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95. The Power of Passion Projects and How to Avoid the Comparison Trap

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A picture of print maker Jen Hewett and her dog with a link to her episode on the Studio 78 Podcast, nachesnow.com/95.

Jen Hewett is a printmaker, surface designer, textile artist, and teacher. A lifelong Californian, Jen combines her love of loud prints and saturated colors with the textures and light of the California landscapes to create highly tactile, visually layered, printed textiles.

In this episode, we discuss the importance of “showing up,” two passion projects that helped launch her creative business, and how to avoid the comparison trap when using social media.

Jen’s passion projects: (1) 52 Weeks of Printmaking, where she created a different print every week for a year. She did a lot with block printing and ended up getting several inquiries to teach.

(2) The next year she started a project entitled Print, Pattern, Sew, which expanded on her block printing skills. She started block-printing yardage, and every month she would create a design, print it on fabric, and make a garment from it. That project led to her book: Print, Pattern, Sew.
We discuss avoiding the comparison trap when looking at social media. “Comparison is the thief of joy.”
We discuss the benefits of licensing your work and how to get started
She wanted to go through a publisher for her book, and she decided to put together a craft book proposal. Tips for creating a proposal:
- You need to prove it’s a viable idea and that people are interested in the subject matter
- You have to prove you can carry the idea through
- Create a good proposal. She shot a couple of projects, created step-by-step tutorials, and included information about who she is and her audience; she talked about the classes she taught and the project the book was based on.

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