In this episode of the Warrior Artist Podcast, host Éadaoin Glynn shares her recent experiences and lessons learned from preparing for two solo exhibitions. Éadaoin discusses the process of creating a new body of work, from initial opportunity to final execution, highlighting challenges such as finding inspiration, embracing experimentation, and the importance of documentation and promotion. She offers advice on trusting the creative process, seeking feedback, and lessons learnt on documenting and curating exhibitions. Éadaoin also shares tips for artists on how to maximise opportunities.

Follow Éadaoin on Instagram @eadaoin_glynn and on her website www.eadaoinglynn.com

References / Names mentioned:

Maurice Quillinan

Limerick Museum

Art NetDlr

Walter's, Dun Laoghaire

Pauline B Flynn

Diane Magee

Nuala Clarke

Lizzie Kinsella

Artform

Salvatore of Lucan

Zsolt Basti

In this episode I share what I've learnt about artist websites. I've just finished my third website iteration. Each time it's been PAINFUL!

I procrastinate about it but like everything I learn by doing. We'd all prefer to be in the studio creating, but having a website is essential. I hope this helps motivate you because if you wait for the perfect website, you've waited too long. Put something up and then edit! Good enough is good enough!

Links:

For those in Ireland, you can avail of a business grant of up to €2,500 to pay a web designer help you build an e-commerce website. Click here for details

I use Artwork Archive to manage my inventory and to send curated rooms to curators, collectors, especially useufl when I was updating my website. Click here for 20% discount

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Nuala O'Donovan builds sculptural forms in porcelain clay based on the patterns and geometry of living organisms.  She has won many awards including the Golden Fleece award and her work is in many important public collections including the Irish National Art collection.

Nuala chats to Éadaoin Glynn about her early career in architectural design as a facilitator of travel, returning to Cork and doing a self-directed MFA, how the regular irregularity of the geometry of nature inspires her and her deep love of pattern. 

Nuala expresses her ideas by creating sculptural structures in porcelain clay.  She loves the plasticity, affordability and transformative quality of clay.  Her work explores pattern and form, taking patterns from nature as her source material and working within rules and constraints of classical geometry to build it.

Nuala describes her studio and how she plans to work there by creating a dialogue between pieces. She talks about the challenges of funding, writing about art, rejection and her advice for emerging artists.

Episode web page

www.nualaodonovanartist.com

instagram: @nualaodonovan

www.eadaoinglynn.com

Instagram @eadaoin_glynn