Always seagulls calling overhead By Rebecca Jewell See her work in WTP Vol. IV #3 [dropcap]I[/dropcap] work almost every day, printing in my studio at the Chocolate Factory in London. Although it is in the heart of Wood Green, there are always seagulls calling overhead. Dipping and diving, they remind me of Cornwall where I…
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WTP Artist: Denitza
A Constant Experiment with Space, Lines, and Shapes By Denitza [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he featured pictures are the making and the final result of the painting “Lazurite,” 26 × 26 inch acrylic/enamel on canvas. The work was painted with all blue-tone acrylics on canvas, and was meant as a central piece for the fall edition of the Affordable…

WTP Artist: Judy Stone
“Beyond control” — the art of enameling Evidently, you are one of a small group of people worldwide who call themselves enamelists. What is it about enameling that perhaps makes it so difficult to master? There are really several answers to this question but the initial fallacy is that the medium is hard to master. It…

Beau Wild: In Her Own Words
Drawing gestural information By Beau Wild Recently I completed a 60″ x 40″ graphite and charcoal image of a native American and realized how much I enjoy drawing. Because of this drawing, I have begun to add more drawing into both my abstract and figurative paintings. I have also added paper, inks, pastel, etc., to make them mixed media. Currently…

WTP Artist: Melinda Tidwell
Never a lack of the experimental Melinda Tidwell was born in a small town in the Rocky Mountains of northern Utah. She attended university in Salt Lake City and graduated with honors in Mathematics. Her lifelong interest in abstraction, books, and vintage materials now finds expression in her work as a fine artist. She lives…

Adam & Eve—Annariitta Saarelainen
Art Video by Annariitta Saarelainen Adam & Eve, an art video walk through an exhibit of work by Finnish Artist Annariitta Saarelainen, is a work of art of its own. [dropcap]I [/dropcap]see my surroundings through mediums of light and shadow. My roots as a photographer manifest in deep attention to detail and focus on form-expression.…

Video, Digital, Analogue, Performance, Textile—LoVid's Collaborative Art
Tali Hinkis and Kyle Lapidus, the collaborative LoVid, do everything from paper and textile to performance and video. Their art intersects with technologies and human cultures. What emerges defies easy categories: interdisciplinary, multi-media, cyborg-art. Call it what you will, it provokes plenty of thought. Read more in this interview, Between Digital and Analogue / Man…

Video: Harry Wicks on Turned-Wood Art
Press artist Harry Wicks discusses his work in this short video. In this video, Woven Tale Press artist Harry Wicks talks about and shows examples of his wood-turning art. You can read about his use of “rescued woods” and see more of his work in Vol IV #2 of The Woven Tale Press.

7/12/15
By Seth Apter, Press Arts Editor Join me every Sunday when I share some of my favorite links I discovered in the previous week. 14 women artists who have changed the way we think about design. Looking forward to the film CRAFTED from Morgan Spurlock. Wish I were in London to see Wanderlust: an exhibition of work from Joseph Cornell…

6/30/15
By Seth Apter, Press Arts Editor Join me every Sunday when I share some of my favorite links I discovered in the previous week. 12 artists share what they do when they get stuck creatively on the Cloth Paper Scissors blog. Typology like you have never seen before. Studio must-see: Kiki Slaughter. And see her work at her website. Kecia Deveney…

6/21/15
By Seth Apter, Press Arts Editor Join me every Sunday when I share some of my favorite links I discovered in the previous week. 15 creative exercises for color exploration and play from Traci Bautista. Check out this tiny art studio built by Derek Diedricksen at the Empty Spaces Project gallery in Putnam, Connecticut. Check out Michael deMeng’s video clips on his…