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, artjournaler, 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, anddiscovering 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 mediamessage-in-a-bottle challenge and textile scroll books on vintage wooden spools. 00:00 Meet Lisa Goddard02:06 Podcast Premise03:28 Life in Sheffield07:55 From Fine Art to Mixed Media11:41 Art Kid Origins13:45 Day Job and Family Balance15:54 Aerial Hoop Surprise18:45 Discovering Art Journaling22:01 Finding Community Online23:43 Daily Journaling Ritual24:47 Go To Techniques27:35 Sharing on Social Media29:55 Teaching Beyond Journals31:44 Process Versus Product33:23 Life After Instagram39:59 Fixing Your Instagram Feed41:58 Teaching History and Family43:13 Kids and Creative Talents45:16 Fodder School Projects47:28 Thrifting and Car Boot Sales50:40 Scroll Books on Spools53:15 Live Zoom Class Community59:05 Retreat Dreams in Nature01:02:26 Course Creation and Admin01:04:35 Boundaries and Customer Support01:10:13 DIY Course Platform Tech01:12:50 Wrap Up and Thanks