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Brand Your Passion143. 12 MORE Branding lessons from professional creatives that every artist can learn fromAs creatives, it can be so helpful to hear what other creatives have learnt in their journey. It makes us feel less alone, helps us see how other people navigate the things we're struggling with, and saves us from making those same mistakes ourselves.So when I interview artists and makers on this podcast, I always ask them the same question: What is the biggest lesson you've learnt about branding your passion?And while those answers are helpful on their own and alongside each artist's story, I also thought it would be fun to compile...
2025-07-2924 min
Brand Your Passion134. Hayley King (AKA FLOX) on creating collections, building a team, and 20 years as an artistWant the inside scoop on what it takes to thrive as an artist and creative business owner for 20 years?In today’s episode, I have the AH-mazing Hayley King (AKA FLOX) on the show where she shares her amazing journey from street art beginnings to building a thriving creative business with hand painted commissions, large scale murals, and producing seasonal luxury bag and personal stationery collections.Hayley opens up about building a business that stands the test of time, growing her team, setting up her studio, and the practical steps that took her from independent ar...
2025-03-1150 min
Brand Your Passion100: How to grow your creative business in 2024 with Mia Saine, Renata Paton, Whitney Manney, and Penelope WickmanDo you ever look at successful creatives on your Instagram feed and wonder how the heck they're doing it? Or thinking "I wish I knew what strategies they're using to get all those followers and sales so I could just do that too!"?To celebrate the 100th episode of Brand Your Passion, I brought together four previous guests to hear how they’re successfully marketing and growing their creative businesses so you can steal their strategies and scale your brand in 2024!–––––––––––––––––––––––Follow Mia on InstagramFollow Renata on InstagramFollow Whitney on InstagramFollow Penelop...
2023-12-121h 26
Brand Your Passion77: Penelope Wickman on making your first sales, hiring a creative team, and staying true to the creative you are.This week on the Brand Your Passion Podcast, I talk to Penelope Wickman, the creator behind Clammy Heart.Clammy Heart has 2 multi-needle and 2 single needle machines, and a team of 4 that works very hard to create apparel and package it with love and care.The work they create focuses on the simple joys that make life a little happier. Animals, fruits & vegetables, flowers & nature motifs; all with dollops of playful nostalgia. You'll find them making apparel that's casual, colourful, and usually perfectly cottagecore.In this episode, I talk to Penelope all about making...
2023-06-2748 min
Mental Illness in Pop CultureLoony Toons: Mental Illness in Pop CulturePepe Le Pew, Bugs Bunny, and Wile E. Coyote are among the Loony Toons characters whose mental health issues and identities we dissect in the first episode of Season 3 of Mental Illness in Pop Culture.
Other cartoon characters mentioned: Foghorn Leghorn, Speedy and Slow Poke Gonzalez, Sylvester, Tweety Bird, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam, and Penelope Pussycat.
We also contrast Warner Bros with Disney and briefly analyze Rick and Morty. All of the above are informed by guest host, counselor-in-training, and cartoon aficionado Chris Gonzales.
2017-12-091h 14