Inside the Episode with Mitch Hampton
“Jon Stepp: The Value Of the Handcrafted”
From Mitch’s Notebook about the episode:
“ I first became acquainted with Jon Stepp more for the joy of conversation with him than for any particular knowledge of his artistic practice.
Later I was to discover that he was a visual artist in all sorts of media and was quite eloquent in expressing what it means for him to do his art. It is true that many artists are not always the most articulate on such matters perhaps for reasons of psychological introversion as much as the strength that visual artists have which, of course is not the same as prose of speech of course.
One my cardinal rules on Journey Of An Aestheteis that if you can and are willing to talk about your artistic practice you are most welcome to do so and I'd love to have you as a guest.
For me there is an inherent interest and value in having a oral record of the artist in their own voice.
And the proof has been in the listening on my show since everybody on my show, no matter their personality style or what kind of artistic medium they practices has been most interesting to listen to.
It makes it all the better, of course is they are as versed in the art of conversation as is Jon which one of the reasons, among others, of course,
I loved having him on my show.
Links to check out more of Jon’s beautiful handcrafted work:
