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\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I was so delighted to be interviewed by Brien Beidler<\/a> and Amy Umbel<\/a> on their new podcast Cut the Craft<\/a>. We had a really fun and in-depth conversation about making. I got the chance to talk about why making books is so important to my practice as an artist and why I love the bookbinding community.<\/p>\n

Check out my interview here<\/a> or subscribe on your favorite podcast listening app.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was so delighted to be interviewed by Brien Beidler and Amy Umbel on their new podcast Cut the Craft. We had a really fun and in-depth conversation about making. I got the chance to talk about why making books is so important to my practice as an artist and why I love the bookbinding […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[240],"tags":[2398,1749,2396,2397,948],"class_list":["post-12288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interview","tag-amy-umbel","tag-brien-beidler","tag-cut-the-craft","tag-interviews","tag-podcast"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Btis-3cc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10736,"url":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/31\/swell-things-no-35-brien-beidler\/","url_meta":{"origin":12288,"position":0},"title":"Swell Things No. 35 \/\/ Brien Beidler","author":"Erin Fletcher","date":"July 31, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I so rarely get the chance to hang out with\u00a0Brien Beidler, which is a shame since\u00a0he is so delightful to be around. 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