Anna Szul

Tell us a bit about your background:

I am a mom of two, an artist, and, above all, a perpetual maker and learner. I have a degree in printmaking, but much of what I know has come from being curious enough to try new things and stubborn enough to keep going when I don't know how to do something yet.

In my early twenties, my father told me I needed to stop going to school and start doing. He said the difference between me and the knowledge I was looking for was five books and a few thousand hours of practice. It took me a few more years of school, travel, and real-life experience to understand what he meant.

Since then, I have made prints for leading Canadian artists, curated exhibitions, owned a maker studio and gallery, learned ceramics in Poland, and worked as the Executive Director of a nonprofit artist-run centre. I have taught art to adults and children, taught myself woodworking, and started and ran my own furniture-building business. Since…