Dianes Celebrity Chats Our lovely Di from Peggy’s Knits chats to another celebrity about crafting. Tanya has worked on a number of shows, the most recent being the character Adele Alfrey in ITV’s Emmerdale. She has also worked on other familiar shows with award winning producers, directors and writers. She starred in the BBC comedy Kerching! Her first professional role was in Holby City. She is also an accomplished presenter and budding playwright. Tanya is a former student of the National Youth Theatre. Tanya told me how she has been artistic, about how she sees art and her views on crafting. I've always been artistic in one form or another. As a child I always painted and drew a lot. At school I did everything from make a wooden fish pencil holder, perspex badges, pottery and children's toys. I was very into pencil drawings and shading, but I loved using watercolour and other textures for my more cartoon/Manga style art. I was never very good at what, back then was deemed the 'Girlie' stuff, I was more into woodwork and moulding and graphics. This is probably what made me choose my Bachelor of Science Degree in Architectural Technology. For my degree we used a lot of CAD (Computer Aided Design) to design buildings and building materials. We also had to craft models of some of our own designs with foam board and other materials. I was in my element with this part of the curriculum. The great thing about craft/design/making things whatever you want to call it, is that there is a freedom in Art that you do not get anywhere else. There is no right and wrong and no rules. The rules come later. At the point of concept it is just you and your imagination. Which is very liberating and also quite scary, because we are conditioned to think within the constraints of rules. Art has no rules.
Please all take a look at Tanya’s website which is http://www.tanyavital.com