This episode will enchant you with the world of paper floristry and sculpture. Artist and workshop owner Carrissa Wu from Jotterbook Flowers joins host Liana Berry to share the insights, tips and passion of her craft. Carissa has a gentle, affirming and grounded approach to all that she does, prioritising relationship and connection and fostering awe through both her workshops and her artist installations. Carissa’s sculptures position viewers as both witness and participant through their scale, detail and beauty. She shares how her creativity has led the way to self compassion and kindness. A warm and inspiring filled lesson that will leave you craving flowers and enthusiastic to create some paper versions!

Mentioned in the podcast:

Cartatecnica rossi paper https://paper4craft.com.au/

Red earth art festival: https://www.reaf.com.au/thursday/plants-of-the-pilbara

Find Carissa and Jotterbook Flowers:

• https://www.jotterbookflowers.com/
• On Instagram: @jotterbookflowers
• Book a workshop: https://www.jotterbookflowers.com/about-workshops (sign up to the email list to receive 15$ off workshop tickets)

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Ever been excited to learn something new and then started only to be confronted by feeling terrible at it? It wasn’t the picture you had in your mind was it? This episode is all about normalising the creative visions we have, the feelings of vulnerability and the ups and downs of learning. Host Liana reflects on the role of mastery in wellbeing, the choices we have in skill building and learning and the value in imagination regardless of whether skills are developed or abandoned. She shares her recent foray into starting and struggling to learn calligraphy as well as some of the reasons she distastes for the paint and sip movement. A favourite episode on a big topic for anyone at any stage of art-making.

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Listen to my favourite Brene Brown Ted Talk here

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In this episode Pia Jones generously shares her insights and wisdom as a creative arts psychotherapist and author on the topics of fairytale, folklore, myth and storytelling. A dynamic conversation explores how we make meaning, find commonality and express our inner-worlds; including our pain, grief and yearning through storytelling. Pia shares the creativity that fairytale and folklore has at its core and how this can be utilised within therapy and to gain perspective in struggle. Pia and host Liana reflect on the different constructs of fairytales and advocate for its firm placement in the lives of adults as well as children.

Find Pia at:

• Instagram: @silverowlarttherapy
• Website: silverowlartstherapy.com

Purchase and Browse Pia’s books through Routledge & CRC Press (click here), Amazon and other bookstores

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• Art therapy guides/e-book's https://sunflowerandivy.com.au/product-category/ebooks-and-guides/
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