SEAMSIDE: Exploring the Inner Work of Textiles

ZAK FOSTER

SEAMSIDE host Zak Foster explores the inner work of textiles with various textile artists. In each episode, we seek to understand how working with fabric helps make us more human.

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20 episodes
Updated January 16

Episodes20

Newest first

January 16 · 23 min
SOLITUDE-COMMUNITY RHYTHM
When to reach in, when to reach out
January 9 · 19 min
WITNESS YOUR WORK
Noticing—then capturing—your work
January 2 · 20 min
HOLDING QUESTIONS
Asking questions that open
Dec 26, 2025 · 21 min
MANY LAYERS MAKE A STORY
Using both the net and the air to tell your story
Dec 19, 2025 · 21 min
DIALOGUING WITH OUR WORK
Your hands think through materials
Dec 12, 2025 · 20 min
WHAT KEEPS SHOWING UP
Your visual language isn't something you need to invent
Dec 5, 2025 · 20 min
NOTICING EVERYWHERE
Creative inspiration as abundance, not scarcity
Nov 28, 2025 · 18 min
FAILURE AS DATA
Approaching your creative practice like a scientist
Nov 23, 2025 · 16 min
BODY AS GUIDE
Our bodies have so much to tell us
Nov 21, 2025 · 16 min
OPEN TRADITION
Making with textiles connects you to something vast—humans creating across every culture and century
Nov 7, 2025 · 16 min
YOU BELONG HERE
You belong in the world of makers simply because you choose to show up
Oct 31, 2025 · 18 min
Welcome to WONDER YEAR [Updated]
Walking the Winding Path of Creativity
Sep 6, 2025 · 15 min
The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Breaking Through Family Mythology
I share an overview of my transformative journey into family history research that led me to how intertwined the past, present, and future really are
Aug 22, 2025 · 1 hr 31 min
SOUTHERN WHITE AMNESIA: Artist’s Talk
Quilts that tell how centuries of oppression were all forgotten
Aug 21, 2025 · 3 min
LORDAMERCY has it been 12 months already
Personal Update from Tennessee
Apr 29, 2025 · 1 hr 5 min
HUDDLE FONTANA
Stories from HUDDLE FONTANA
Apr 3, 2025 · 59 min
HEIDI AT THE PFISTER: PART 2
What happens when an artist's private practice meets the public eye for an entire year?
Mar 6, 2025 · 1 hr 8 min
HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN POWER OBJECTS with Demetri Broxton
Demetri Braxton discusses his journey creating power objects suffused ancestral reverence after discovering his adoption at age 23
Jun 27, 2024 · 41 min
BACKSTITCH with Judy Martin
Judy Martin shares her experiences of translating her artistic concepts for children, exploring the tactile nature of quilts, and preparing for her upcoming solo exhibition at Festival of Quilts.
Jun 8, 2024 · 7 min
Reflection on Art & Craft with Dana Staves
We get to know textile artist and NOOK member, Wendy Muir