Burnt Offering: Caldera Working by hand: the importance of tactility [dropcap]…t[/dropcap]actility is paramount; I work only by hand so that I can feel what is happening beneath my fingers. I know that there will always be areas of depression in the enameled surface that are not polished, but this is all right with me, because…
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An Artist In Memoriam
My Mother the Artist, in Memoriam — Influences the Mission of The Woven Tale Press By Editor-in-Chief Sandra Tyler [dropcap]M[/dropcap]y mother, Elizabeth Sloan Tyler, was an artist, and for all of my growing up, she painted in our cellar. It was never even referred to as a basement, too low-ceilinged and with scant natural light,…
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…
my lies have titles
Video Poetry — Donna Kuhn For our third National Poetry Month 2016 feature, we offer the video poetry of Donna Kuhn. video poetry by Donna Kuhn >> my lies have titles << She told The Woven Tale how she came to create what we are calling her “video poetry”: [dropcap color=”#034582″]I [/dropcap]was making very strange…
Art Spotlight: Michael Dickel
National Poetry Month Winter window Outside the opportune window one pink head survives above geranium leaves blowing in the winter wind, covered with cold rain dropped from dimmed desire. The basil released its hope in the face of the war— forces of December and January— (more…)
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.…
Art Spotlight: Vincent Minor
Portraiture (Portrait Photography) as Narrative Vincent Minor displays his digital portrait photography, also called portraiture, in The Woven Tale Press IV:1 …I began exploring new ways to express myself, through characters and storytelling with digital photography/manipulation. I started using self-portrait as a means…of creating a narrative from a concept into a visual image. …
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…
Art Spotlight: Beau Wild
Observation, Art, Emotion: Beau Wild in The Woven Tale Press IV:1 Beau Wild on her art: “While I assume the objective position of the observer, these glimpses open a small window through which I can also look inside my own emotional life.” See more of Beau Wild’s art, including other media, in The Woven Tale…
Artist Harry Wicks: Turning Wood to Art
Artist Harry Wicks, turns wood into art. In his photo essay, Wicks shows us how he works, step-by-step. After you see how he works, go check out other pieces of this artist’s beautiful turned-wood art in The Woven Tale Press, Vol. IV # 2. You will be amazed! And see his video on his art…
