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Windy Chien

FIBER & INSTALLATION ARTIST

Hear more from Windy on putting her own creativity first, getting her work seen and in front of the right audience, and how she’s continually reinvented her life from owning a record store in San Francisco, to working at Apple, to making a living through her art.

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See more of Windy's work at windychien.com, and on Instagram at @windychien

RESOURCES

Artwork Archive — This episode’s podcast sponsor, an online platform that manages all aspects of your career including art inventory and sales. Beyond the Studio listeners get 20% off when they get started with their free trial on www.artworkarchive.com/beyond

Aquarius Records — (now known as Stranded Records) Independent record store in San Francisco, formerly owned and managed by Windy

The 100 Day Project — by Elle Luna

The Year of Knots — Windy’s year-long project becoming fluent in the language of knots, also on instagram @theyearofknots and now available as a print

Local Language — Oakland, CA based art, design, and fabrication studio

Janet Echelman — American sculptor and fiber artist, with work at San Francisco Int’l Airport among other places