthread’s sound editor is fantastic, making lovely paragraphs out of what may not have started out that way. The interview is not all that long and it touches on a wide variety of things. I talk a little about how I got started in tapestry and more about the split between large format and small format work I’ve found myself in since I started teaching over a decade ago now.
There are some bits about occupational therapy and weaving since my first career was as an OT and of course we talk some about the process of writing a big book like The Art of Tapestry Weaving.
I very much enjoyed the thought of now being a “classic” as Longthread released this as a classic episode. You can listen at the link below or anywhere you get your podcasts.
