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S03 Episode 2: a plant-inspired practice. With Katie Robbins
  A plant-inspired practice. With Katie Robbins A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing. These notes may contain affiliate links.    Garden soundtrack     Pondering the onset of winter, with twinkling lights and fried potatoes.   Seasonal markers, and The Almanac from Lia Leendertz.   Catching up with Lia Leendertz. What's new in the 2021 edition? 03:44     Reading from The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2021  10:28 https://amzn.to/36LqUFH Read by Milli Proust     The independent plant-inspired businesses bringing cheer and lightening our darkness.     Interview with Katie Robbins 13:22   14:50 A love of the natural world and of ceramics   16:02 The formative planty encounter -- sunflowers, a flat cap and a fag   18:40 Potter... or ceramic artist?   19:52 If not a potter, would Katie have worked with plants in some other way? Grace Alexander flowers: https://www.gracealexanderflowers.co.uk/ Milli Proust: https://www.milliproust.com/about Bex Partridge (Botanical Tales): https://www.botanicaltales.com/   21:50 The power of a good parcel, and delighting your customer Beautiful and sustainable packaging https://www.ktrobbinsceramics.com/blog/2020/8/24/beautiful-safe-and-sustainable-packaging   24:49 A journey to the potter's wheel   26:43 The shortest commute -- working from home. Pluses and minuses of the WfH life   29:12 A tour of the garden studio   34:57 Katie's creative process   40:17 Inspiration from peers   41:48 The inevitabilities of creative cross-fertilisation   44:23 Working in porcelain   46:49 Clay from the ground   50:00 Inspirations       ***   Thank you to Katie Robbins for giving up her time to talk to me about her creative plant-inspired practice. You can find Katie on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/ceramicmagpie/ Or on her website: https://www.ktrobbinsceramics.com/     Thanks also to Lia Leendertz for joining me to talk about The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2021   https://amzn.to/36LqUFH     I'm immensely grateful to Milli Proust for lending us her mellifluous tones for the reading.     And of course, I'm ever appreciative of all my listeners for your continued support and reviews, I really do appreciate them. You can support the podcast by buying its producer a virtual cup of coffee for three quid, at https://ko-fi.com/andrewtimothyOB. Proceeds will go towards equipment, software and the monthly podcast hosting fees.    A year of garden coaching If you'd like to find out more about my my 12 month online garden coaching programme, please visit the website, where you can read more details and add your name to the waiting list to be the first to hear when enrolment opens up again. https://www.gardensweedsandwords.com/garden-coaching       website: gardensweedsandwords.com email: gardensweedsandwords@gmail.com Instagram: instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB Twitter: twitter.com/AndrewTimothyOB 
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