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The Mater Podcast

by Maddie Rose Hills
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  • Pigment Making with Lucy Mayes

    October 6, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

    Instagram Lucy’s website Lucy Mayes has been making pigments and paints since 2018 and has taught the craft since 2020. She is the founder of London Pigment - a project making pigment from waste stream materials. We also discuss her book…

  • Joya: AiR Residency with Simon and Donna Beckmann

    June 1, 2026 · 33 min

    APPLY to Joya AiR + Mater residency (plus info and terms & conditions): https://joya-air.org/joya-mater-apply Joya: AiR is a landmark international, interdisciplinary arts residency grounded in the intersection of creative practice…

  • Minerals with Marcia Bjornerud & Mále Uribe

    March 4, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

    My two guests are completely passionate about the subject of Minerals... artist Mále Uribe and writer/geoloist Marcia Bjornerud Mále Uribe is a Chilean architect and artist whose work explores material culture, the value of natural…

  • Rembrandt's Materials with Petria Noble & Leonore van Sloten

    November 29, 2025 · 1 hr 7 min

    This fascinating conversation was recorded at the Rembrandthuis museum in Amsterdam, where I had the pleasure of speaking with The Rembrandt House curator, and the former head of paintings conservation at the Rijksmuseum. We were…

  • Ceramics & Clay with Clare Wood (British Ceramics Biennial)

    September 30, 2025 · 48 min

    BCB: https://www.britishceramicsbiennial.com/  This year’s programme: https://www.britishceramicsbiennial.com/news/full-programme-announced-for-british-ceramics-biennial-2025/ Clare Wood: https://www.britishceramicsbienn…

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  • Milk with Tessa Silva

    May 16, 2025 · 1 hr 2 min

    Welcome back!! Today I'm speaking with Tessa Silva about MILK. Tessa is a British-Brazilian artist whose work considers our collective use of materials from ancient history to the present day. Using craft as a tool to investigate the…

  • The Personalities of Pigments with Ginny Elston & Evie Hatch

    May 1, 2025 · 1 hr 9 min

    This week on The Mater Podcast, Evie Hatch, studio and materials specialist and host of Jackson's Pigment Stories, is joined by artist Ginny Elston to discuss The Personalities of Pigments.  Ginny, winner of the Student Award in Jackson’s…

  • Dig Me A Grave with Claye Bowler & Andrew Cummings

    April 25, 2025 · 1 hr 15 min

    A conversation between artist Claye Bowler and art historian Andrew Cummings about the exhibition Dig Me A Grave, burials, connection to the land , latex, soil, death & more. Links Dig Me A Grave dates & venues: Steam Works Gallery, WIP…

  • Conservation, Craft & Art at West Dean (notes from a Research Residency)

    March 28, 2025 · 9 min

    Hello! This is Maddie Rose Hills, host of The Mater Podcast. This week's episode is a little different, and a lot shorter! I have just got back from a week-long Research Residency at West Dean School of Arts, Craft, Design and…

  • Relationships with Colour, with Barbara Collé & Lucila Kenny

    March 14, 2025 · 48 min

    Today I am chatting with Lucila Kenny and Barbara Collé about COLOUR Lucila Kenny is an Argentinean textile designer as well as a researcher focused on Natural Dyeing and the colourants produced by a range of plant species. As a natural…

  • Humans & Sheep with Formafantasma

    March 7, 2025 · 47 min

    This week I’m joined by Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin of Formafantasma. Formafantasma are a design studio who investigate the ecological, historical, political and social forces shaping the discipline of design today. Their…

  • Plastic with Heather Davis & Shahar Livne

    February 27, 2025 · 1 hr 2 min

    A conversation about Plastic with designer Shahar Livne and environmental humanities scholar Heather Davis. Shahar Livne is an award winning conceptual material designer. Livne's lifelong fascinations in nature, biology, science, and…

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About the show

The Mater Podcast explores materials through the eyes of artists and researchers. Host Maddie Rose Hills invites two guests to speak together about a material central to their practice. We will be speaking with seed keepers, artists, geographers, media theorists, writers, philosophers, archaeologists, and curators about the materials that fascinate them. The podcast is created off the back of Mater, a research project initiated by Maddie in 2021. Mater commissions new writing on the subject of materials, as well as hosting artist interviews and exhibitions. More at @mater________ & https://mater.digital/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.