Cathie Tranent

During my recent visit to Melbourne, I was rapt to spend some time with the lovely Cathryn, also known as Chanel2. There were lots of things we didn’t get a chance to share during our natter, so what better opportunity …....

How does being a creative person and pursuing your creativity affect other aspects of your life?

I had never really embraced my creative side until just before I joined Redbubble , or so I thought, because when I think back to the things I was involved in with my girls’ growing up, I guess I have approached lots of things in a creative way.

For example, some of the activities I would invent for us to do instead of watching TV, or constantly changing stories that I read them to match the pictures in the book better. This was a bit of a rod for my back because my husband would read the right stories much to the distress of my girls who preferred the ones I made up.

I used to sew a lot too, being too impatient to follow a pattern I would usually make my own designs, I made some really cool children’s costumes this way.

Driving has become a bit more dangerous too. Things I used to see and admire are now potential shots with interesting angles and lighting effects.

Tell us about one person or moment that has made your time on Redbubble particularly special or meaningful.

Nope, can’t do one…sorry…

Kseriphyn
Cathie
Anne van Alkemade
are just some of the ones known to me, but these people who work, have family commitments, yet still give their time unselfishly and eagerly to help on here, while constantly creating is pretty amazing, and I think, very special.

Show or tell us about 5 works on RB that have moved or inspired you.

When I first joined I was forever showing people the works of the brilliant Paul Vanzella
It made me want to learn about this ‘photoshop’ I had never heard of before.

We can walk on water, by sjames
Everything about this image I find inspiring, from the title, the setting, the model…I am just in my second year learning photography and hope to achieve this type of photography one day.

Danny’s
story My Uncle Kevin
A very moving story that is still one of my favourites to this day. Which by the way isn’t in my favourites, which I must amend immediately.

Mathew James
poem,
The Goodness in Me An awesome piece of writing.

Cailean’s story, A Journey Home
A gorgeous story of hope and a wonderful reminder to me, that beauty is and always remains within our reach if we just stop and see.

Doing a collaboration with the delightful and very clever raae
for Mothers Day
It was such fun to do and a great way to see an idea come together that you would not have been able to achieve on your own. It also made me want to start learning Illustrator, but I am trying to hold myself back till at least next year on that one…….

Of cause there are others that have inspired, encouraged, helped and supported and they are all a part of what makes Redbubble such a wonderful community to belong to.