Cat Rabbit is a Melbourne-based textile artist and designer. She makes plush sculptural works of my imagined characters and the worlds they might live in. She also makes books for children and other fantastical artworks with her collaborator Isobel Knowles under the name Soft Stories.
She have worked and collaborated with clients such as NGV, Soludos, Lunch Lady Magazine, Frankie Magazine, Odd Pears and Bakedown Cakery, and has work in permanent collections at Loreto Mandeville Junior Library and Melbourne Girls Grammar School.
Full shownotes: http://yourcreativepush.com/306
In this episode, Cat discusses:-The roundabout way in which the thing that she was doing on the side became her career.
-How she had to carve her own path and take the “scenic route.”
-The advantages and disadvantages of being the first to market.
-How she figured out how to price her work.
-Re-purposing her pieces so that they can more effectively work for her.
-How and why she first started making her creations.
-How her process has evolved over time (and continues to evolve).
-The value in not having expectations for the end result.
-Embracing mistakes and imperfections.
-Getting inspiration from the real world.
-How she prioritizes her time for learning new skills or working on big projects (while still getting to her daily work).
-Dealing with self-doubt and the balance of having too much or too little confidence in your work.
-Her early negative and positive experiences on Instagram.
-How she deals with trolls and negative comments.
-Collaborating with Isobel Knowles for Soft Stories.
-Setting “play dates” with other creative people.
Cat's Final Push will inspire you to treat your creativity like a friend and it will take you places!“I was just making small crafty projects on the side and then they ended up taking over my life, I suppose.”
“It seemed like the Universe just wanted me to make stuff.”
“I had to chisel this little path myself, and I didn’t really know I was doing it at first.”
“Giving lots of different access points to your work is a good thing to work out.”
“I purposely don’t have expectations because then it’s easier to embrace what comes out.”
Links mentioned:Soft Stories
Isobel Knowles
Owl Know How
Connect with Cat:Website / Big Cartel / Instagram / Twitter / Tumblr
On the next episode:Sophie Gamand : Website / Instagram
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330: Turn your list UPSIDE DOWN (w/ John Wentz)
What you create is a part of people's lives (Best of YCP: Ron Pope)
329: Speak up, Stand out, Stay CREATIVE (w/ Johnny Anomaly)
328: Flagging DISTRACTIONS and focusing on GRATITUDE (w/ Andrew Tischler)
327: Hustle + Hustle + Hustle = Opportunity (w/ Vanessa Vakharia)
326: Clean out your DIRTY SOCKS (w/ Teresa Coulter)
325: What to do when things get interrupted (w/ Alisa Kennedy Jones)
324: Defining yourself as a MAKER (w/ Sada Crawford)
323: Make a mark to adjust a mark (w/ Jason Polins)
322: Challenge your flaws HEAD ON! (w/ Ahmed Aldoori)
321: The DOMINO EFFECT of starting your passion (w/ Lily Hevesh)
320: The fear is a message (w/ Marie-Noëlle Wurm)
319: Your art is ENTERTAINMENT, not work (w/ John Guydo)
318: Your KICK IN THE CREATIVES! (w/ Sandra Busby & Tara Roskell)
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316: STRETCH your creative imagination! (w/ Felix Semper)
315: Follow your gut before your head stops you! (w/ Aimée Hoover)
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