Press
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- JM
Byington on Tina's woven flower sculptures
"Over the 4th of July weekend, at the Berkshires Arts Festival in Great Barrington, Mass., I saw something new for me: Flowers — hibiscus perhaps — in tropical colors, as large as the surface of a card table, made of basketry. They wouldn't fit the style of my home — or would they? I can't get them out of my mind."
blog.jmbyington.com/?p=538, July 6, 2009
- "Winsted woman weaves an acclaimed career"
"Tucked away in her home-based studio on Perkins Street in Winsted, Tina Puckett runs a small business that has earned her an international reputation as a master weaver. . . Art enthusiasts will recognize Tina Puckett's creations as something far beyond simple weaving."
Winsted Journal, February 27, 2009
- "Canterbury School Features Tina Puckett's Artwork"
"The artwork of weaving artist Tina Puckett will be on display Thursday, January 15, through Thursday, January 29, at the Canterbury School in New Milford. An opening reception for the exhibit, which includes handcrafted baskets and sculptures, will take place Thursday, January 15."
Voices, January 7, 2009
- "Woodbury shows the
weaver's art"
"Weaving's not just for rugs and blankets any more, as the art of Winsted master weaver Tina Puckett, now on display at Woodbury's Good News Cafe & Gallery makes clear."
Waterbury Republican-American, June 12, 2008
- "She's no ordinary basket weaver"
"See Puckett's woven Van Gogh-inspired art at the Good News Cafe in Woodbury."
Very interesting and informative article, by Carrie MacMillan, about Tina Puckett, her work, and her techniques.
Waterbury Republican-American, June 10, 2008
- "Gallery Features Winsted Weaver"
"Winsted master weaver Tina Puckett, a self-taught artist and owner of Tina's Baskets who has been weaving sculptures, baskets and wall art for more than 20 years, brings her series of original woven flower wall hangings to Carole Peck's Good News Cafe and Gallery in a show titled 'Dimensional Weaving,' continuing through July 28."
View photos of Tina's woven flower sculptures and "Late Fall Islands" collection of woven wall hangings on display at Good News Cafe and Gallery.
Voices, May 28, 2008
- "WTNH-TV Channel 8 interviews Tina Puckett"
On camera Tina demonstrated how to make a traditional basket and explained the process whereby she harvests bittersweet from the local woods, shapes that bittersweet to form the basic shape of an individual woven piece, and then works with either a traditional weave or her own "dimensional" technique of weaving to create a sculptured form from reeds she has dyed herself. During this interview, Tina was surrounded by a wide variety of the baskets, sculptured flower wallhangings, and even furniture that she has created using these skills and artistic vision.
April 26, 2008
- "Tina Puckett Weaves Flowers Bigger than Life"
"Reed, vine become art in her hands. Winsted business built on dimensional weaving."
Text-only, big-print version of article above. No photos.
The News-Times, Jan/Feb 2008
- "Tina Puckett: Woven Rhythm and Whimsy"
"Like three-dimensional abstract paintings, Tina Puckett's woven wall sculptures trace the rolling rhythms of fields and hills. Hand dyed in the colors of autumn or spring, the natural materials she favors — sea grass, reed, hemp, and grapevine — convey the look of Impressionist paintings with layers of color."
FiberArts:Contemporary Textile Art and Craft, Jan/Feb 2008
- "Connecticut Artist Tina Puckett . . .
will display her work at the Prosser Library in Bloomfield through January""Brilliantly colored, (her) pieces wrap and snake around themselves to form flowers, clouds and 3-dimensional tree bark."
Read visitors' comments from the Prosser Library guestbook about Tina's work.
The Bloomfield Journal, January 11, 2008
- "Dream Weaver"
"Tina Puckett gets rich color and texture into all her wondrous woven works."
Connecticut Magazine, December 2007
- "Artistic Baskets from Winsted"
"(Tina's) inspiration comes from her imagination — when she touches the vine, she can feel what it wants to be and that is how it gets its shape."
The Litchfield County Times, December 2007
- "Weaving new dimensions in basketry"
"This Connecticut artist transforms basic basket materials and techniques into complex and colorful contemporary woven sculptures . . . . . She is like a quilt artist who skillfully turns contrasting and complementary blocks of color into a whole new dance of design."
New England Crafts Connoisseur, Spring 2006
- "Paradise City Arts Festivals, Show Spotlights"
"Tina Puckett's larger-than-life baskets make their debut at Paradise City this spring."
Paradise City publication, Spring 2006