Community, Connection, and Creativity. Jen Hewett on the Passionate and Practical Challenges of Being an Artist in Today’s Creative Landscape.

Margo is joined by printmaker, surface designer, textile artist, and author Jen Hewett. Jen’s work combines her love of loud prints, 1970s maximalism, and saturated colors with the textures and light of the landscapes that surround her. In addition to creating her own products, Jen designs fabric for the quilting and home sewing market, and home collections for national manufacturers and retailers. Her clients include: Moda Fabrics, World Market, Anthropologie, Blue Sky Planners, and Brewster Home Fashions. She is the author of Print, Pattern, Sew, and This Long Thread: Women of Color on Craft, Community and Connection.

Margo and Jen discuss:

• Her creative path from HR consulting to creative and where she got the courage to change career paths

• Creating creative momentum

• Finding harmony as a self-employed artist

• Keeping your day job until your business is viable

• Why she shares her income sources and breakdown publicly 

• When and where she started to notice a lack of diversity within the craft community

• Why she believes in selling her misprints (and why they often sell quickly)

• Working in digital versus analog and her process for each

• Some of her new collections and projects she’s looking forward to

• And so much more

Connect with Jen:

https://jenhewett.com/

www.instagram.com/jenhewett