Lisa Goddard on Art Journaling as a Lifeline, Mixed Media Layers, and Building a Sustainable Creative Life
Host Wendy Solganik introduces UK mixed media artist, art journaler, bookmaker, and new Fodder School Six teacher Lisa Goddard, who lives in Sheffield near the Peak District. Lisa describes studying fine art with a focus on textiles and sculpture, feeling lost after graduating in 2006, and discovering art journaling through artist Jen Worden, which became a daily practice for processing emotions, experimenting, and storytelling. While working for 18 years in University of Sheffield admin (including cybersecurity), raising two daughters, and teaching aerial hoops, she kept making art, built a social-media audience, taught in-person (and later online), and left her job just after COVID to focus on art. She discusses her studio setup, favorite techniques (collage, gesso, inky marks, stamping, textiles), thoughts on shifting social media, and previews her Fodder School projects: mixed media message-in-a-bottle challenge and textile scroll books on vintage wooden spools.
00:00 Meet Lisa Goddard
02:06 Podcast Premise
03:28 Life in Sheffield
07:55 From Fine Art to Mixed Media
11:41 Art Kid Origins
13:45 Day Job and Family Balance
15:54 Aerial Hoop Surprise
18:45 Discovering Art Journaling
22:01 Finding Community Online
23:43 Daily Journaling Ritual
24:47 Go To Techniques
27:35 Sharing on Social Media
29:55 Teaching Beyond Journals
31:44 Process Versus Product
33:23 Life After Instagram
39:59 Fixing Your Instagram Feed
41:58 Teaching History and Family
43:13 Kids and Creative Talents
45:16 Fodder School Projects
47:28 Thrifting and Car Boot Sales
50:40 Scroll Books on Spools
53:15 Live Zoom Class Community
59:05 Retreat Dreams in Nature
01:02:26 Course Creation and Admin
01:04:35 Boundaries and Customer Support
01:10:13 DIY Course Platform Tech
01:12:50 Wrap Up and Thanks