Rachael Ashe is an artist that has bridged many artistic mediums from photography, stitching, pattern design to paper cutting and book alterations. In this interview we talk about her process, favorite materials, the creative process, pushing yourself out of your comfort zone, cool papers to work with and of course an art assignment. Here is Rachael’s biography. The link to the interview is in my bio..

Rachael Ashe is a graduate of the Creative Photography program at Humber College, and is a multidisciplinary artist self-taught in papercraft. Rachael credits her former position as a photographer at the Textile Museum of Canada, and through it an extensive exposure to handcrafted textiles, as a major influence on her work with paper to this day. In December 2013, Rachael was the featured monthly speaker at Creative Mornings in Vancouver, and she spoke on the topic of making by hand to a two-hundred-person audience. In 2017 she was the CCBC nominee for the Mayor’s Arts Award in the category of Craft and Design. Rachael organizes artists talks, curates art exhibitions, and brings people together at Art & Craft Social. She has exhibited across Canada, the US, and the UK, as well as been published in Uppercase Magazine, as well as the books Design Genius, and Paper Play. Rachael lives and works in beautiful Vancouver, BC.