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Mentoring for artists and makers

You've got something worth building properly. Maybe it's the creative work you do on the side of a corporate job, quietly outgrowing the weekend. Maybe you've been making things by hand for years, and it's the business operations that keep tripping you up: the pricing, the admin, the systems that feel like someone else's language.

Either way, the work is good. What it needs is the commercial scaffolding to hold it up, and the confidence to back your own instincts.

That's where I come in, as a thinking partner who has built a creative practice from the ground up, with years in technology and operations behind me. The systems, the structure, the unglamorous machinery that keeps a business running while you get on with the work.

How it works

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  1. Secure your spot and choose a time that suits you.

  2. Pay $450 in advance. That holds your one-hour session, online.

  3. We meet, get into what's holding the work back, and I'll capture notes so you leave with something to act on. From there we'll know if ongoing mentoring or practical help makes sense.

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“You showed me it's possible to have massive impact while still prioritising family. Your experience on boards and in business meant the advice was always grounded, never theoretical.”

— Camilla Roberts, CEO, Scale Impact

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“My website hadn't kept up with where my practice had gone. I'd developed a real focus on sustainable design but none of that was coming through, so I wasn't leading with the thing that actually mattered most to me.

Aprill gave the site a proper makeover and suddenly it reflected who Studio Ester actually is now. That made all the difference. For the first time I felt confident sending people there, which meant I actually started marketing my business instead of avoiding it.

I've since brought Aprill back to help me get across AI as a tool for my practice. If you need someone who can make your work look and read like it should, she's the person”

— Anna Power, Principal, Studio Ester

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In my own business, I work hands-on with the tools a modern small business runs on: Notion, Google Workspace, Trello, Slack, Squarespace, Shopify and Claude AI. The systems side that trips most makers up is exactly the part I can help you navigate.

I'm the sort of person who brings donuts to a knife-fight. I'll be honest with you, but I won't make it heavy.

Mentoring is typically 1:1 and runs on your schedule. Start with a single Clarity Session and we'll work it out from there.

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