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LDG #EP036 Gwyneth Leech Master of the Coffee Cup Art and More!

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Today’s episode is an in-depth interview with NYC artist Gwyneth Leech.  Gwyneth is well known for her artwork on used coffee cups.  She's studied at the Edinburgh College of art in the UK. Gwyneth has exhibited over 850 coffee cup art works in specific installations.  It all began in 2011 in the Window Space for Public Art on West 39th Street in the infamous NYC’s Garment District.  Her presence at work in the window was an instrumental part of the project.  From there, she went onto the Anthropologie window display in the UK during the London Art Festival.  Today, she now has over 1,001 coffee cup stories.  Check out her live in action on this awesome video: https://youtu.be/ej_-1KJtweM (Anthropologie Installation Video) Gwyneth also speaks on how she got started and how she got a chance to do work on a two year collaboration designing porcelain coffee cups with the Anthropologie stores. Gwyneth says “When I don’t have art in my life, I have a huge amount of misplaced energy.  I just can’t imagine my li