Bex Partridge - Everlastings, An ode to the art of drying flowers

06/20/20 • 61 min

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An ode to the art of drying flowers.

In the latest episode here, available today, I talked to Bex Partridge, a floral artist who you may have come across on instagram as @botanical_tales. She recently published her first book: Everlastings.
In this interview she talks about her creative practice in great detail: all aspects of growing, foraging and drying flowers. I asked her what the word everlastings meant to her. What she responded to that question is one of the reasons what makes this episode a great one to listen to! There are lots of gems here in this episode worth hearing.

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Bex’s website and Instagram

Order a copy of her book: Everlastings from here.

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Recommended books by Bex in this episode:

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The music for the podcast is by Band of Burns ‘Now Westlin Winds’ song that was recorded live at Union Chapel in 2017. I used this song with the band’s permission.

Band of Burns on instagram here and their website is here: https://www.bandofburns.com/

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An ode to the art of drying flowers.

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Bex’s website and Instagram

Order a copy of her book: Everlastings from here.

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Recommended books by Bex in this episode:

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If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave a review or share it with a friend.

You can find me as @walkinglantern on instagram and on twitter.

And if you are interested to hear more about Dialogues with Nature Network, please follow the new instagram account @dialogueswithnature and sign up to the mailing list here.

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If you appreciate the time and effort that goes into making this ad-free podcast, you can financially support this podcast now:

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The music for the podcast is by Band of Burns ‘Now Westlin Winds’ song that was recorded live at Union Chapel in 2017. I used this song with the band’s permission.

Band of Burns on instagram here and their website is here: https://www.bandofburns.com/

Previous Episode

How can I be of service through my creative practice?

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As we find ourselves in the midst of these uncertain and disorienting times, I keep asking myself this question that probably many of you ask yourselves, too:

- How can I possibly be of service with what I have? through my creative practice?

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Dialogues with Nature podcast is back.

In this episode I’m pondering about where I am now, where we are all, the changes I’m going through and what we are experiencing at a global scale. I’m talking a lot about hope, how nature and a creative practice can be a solace, especially in our current times. Thinking through how creative work can continue in our dynamic times, how I could nurture more resilience through my practice and what possible ways there are moving forward.

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References from this episode:

On Being podcast episode with Rebecca Solnit
The entrepreanour, Tara Macmullin, whose work I find inspirational, the host of What Works podcast
The poem by Emily Dickinson I refer to
The piece titled ‘Lockdown’ that was originally posted on instagram by the author that I read aloud at the end of this episode
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Ali Mackie on painting, joy and the art of bright

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In this new episode, I’m talking to Ali Mackie, who is, a painter and mixed media artist based in the Chilterns in the UK. We talk about wide ranging subjects, encompassing all what it entails to live and work as an artist, including motherhood and how that experience influenced and informed our artistic journeys and how in its own magical way has given some weight to what we do now and, what we pursue as artists. We also talk about Ali's work in great detail.

Her main subject is nature and her inspiration comes from the landscape that captures her attention. She uses lots of unexpected colours in her work that is, part of her unique way of not only translating into artworks what she sees but expressing joy and beauty of her subject. Nature portrayed with bright colours plays an essential role in her paintings, collages and mixed media work. She also comes from, an interior design background, which, she tells me more about in our conversation, and how she draws on those experiences in her current work, both as a small business owner and as an artist.