On RVTV, I was pleased to sit with Robert McDowell and Steve Dreben talking about and sharing poetry. The question was: “What is deep poetry?” I hope you enjoy it as well. Please click on the title — which is the link — to get to the show.
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“Abraham’s Children” Original Textile Art Prints, the perfect gift for this season of Peace.
"Abraham's Children: A Time for Peace"
“Abraham’s Children: A Time for Peace” has been one of my most popular pieces. Many have requested a print. I have waited to reproduce the image in a way that reflects its tactile nature. These canvas giclee prints give the image a texture that reminds the viewer the piece is kinesthetic. The fiber “pops” off the canvas. These prints are 14 x 14 inches. For larger sizes, please email sknp4710@gmail.com
Cards and photographic prints also available.
“Abraham’s Children” was my response to 911.
It took me a few months to compost that event, for this piece to form itself. I completed it in February 2002 with the words that came to me inscribed on its back.
“Abraham’s Chldren” is my plea for peace. To all the descendants of Abraham: Jewish, Christian, Muslim, we are family. We have fought as only family can fight. It is time to work as hard at acceptance and peace. All the effort, vigilance and commitment we have put into anger and vengeance will create a miraculous and enduring peace for our family. It is time.
Pricing
14 x 14 inch canvas giclee prints: $95 plus $20 shipping, Priority Mail, in the USA.If you wish a piece shipped outside the US, please contact me at sknp4710@gmail.com to discuss shipping costs. If you wish to order more than one image shipped to one address, please contact me and we will work out a fair shipping.
Ordering
I Welcome Pay Pal as the quickest way for you to receive your order. Just log in to your own account, click on the “Send Money” button, input my email sknp4710@gmail.com and the amount, including shipping, and continue until your payment is sent. Please include your address with your Pay Pal payment, or email me separately at sknp4710@gmail.com with “AC Order” in the subject line.
Please allow 4-6 weeks from payment for your order to arrive. Likely, it will arrive more quickly, but please allow that length of time.
Thank you for your order!
Wooded Mountain
I love to be in the mountains, in nature where all sound belongs to the Earth and her creatures…from the wind shooshing through the pines high above to the nestlings of the moles and bugs below. In between are the streams, pouring down the mountain’s flank, the smell of loamy soil and dry lichen rising under the heat of the sun’s kiss, my own breathing. My soul opens up and drinks nourishment through my body. It is a blessing.
Creating these pieces in my studio takes me back to this communion in nature. So each piece is infused with that loving nourishment and peace. It’s a joy to create them. Pay Pal & Checks.
"Wooded Mountain" roughly 18" x 7" $60
Wedding commission
This small commission (approx. 14″ x 20″) was made as a wedding gift for people who love hiking and nature. Reports are it was received with delight.
This slide show offers some of the creation process, as well as the completed piece.
Art & Craft: The Difference
What is the difference between art and craft? As I am about to create a “Holiday Sales Gallery” that will be almost entirely craft, this seemed a good time to write my thoughts on the subject.
This can be a volatile topic in the art and craft world (or worlds, as the case may be.) There is much dissension.
I do think that art and craft are different. I also think there is crossover. There are art pieces that contain an equal, or almost equal portion, of craft (see the quilts of Gees Bend.) There are craft peices, many, that contain an artisitic esthetic and/or originality to them. Reducing anything to a label seems to me a mistake, especially as there is much beauty in both.
In general, we have an understanding that craft applies to those objects that also serve a useful purpose, generally in the home.
For me the distinction between art and craft has more to do with the originality brought to the creation, the idea/vision, the techniques and how they are applied, whether the final piece makes you, on some level, gasp. If it does, it is art, whether it is an earthenware bowl, a quilt, or an oil painting.
Artists and craftspeople often see the art of craft and craft of art somewhat differently than nonparticipants. Because we are “in the conversation,” we are generally more aware of what is being produced, and so of what is original, unique…what we consider art.
A bystander might experience art in a piece that is little more than a semi-original copy of another’s style. To another artist or craftperson, this would not signify as art. But if it is the first time you have seen it, then to you it might be. I think both perceptions are valid.
To take away someone’s awe at what is new to her, is mean, and it certainly doesn’t encourage her to trust her response to beauty as she perceives it. Such response is essential to art making and art loving. At the same time, it is possible to share someone’s enthusiasm while sharing knowledge of the broader context for this art.
As easy examples of art and craft from my perspective, below is a slide show of three pieces I have created: art and craft. Creating something from one’s own vision in a unique and original way, this to me makes art. “Antelope Canyon” and “Bridges to Nowhere” are art. “Batik Queen” shares an artisitic sense of color, but is essentially craft.
Featured Artist February 2011 at Illahe Gallery in Ashland OR
Wonderful news this week! I have been invited to be a featured artist at Illahe Gallery www.illahegallery.com this February.
I will be creating 2 – 3 pieces similar in process to “Antelope Canyon,” below. I begin with a photo or photos of a place in nature; I create an initial design of about 18″ x 24″ and a final design of about 3′ x 5′ with much greater detail.
I love this process. I feel myself on the inside of the inside as I commune with the heart of nature that the image yearns to bring forth. I experience a deep communion with the place and qualities of the earth I am rendering. It nourishes my soul, and I emerge from hours in my studio with a happy heart and a light spirit.
I am in the process of choosing my images for the show. I will perhaps choose a further image from the Slot Canyons…very different from “Antelope.” I have also long desired to create a tide pool image. And I have wonderful images of snow creatures, trees and snow, that I would love to create in fiber.
I’ll keep you posted!
- “Antelope Canyon” 3′ x 5′ Slot Canyons of the America SW, where floods have worn deep, narrow canyons. Sunlight overhead casts deep shadows onto the sandstone walls, creating dramatic colors and contrast.
Commissions accepted. Please contact me at sknead7@aol.com or call 541-292-9390.
“Antelope Canyon”
My latest work. A private commission. Check it out in my Gallery…larger image if you click on it there.
An image in fiber of lower Antelope Canyon in southwester U.S. These slot canyons are formed when floods pour through sandstone, carving deep and glorious channels through the earth. When the sun is directly overhead, the light bouncing down the slot creates rich, saturated colors and texture that is magnificent from below.
This commission is based on a photo of lower Antelope Canyon in Arizona, one of many slot canyons of the Southwestern United States. I hope soon to have a slide show posted of its creation process.
Copyright 2010, Stephanie K. Nead
I am available for commissioned work. Please feel free to email me directly with inquiries at sknead7@aol.com.
Stephanie's Creations 