Maria Wigley combines embroidered handwriting with poetry and photography. If the thought of that excites you half as much as it thrills me, then don’t miss her website As an arts college tutor, Maria has thought much about her art and is able to pull out of her bag the quote: “Painting is silent poetry and poetry is painting that speaks” Plutarch. Also, she … Continue reading Embroidery, poetry, photography
Lori Reed‘s vibrant striated photo collages caught my eye recently, especially this one:
Lori described it thus: This 12″ x 12″ piece features a happy bee sipping his supper. I made one filtered version of the photo in Photoshop and 3 in Prisma. I cut them into irregular shapes and combined to reform the image, and added in some handmade papers, too.”
Having buzzed around the photos on her website, I knew that I wanted to show her work to a wider audience (that’s you) – and asked permission, delightfully, she granted it. So here are a few more stunning photos, together with insights from the artist herself.
Terry Border describes himself as “Humorist, Photographer, Earthling” on his website.
As well as the photo series of books with wiry limbs (see featured photo above this article) he is also a punning facial hair model:
– this is part of a series if you have a friend with facial hair which you would like to gently mock.
And a series of imaginative reconceptions of Paint Chips – yes, paint chips – that ordinary,
Yes, it’s a (photographic) shoot-out: 2 dudes, 2 cameras, 2 tripods, one scene. Who will give way first? Did you guess the outcome correctly? Continue reading Duelling Cameras….. (one minute short)
I like the way this guy approaches what he does – takes a photo then collages pieces of magazine to recreate the photo: large. Giles Davies began doing collage after a career working as a graphic artist and in publishing – he made some pictures for a small group exhibition and found that they sold instantly – to the first person who came in through … Continue reading Collage! Photography, bit by bit
For practicing but unpublished poets out there – a new way to build an audience, get your work seen and possibly get a book offer from a publisher….
Instagram.
According to an article in the Boston Globe (by Michael Brodeur)
“Amazon’s top 10 bestsellers in poetry is filled with works by poets who post their works via Instagram photos.”
article: “In a land of selfies and shots of lunch, poetry thrives” April 19, 2017
Elena Nuez is an industrial designer in Spain – and she generously shares her beautiful photos with the world. Outstanding. Inspirational. Check them out on her blog, from which all these pics were taken. Just a few of many. Continue reading Pattern inspiration – Elena Nuez
