Site Review: Jean Sbarra Jones

Site Review: Jean Sbarra Jones

Dresses as Poetry and Metaphor By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor Jean Sbarra Jones is an award-winning artist living and working in Salem, Massachusetts, whose series of acrylic paintings of women’s dresses has earned significant critical acclaim. On her site, she documents the painting of this dress over the period of a decade: first worn by…

Donald Kolberg | Printmaking | Video

Donald Kolberg | Printmaking | Video

Strappo, a unique Monoprint and Monotype The Woven Tale Press arts editor, Donald Kolberg, demonstrates strappo printmaking [dropcap]S[/dropcap]trappo combines painting and printmaking. First, an acrylic paint is created on a clear glass plate. When the image is fully formed, it is left to dry. Then, successive layers of acrylic gesso are added. This thickens the…