Hi folks,

Welcome to the first of many posts featuring brief interviews with other creatives!

This is something I’ve been planning to do for a while and the new year seemed like a great time to kick it off.

The first guest post on my site also served as an extra bit of encouragement toward this end. I figured now that I’ve started I might as well keep the ball rolling.

A few of these are from my upcoming book: The Endless Creative, but the plan is to continually find new people to spotlight who are doing fun and interesting things with their creative passions.

If you would like to do an interview, or know someone who would,

hit me up.

And now, I present to you the one and only

Jane Hance

Tell us a bit about yourself and your favorite creative activities

I work in the sewn-products industry helping designers make their concepts and ideas become actual product. I also spend my spare time creating and producing a wide variety of things from fun to functional. Oh, and I’m a dance teacher, primarily west coast swing. I love all forms of fiber art. I love glass art. And dance. Dancing frees the soul.

When do you find it easiest to be creative?

Time-wise, that would be late afternoon into late night. Thought-wise, while I’m working on a project that is repetitive, I will usually be designing something or working out a design problem in my head.

Where do you look for inspiration?

In the case of my own creative ideas and projects, I don’t look, ideas just come to me, frequently while I’m working on something else. For instance, if I need a baby shower gift, my mind will be continuously working in the background on what I could make that would be fun, useful, and different. In the case of my design clients, they bring me their concepts and I get to develop them. Every time I see something that catches my attention I immediately start thinking about how I could/would make it.

What is one suggestion you would give to someone who wants to further develop their creativity?

Get a hobby. It can be anything that requires focus, has a continuous learning curve, and requires “this or that” decisions, either choice being correct. And have an “and then what” approach to decision-making.

Where can people find you or your work?

janehance.com