158: France in Pictures and Illustrations: My Interview with author & artist Rae Dunn
The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style
Shannon Ables
4.7 • 944 Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2017
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
~The Simple Sophisticate, episode #158
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Perhaps you've seen her pottery: simple, purposefully imperfect, white with black singular font, whether for your morning tea cup, the salt and pepper holder on the stovetop or a dish for your furry best friend. Rae Dunn's passion for simple and functional pottery has brought her deserved recognition. And it is with her eye for the simple everyday that led to her new book of French inspiration titled France: Inspiration du Jour. An artistic sketchbook of Rae's travels through Paris and Provence, be swept away to France no matter where you live as you peruse the pages. With pictures of everyday life in France paired with watercolor illustrations of the scenery, food, drink and daily activities, discover why Rae finds beauty in the everyday moments. Today on the podcast, Rae Dunn joins me to talk about how the concept of the sketchbook came about, why it's important not to overthink anything you are curious to try or explore and rather just step forward and feel your way, the power of serendipity, the realization of where true beauty resides and the importance of treasuring the imperfect. The discussion is one with a successful woman who simply followed what she loved and in so doing created a successful business which reminds us all to "notice and appreciate the small things". Have a listen to the interview and discover more than a few simple pleasures at the end of our conversation as Rae reveals this week's Petit Plaisirs. ~Rae Dunn's website ~Follow Rae Dunn: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram (a new illustration each day) ~Shop Rae Dunn pottery here and here ~Learn more about her new book France: Inspiration du Jour here ~Sharon's Art Studio in Golden Gate State Park ~Rae Dunn's recommendation for what to visit in France: Picasso Museum in Arles, France - Musée Réattu 
~a sampling of Rae Dunn's daily illustrations on Instagram~
~samples of Rae Dunn pottery~
Petit Plaisir:
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the simple Sophisticate Podcast, where intelligent living is paired with signature style. |
| 0:16.3 | I'm your host, Shannon Ables. |
| 0:18.8 | And whether you're listening on your commute, exercising, working in the garden, or sitting down with a hot cup of tea or a |
| 0:25.0 | cafe ole, thank you for tuning in. Let's get started. Welcome to the 158th episode of the simple sophisticated |
| 0:46.1 | episode of the simple Sophisticate. Today I have a guest who I thoroughly |
| 0:52.2 | enjoyed having a conversation with an artist, an author. |
| 0:56.4 | She's going to take us to France and remind us of all the everyday things that are just truly beautiful in their own unique natural way. |
| 1:08.4 | Before I get to the interview, I want to quickly remind you the questions have kept coming in for the episode of Ask Shannon on |
| 1:16.3 | June 26th. If you have a question for me, maybe it's about France. In fact, I just received a question about Paris and where to visit. |
| 1:24.7 | Maybe you have some specific questions about France or they're learning the language. |
| 1:28.6 | Or maybe your questions are about life and those tools that you're trying to acquire to reach your full potential. |
| 1:35.0 | Or maybe it's not about any of those two things. |
| 1:37.0 | Maybe it's about style and fashion and finding your own signature style. |
| 1:41.0 | Whatever it is, send me your questions and on the 26th of |
| 1:45.7 | June I will answer them. Make sure you email them to me by June 21st and |
| 1:50.5 | perhaps you and your question will be mentioned and answered on the air. |
| 1:55.4 | And now I want to get to today's interview. |
| 1:58.4 | Perhaps you've seen her pottery, simple, purposefully imperfect, white with black singular font, whether for your morning |
| 2:06.0 | tea cup, the salt and pepper holder on the stove top, or a dish for your furry best friend. |
| 2:11.0 | Ray Dunn's passion for simple and functional pottery has |
| 2:15.2 | brought her deserved recognition and it is with her eye for the simple everyday |
| 2:20.4 | that led to her new book of French Inspiration titled France Inspiration |
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