How to Own a Revolutionary Craft Biz
The Rev Craft Biz Podcast
Choosing Personal Practice Over Business Growth - with Lucy Engels
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Choosing Personal Practice Over Business Growth - with Lucy Engels

And choosing to limit what you offer

#05: Lucy Engels joins us after recently choosing to deliberately not grow her business into the realm of needing to hire people, and instead, focus on taking satisfying commissions whilst working a part-time job that she doesn't bring home at the end of the day.

Show Notes

Website: https://lucyengels.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/_lucyengels/

Jenny Haynes - https://pappersaxsten.com/

BOM with Jenny Haynes and Lucy Engels - https://not-just-curves.newzenler.com/courses/not-just-curves-bom-2023

Naive Melody Quilt - https://lucyengels.com/blogs/blog/naive-melody-the-lockdown-quilt

Concrete Bench Project:

Quilt Show New Rules Substack - https://www.revcraftbiz.com/p/heres-some-new-hoops-for-you-to-jump

QuiltCon - https://quiltcon.com/

Richard Serra - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Serra

Frank Gehry - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Gehry

Katie Hessel - https://www.thegreatwomenartists.com/

Bridget Riley - https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/bridget-riley-1845

Joan Mitchell - https://www.joanmitchellfoundation.org/

Sister Corita Kent -  https://www.corita.org/

Janome sewing machine: https://www.janome.com/machines/sewing/mc6700p/

Kona Cottons: https://www.robertkaufman.com/fabrics/kona_cotton/

*Steal Like an Artist - Austin Kleon- https://amzn.to/4b260Ay

*The Interaction of Color - Josef Albers - https://amzn.to/3JIEADN

Catherine Marie Longtin - @catherinemarielongtin

Joe Cunningham - http://www.joecunninghamquilts.com/

Lucy Engels SAQA Abstraction - https://www.saqa.com/art/exhibitions/abstraction-textural-elements-saqa-global-exhibition


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Where to find Sam Hunter:

How to Own a Revolutionary Craft Biz - www.revcraftbiz.com

Hunter's Design Studio - www.huntersdesignstudio.com

Embroidered Journey - www.embroideredjourney.com

Creatively Sorted - www.creativelysorted.com

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How to Own a Revolutionary Craft Biz
The Rev Craft Biz Podcast
Craft biz owner Sam Hunter talks to her colleagues in the quilting and craft industry about it what it takes to run their businesses in today’s world; essentially creative people talking about creative solutions for running creative businesses!
They cover topics related to entrepreneurship, juggling all the things, maintaining sanity, avoiding burnout, prioritizing their creative practices, and ways to change the industry for the better for all who work in it.