The Creative Mother Podcast features interviews with creative women from a range of professions, who are also mothers. We will meet artists, designers, musicians, film makers, fashion designers and more, as we talk about the impact of motherhood on women, creativity and business. We hope through these conversations we can create an open and honest space to talk, share our stories and help creative mothers everywhere gain a feeling of community, understanding and inspiration.
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Storytelling through Tukutuku and sharing mātauranga with the world with Awhina Murupaenga | Founder & director of Whatu Creative
Season 2 · Episode 19
Tuesday, November 29, 2022 • Duration 46:42
Today’s episode is with Awhina Murupaenga, a mum of two and founder and director of Whatu Creative.
Awhina launched Whatu Creative as a grief response to losing a best friend to cancer. She started with the intention of growing art exhibitions in Te Hiku, the Far North but, as for so many, Covid had other plans for them and she had to pivot her business. She created and launched her Tukutuku kits which are a contemporary take on a traditional Māori artform. The kits were an overnight success and they have struggled to keep up with the demand ever since.
Kate Hursthouse is an artist, creative business owner and single mother to one awesome kid. She has run her own creative business since 2014 and has been involved in a whole range of projects over the years - from commercial illustrations and design projects to contemporary art, children’s book illustrations and hand painted murals.
She started this podcast to try and answer the question: how do we continue to be creative and produce creative work, while raising children? Her goal is to create a little corner of the internet where creative mothers share their stories and gain a feeling of community, understanding and inspiration.
If you are wanting to start or grow your creative business I have just the thing for you. I have learned over the years that to succeed as a creative, you must understand business. I wish I had a guide to help me when I got started, and the way I see it the more we can share with each other the better it is for all creatives. So I have created a Free e-book with an overview of some of the things I think are essential to know when starting a creative business. I have included:
5 things you need to get your business started 7 revenue streams to make income as an artist 5 ways to sell and share your work
Exploring the pain, hope & healing of being a mum with bipolar with Katie Rickson | Poet & Writer
Season 2 · Episode 18
Tuesday, November 22, 2022 • Duration 48:17
Today’s episode is with Katie Rickson who is a poet, copywriter and editor and mum of one. Katie has had bipolar episodes for most of her adult life, but wasn’t diagnosed until she was eight weeks postpartum, and experiencing insomnia and mania. One thing that got her through this time was the mantra: “something beautiful will come from this.”
Katie now writes about her experiences of hospitalisation, diagnosis and identity, recovery, work, motherhood and more through her website Compassion Poetry. She’s been a guest lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington every year since 2018, a guest on podcasts, and a lived experience speaker at events. She’s on a mission to raise awareness and reduce stigma.
Reading: Roald Dahl The Artist’s Way - Julia Cameron Becoming - Michelle Obama Atomic Habits Owning Bipolar - Michael G Pipitch?
About your host:
Kate Hursthouse is an artist, creative business owner and single mother to one awesome kid. She has run her own creative business since 2014 and has been involved in a whole range of projects over the years - from commercial illustrations and design projects to contemporary art, children’s book illustrations and hand painted murals.
She started this podcast to try and answer the question: how do we continue to be creative and produce creative work, while raising children? Her goal is to create a little corner of the internet where creative mothers share their stories and gain a feeling of community, understanding and inspiration.
www.katehursthouse.comIf you are wanting to start or grow your creative business I have just the thing for you. I have learned over the years that to succeed as a creative, you must understand business. I wish I had a guide to help me when I got started, and the way I see it the more we can share with each other the better it is for all creatives. So I have created a Free e-book with an overview of some of the things I think are essential to know when starting a creative business. I have included:5 things you need to get your business started7 revenue streams to make income as an artist5 ways to sell and share your work
Listening to your intuition, painting joy and the beauty of mixed blessings with Jen Sievers | Artist
Tuesday, May 31, 2022 • Duration 46:04
This week on The Creative Mother Podcast host Kate Hursthouse talks to artist and painter of joy, Jen Sievers. Jen's mission is to bring joy into your home. She does this with her distinctive colours, and by injecting all of her strongest positive, magical energy into every single piece. Jen paints joy. She uses acrylic paints with fresh colours, sweeping lines and a contemporary edge. She has worked in abstract and portraiture, but found her artistic home in contemporary abstracted landscapes. Colour is her love language.
A brush with breast cancer gave her the push she needed to become a full time artist and over the last few years she has gone from strength to strength. She paints obsessively in her home studio in the foothills of the Waitakeres, New Zealand - between being a mum and hatching plans for new creative projects.
The renaissance of making your own clothes with Tara Viggo | Pattern Cutter
Tuesday, May 24, 2022 • Duration 39:56
This week on The Creative Mother Podcast host Kate Hursthouse talks to the founder of Paper Theory Patterns, Tara Viggo. Tara was born in the Cook Islands and grew up in New Zealand, however Tara has been living and working in London as a professional pattern cutter for the last 16 years. During this time Tara has worked right across the Fashion industry, from Top Shop and All Saints to luxury catwalk brands like J.W Anderson, Erdem, and Roland Mouret. This breadth of experience gave her insight and expertise into how the fashion industry really works.It is this behind the scenes understanding that lead her to re-evaluate how the fashion industry was serving the public and prompted her to create a means for people to dip out of fast fashion without dipping out of fashion altogether. Paper Theory was created in a quest to help others who, like Tara wanted to get as far away as possible from the fast fashion system – but didn’t want to leave fashion altogether.
Inspired by: The global sewing community, especially on Instagram Watching: Bridgerton Reading: The Body Keeps the Score
About your host: Kate Hursthouse is an artist, creative business owner and single mother to one awesome kid. She has run her own creative business since 2014 and has been involved in a whole range of projects over the years - from commercial illustrations and design projects to contemporary art, children’s book illustrations and hand-painted murals. She started this podcast to try and answer the question: how do we continue to be creative and produce creative work, while raising children? Her goal is to create a little corner of the internet where creative mothers share their stories and gain a feeling of community, understanding, and inspiration. www.katehursthouse.com @katehursthouse www.creativemotherpodcast.com
Designing for social impact through connections and community with Jade Tang-Taylor | Designer. Dreamer. Doer.
Season 1 · Episode 7
Tuesday, May 17, 2022 • Duration 47:02
This week on The Creative Mother Podcast host Kate Hursthouse talks to Jade Tang - Taylor who is a purpose-driven, design-led, creative social entrepreneur. Over the past 10-15+ years her career has been more of a squiggly line than a straight one, something I can really relate to. Jade has worked on a myriad of game-changing projects with change-making organisations, moving in & out of being a social entrepreneur to social intrapreneur across various organisations, industries & sectors. However, the common thread through them all is that she is deeply passionate about design for social innovation, social change & more recently systems change. She brought Creative Mornings to New Zealand 10 years ago. Currently, the main "hat" she wears is the Director of Innovation & Partnerships at Innovation Unit. She is also an Edmund Hillary Fellow, a SheEO activator but most importantly Jade a proud working mum of one.
Links from today’s episode Creative Mornings Auckland Swiss Miss - Tina Roth-Eisenburg Emma Rogan 100 Days Project 100 Mums Project https://medium.com/@JadeTT123/100-mums-project-reflections-468c0d0315d0 SHEEOInspired by:Listening to:About your host:Kate Hursthouse is an artist, creative business owner and single mother to one awesome kid. She has run her own creative business since 2014 and has been involved in a whole range of projects over the years - from commercial illustrations and design projects to contemporary art, children’s book illustrations and hand-painted murals. She started this podcast to try and answer the question: how do we continue to be creative and produce creative work, while raising children? Her goal is to create a little corner of the internet where creative mothers share their stories and gain a feeling of community, understanding, and inspiration.
Navigating chronic health, motherhood and healing through art with Mica Still | Street Artist
Season 1 · Episode 6
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 • Duration 44:22
This week on The Creative Mother Podcast host Kate Hursthouse talks to Wellington based street artist Mica Still. Mica has represented herself throughout her career, showing in over 100 exhibitions. She has been an art mentor, curated shows, a fundraiser and has caught the eye of many NZ and Australian collectors. In the last decade she has moved her practice to the streets gaining recognition quickly for her bold animals that dominate the urban landscape and serve as guardians. Mica’s work, with its radiant colour and optical punch, howling tigers, wolves, guardians and naughty bits – is alive, daring, yet refreshingly sensitive. The jolt of her work contrasts with Mica’s trademark gentle demeanour. Mica has battled several chronic health issues over the years including Endometriosis and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, while juggling motherhood and a creative career and I really appreciate her openness in this conversation.
Kate Hursthouse is an artist, creative business owner and single mother to one awesome kid. She has run her own creative business since 2014 and has been involved in a whole range of projects over the years - from commercial illustrations and design projects to contemporary art, children’s book illustrations and hand-painted murals.
Giving yourself permission to play with Delphie Dib-Milston | Lettering Artist & Graphic Designer
Season 1 · Episode 5
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 • Duration 48:22
This week on The Creative Mother Podcast host Kate Hursthouse talks to Australian graphic designer, lettering artist and mum of four boys, Delphie Dib-Milston.
With over 20 years in the design industry and 11 and a half years as a parent, Delphie has come to define what she does as "PLAY-inspired, EMOTIVE lettering and design, CONNECTING people, brands and community." She does this through her design studio See Creative and her personal brand Delphie Joy.
Delphie is a kindness advocate and a fierce supporter of mental health and her core value is to hold space for anyone who needs it without judgement.
Kate Hursthouse is an artist, creative business owner and single mother to one awesome kid. She has run her own creative business since 2014 and has been involved in a whole range of projects over the years - from commercial illustrations and design projects to contemporary art, children’s book illustrations and hand-painted murals.
Sharing stories through the stage and screen with Sophie Henderson | Actor, Screenwriter, film maker
Season 1 · Episode 4
Tuesday, April 26, 2022 • Duration 48:33
This week on The Creative Mother Podcast host Kate Hursthouse talks to screenwriter, actor, film maker and mum of two Sophie Henderson.
Sophie has worked extensively for Silo Theatre as an actor and was named Metro’s Best Actress in both 2009 and 2014, for her work with the company in THE SCENE and BELLEVILLE. She has been in a number of film and television productions including HUMAN TRACES, THE MOST FUN YOU CAN HAVE DYING and the iconic OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE. Her first screenplay, FANTAIL in which she also starred, won over audiences at home and overseas. FANTAIL premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival and picked up a People’s Choice Award at Melbourne International Film Festival. Her second film BABY DONE with Taika Waititi’s Piki Films starring Rose Matafeo and Matthew Lewis was released internationally in 2020. And her third film THE JUSTICE OF BUNNY KING was also released in 2021 and had its world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival where it received a Nora Ephron Award Special Jury Mention.
Reclaiming te reo Māori in design, work and life with Aroha Tamihana | Graphic Designer
Season 1 · Episode 3
Tuesday, April 19, 2022 • Duration 31:52
This week on The Creative Mother Podcast host Kate Hursthouse talks to creative mum of two Aroha Tamihana.
Aroha is a Māori creative passionate about promoting the Māori language and culture through unique designs, products and resources. Her creative business, Maimoa Creative is a design studio based in Tauranga. Aroha’s aim is to help normalise the use of te reo Māori throughout Aotearoa using her background in graphic design and brush-lettering calligraphy.
Aroha has two free te reo Māori prints you can download from her website. One is a beautiful bedtime karakia written by Scotty Morrison and the other is a duo print; one in te reo Māori and the English translation so you can display them side by side to help with learning.
Matariki - In Māori culture, Matariki is both the name of the Pleiades star cluster and of the celebration of its first rising in late June or early July.
Rediscovering a new balance in art and motherhood with Jasmine Kroeze | Artist & Textile Designer
Season 1 · Episode 2
Tuesday, April 12, 2022 • Duration 49:54
This week on The Creative Mother Podcast host Kate Hursthouse talks to Jasmine Kroeze an artist and all round mess maker from Pāpāmoa Beach in New Zealand. In this open and honest conversation Jasmine talks about her challenges with motherhood, the healing nature of art and how she rediscovered a new balance in her art and motherhood.
Jasmine paints original artwork and large scale murals. From her home studio, she also creates digital art in the form of textile designs and art prints. Jasmine’s work is a colourful chaos of cut out shapes. She draws inspiration from nature and creates her initial designs through paper collage and hand drawn marks. Her signature style has evolved through the way she plays with form, shapes and layering. Jasmine’s work is undeniably beautiful and organic.
Kate Hursthouse is an artist, creative business owner and single mother to one awesome kid. She has run her own creative business since 2014 and has been involved in a whole range of projects over the years - from commercial illustrations and design projects to contemporary art, children’s book illustrations and hand-painted murals.
She started this podcast to try and answer the question: how do we continue to be creative and produce creative work, while raising children? Her goal is to create a little corner of the internet where creative mothers share their stories and gain a feeling of community, understanding, and inspiration.
15 Minutes to Calm is a free four-part mini course that gives you permission to take 15 minutes out of your day to find a bit of calm. Through the course you will be guided through 15 minutes of meditation, 15 minutes of journaling, 15 minutes of yoga and 15 minutes of creating so you can begin to take control of your wellbeing and find a bit more calm in your day.
She started this podcast to try and answer the question: how do we continue to be creative and produce creative work, while raising children? Her goal is to create a little corner of the internet where creative mothers share their stories and gain a feeling of community, understanding, and inspiration.
15 Minutes to Calm is a free four-part mini course that gives you permission to take 15 minutes out of your day to find a bit of calm. Through the course you will be guided through 15 minutes of meditation, 15 minutes of journaling, 15 minutes of yoga and 15 minutes of creating so you can begin to take control of your wellbeing and find a bit more calm in your day.
She started this podcast to try and answer the question: how do we continue to be creative and produce creative work, while raising children? Her goal is to create a little corner of the internet where creative mothers share their stories and gain a feeling of community, understanding, and inspiration.
Kate Hursthouse is an artist, creative business owner and single mother to one awesome kid. She has run her own creative business since 2014 and has been involved in a whole range of projects over the years - from commercial illustrations and design projects to contemporary art, children’s book illustrations and hand-painted murals.
She started this podcast to try and answer the question: how do we continue to be creative and produce creative work, while raising children? Her goal is to create a little corner of the internet where creative mothers share their stories and gain a feeling of community, understanding, and inspiration.
If you would like to help make this podcast the best it can be, and allow us to continue to share these creative stories please consider making a donation to the Boosted campaign.
Kate Hursthouse is an artist, creative business owner and single mother to one awesome kid. She has run her own creative business since 2014 and has been involved in a whole range of projects over the years - from commercial illustrations and design projects to contemporary art, children’s book illustrations and hand-painted murals.
She started this podcast to try and answer the question: how do we continue to be creative and produce creative work, while raising children? Her goal is to create a little corner of the internet where creative mothers share their stories and gain a feeling of community, understanding, and inspiration.
If you would like to help make this podcast the best it can be, and allow us to continue to share these creative stories please consider making a donation to the Boosted campaign.
Kate Hursthouse is an artist, creative business owner and single mother to one awesome kid. She has run her own creative business since 2014 and has been involved in a whole range of projects over the years - from commercial illustrations and design projects to contemporary art, children’s book illustrations and hand-painted murals.
She started this podcast to try and answer the question: how do we continue to be creative and produce creative work, while raising children? Her goal is to create a little corner of the internet where creative mothers share their stories and gain a feeling of community, understanding, and inspiration.
If you would like to help make this podcast the best it can be, and allow us to continue to share these creative stories please consider making a donation to the Boosted campaign.
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