POWERS CONCEALED with Beverly Smith

Textile artist Beverly Smith shares her experience with the inner work of textiles

Episode 3 of the SEAMSIDE: Exploring the Inner Work of Textiles podcast, hosted by Zak Foster, titled "POWERS CONCEALED with Beverly Smith" was published on February 3, 2022 and runs 59 minutes.

February 3, 2022 ·59m · SEAMSIDE: Exploring the Inner Work of Textiles

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Summary

Textile artist Beverly Smith and I discuss how making quilts can be like a magic carpet ride, how our work can exist on the physical and metaphysical planes, and how memory lives on beyond trauma, buried safe in our hearts and minds. (Heads up: Around minute 26, we briefly touch the topic of suicide and how it has influenced Beverly’s work.)

Episode Description

In this episode, I sit down with textile artist Beverly Smith and we discuss how making quilts can often be like a magic carpet ride, how our work can exist on the physical plane as well as higher planes, and how memory lives beyond trauma, buried safe in our hearts and minds. (Heads up: Around minute 26, we briefly touch the topic of suicide and how it has influenced Beverly’s work.)

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⤷ Theme music: Roll Jordan Roll by the Joy Drops