17 episodes

Breaking Art: The Podcast is a discussion about the alchemy of creativity & commerce – making art versus making money.



The starving artist is a myth. An artist doesn’t need to starve – in fact, an artist can not only put food on the table, but thrive.



Travelling the length of New Zealand, Jason Naylor is taking his vintage VW Kombi van to meet NZ artists & creators.



Interviewing artists in the back of his VW Kombi, Jason will be exploring the intersection of creativity and commerce.



How to thrive as an artist. How to make art, and make money. Together. At the same time.

Breaking Art: The Podcast Jason Naylor

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    • 4.9 • 16 Ratings

Breaking Art: The Podcast is a discussion about the alchemy of creativity & commerce – making art versus making money.



The starving artist is a myth. An artist doesn’t need to starve – in fact, an artist can not only put food on the table, but thrive.



Travelling the length of New Zealand, Jason Naylor is taking his vintage VW Kombi van to meet NZ artists & creators.



Interviewing artists in the back of his VW Kombi, Jason will be exploring the intersection of creativity and commerce.



How to thrive as an artist. How to make art, and make money. Together. At the same time.

    18 – Designer – Charli Marie

    18 – Designer – Charli Marie

    Designer Charli Marie is soooo much more than just a designer. Charli is passionate about helping creatives improve their craft and process. But, Charli is also passionate about side projects. The side hustle. Charli is in the enviable position of having a very steady and reliable income, doing something she [ … ]

    • 56 min
    17 – Photographer – Catherine Cattanach

    17 – Photographer – Catherine Cattanach

    The eryngium giganteum – aka Miss Willmott’s ghost – is a thistle, a sharp prickly plant. Yet for someone who collects – thoughts, ideas, images, inspiration – this prickly plant provided a huge source of inspiration and enabled her to create pure art. “what could I live with on my [ … ]

    • 1 hr 8 min
    16 – Writer -Vanessa Evetts

    16 – Writer -Vanessa Evetts

    Starvation, Caffeination, Isolation Imagine taking weeks to leave aside your family and retreating to a friend’s caravan to do one thing: write. Author Vanessa Evetts is 3 books into her journey of authoring 8 books, and this is just one of the many tactics she uses to get her books [ … ]

    • 1 hr 9 min
    15 – Sculptural Glass Maker – Di Tocker

    15 – Sculptural Glass Maker – Di Tocker

    “Just turn up”. As a creative, some days are amazing. You’re thrilled. You’re excited. You’re inspired. You’re in your happy place and you can’t wait to build, craft, create. Some days are tougher. Some days you can barely open the door. Creativity is a habit, and the most important thing [ … ]

    • 1 hr 7 min
    14 – Stylist – Yvette Edwards

    14 – Stylist – Yvette Edwards

    As creatives, we’re so much more than just our title. It’s hard to brand ourselves using just a single word, and Yvette Edwards is no exception. Yvette has experience as a ‘florist’, could possibly be identified as a ‘stylist’, but prefers to be identified as a ‘visual creative’. Nothing – [ … ]

    • 1 hr 7 min
    13 – Illustrator – Pepper Raccoon

    13 – Illustrator – Pepper Raccoon

      Scrappy, humourous, upfront & honest, insanely talented. Illustrator Pepper Raccoon joined me in the Kombi to talk business: selling products & services, the value of humour, and quite simply – not being ashamed to sell your artwork. “to have a career you have to make money“ Pepper also discussed [ … ]

    • 44 min

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