S6: Monetising your Craft with Donna Wilson
Conversations of Inspiration
Holly Tucker MBE
5.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 October 2019
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Donna’s story began on her parent's farm in rural Aberdeenshire, and it was from these early adventures (and a little push from her inspirational Grandma) that her love for landscapes, wildlife, crafting and of course sustainable practices grew.
In this episode, Holly visited Donna in her incredible East London Studio to hear all about how she honed her homegrown talents into the business it is today. Donna shares with Holly her magical time at the RCA, watching her products popping up all over the globe and the vital importance of UK manufacturing, exploring how true collaboration and a network of talent is key!
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Holly Tucker and welcome to my podcast Conversations of Inspiration |
| 0:06.7 | founder of Not on the High Street and Holly and Coe I'm the UK Ambassador of Creative |
| 0:12.4 | Small Businesses. |
| 0:14.0 | I believe that having a business doing what you love |
| 0:17.1 | is the key to a happy, fulfilled life, |
| 0:20.5 | and my dream is to help everyone start theirs. I'm here to offer advice, |
| 0:26.0 | inspiration, wisdom and encouragement and in my view the greatest way to do this |
| 0:31.5 | is by sharing stories so I've reached out to all my |
| 0:35.4 | favorite small businesses, acclaimed entrepreneurs, and those who just simply |
| 0:40.7 | inspire me and ask them to share theirs. |
| 0:44.4 | With thanks to our sponsor Nat West who have helped bring this free podcast to life. |
| 0:50.1 | Here are my conversations of inspiration. |
| 0:53.0 | Bow your head and let your islands close on down where we're going. |
| 0:59.0 | In the same week that I launched my new account on Instagram called Holly's Entrepreneurs School, |
| 1:06.0 | it was a brilliant coincidence to welcome my guest Donna Wilson, whose diamond was |
| 1:11.0 | nurtured by her grandmother at a very young age and who has gone on to build |
| 1:15.9 | the most phenomenal career both in the UK and internationally. |
| 1:20.4 | It was such a pleasure having never met Donna but long been an admirer. |
| 1:25.0 | She welcomed me in and it felt like a home away from home in her East London studio |
| 1:30.0 | surrounded by all her amazing knitted creatures. We discussed how she |
| 1:35.8 | honed her homegrown talents into the business it is today charting her magical time |
| 1:41.6 | at the RCA before watching her products pop up all over the globe. |
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