VOL 01 : SUNDAYS ARE FOR MOTHERS
With Jeweller, artist and mama of 2, Madeline Harris
Hello friends, I’d love to welcome you officially to the
Sundays are for Mothers written interview series.
I’m excited, and I’ll tell you why.
As a mother, and as a woman devoted to not only my creative process, but also exploring different avenues for my creativity, intuition, business ideas over the years - some privately, some publicly, some for arts sake, some as income streams… I’ve learned that the road can feel lonely.
Not always lonely as in physically alone - though of course that can happen too… (sort of? With kids buzzing in and out)… But alone in the sense of feeling like it’s a mystery how any other mother does it. I’ve felt, many times, that I so badly just wanted just a peak behind the curtains of other creatives, who were somehow moving between children, a creative project/ their business/ clients, the home, to their lover, into their community…
I’d ask myself questions like “How do they balance it? Does that exist? Is it just a highlight reel and it’s actually chaos like my BTS? Do the dishes get done, or is she on the laptop next to a pile of clothes needing to be folded…. “
All the way to “I wonder how she decides to price things, Does she get Ideas seducing her in the middle of the night too? What’s her process, how does it all work?”
When I published An Open Letter To Mother Creatives
It became clear that what I had known to be true, and assumed true for others…. was in fact very relatable and we are all dancing and weaving in our own ways through the journey of our motherhood and nourishing the heart with whatever our creativity is channeled into.
Sundays are for Mothers is a bi-weekly article I’m publishing here on Substack exclusive to my paid community of mother makers.
The series is designed to demystify the mystery of the Mother Maker. To have a peak behind the curtains and feel both the magic and the monotonous moments of this journey as creatives. To be able to explore things like the realities of home life, relationship, raising creative children, making space for ourselves, the struggles, insecurities and celebrations that come with this walk. Intrinsically, this series FOR YOU, the Mother Maker, To have you feel more connected to others, to dissolve guilt or shame, to spark inspiration, to normalise so much of this world as a creative, and make space for more ease within our own experiences.
I urge you to connect with the women interviewed, please come and enjoy the conversation in the comments, let’s create a little hub (or maybe big hub) of energy and understanding that I believe, we all crave.
So much love, thank you for being here
Love Kat
SUNDAYS ARE FOR MOTHERS 01
Hey Maddy, I’m so happy to have you here and would love to begin by you sharing a bit about yourself, your family, and what you do as your creative pursuit.
Hello! I'm a 26 year old jeweller and artist. I'm a mother of 2 in 2 years, Aurelius and Edith, lover to Mark - creeping up to 10 years together and we live in the Hunter region NSW.
I focus on working exclusively with silver as a metal and enjoy the relationship I build with that element alone. It has the highest electrical and thermal conductivity and reflectivity than any other metal in the world - which I believe holds the ability for it to communicate with our own human systems and spirit. I am honoured to be a conduit between the metal and human bodies globally.
What are some key moments in your creative journey so far? (both failures and triumphs)