An Art To It

Welcome to An Art to It, the podcast featuring artists, makers, and creative business owners who've turned their passion for creating into their profession — and the ones still working out how. Hosted by Elaine Dye, founder of the Byre Gallery in Cornwall and coach and mentor to artists and makers, each episode is a warm, honest conversation with a woman who's built a creative career - as a painter, ceramicist, jeweller, textile artist, or gallerist in her own right. Elaine talks to her guests about the key moments in their journey: the meeting that stung enough to make them prove a point, the potter's wheel bought during lockdown, the gallery approached three times before finally saying yes, the imposter syndrome that never quite goes away even once the work is selling. These aren't polished success stories, they're totally honest ones about the day to day doubts and practicalities of building a business out of your passion: pricing what you make, choosing the right galleries, learning to say no, and the particular kind of courage it takes to call yourself an artist out loud for the first time. An Art to It is about the very real art of building a creative career that lasts. Whether you're just starting to take your creative practice seriously or you're years into a career you built from nothing, tune in for conversations that feel less like an interview and more like listening in on a chat with someone who's been exactly where you are.