at my CrypticFragments Zazzle shop, now.
The featured images are from my trip through Rajasthan, mainly Kumbhalgarh
Fort, a very impression medieval bastion of the Mughal Empire.
Who Dat Tee
10 hours ago
Saturday, December 26, 2009
New India Travel Posters
Three new travel posters of my continuing voyage through India are available
Monday, December 7, 2009
Support for Tibet shop Open
Since arriving in McleodGanj, home of the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan gov't and
a large Tibetan refugee community, I have fallen in love with these wonderful
warm people and begun volunteering with a non-profit organization which offers
them English language classes, computer skills courses and more, all free of charge!
Now I have also created a new shop, Support for Tibet, which offers motivational
merchandise as well as other Buddhist art and symbolism gifts.
Items available range from apparel, including tshirts and caps (pictured), plus
two kinds of stickers (round and bumper), fridge magnets, keychains and more!
Fifty percent of the proceeds from the shop go directly to non-profit organizations
locally, while the remaining fifty percent help defray living costs for western volunteers.
Please consider a purchase this holiday season to help these warm gentle people
have a better future!
Another way you can help is to offer a small donation via PayPal (msg me for PayPal email).
$1 pays the cost of one meal for a volunteer or refugee.
$5 buys an article of warm winter clothing.
$10 covers one night in a nice guesthouse.
$50 will cover almost all costs for a full week.
Please feel free to specifiy if you want your donation to go directly into the hands of a
refugee or former political prisoner. My volunteer agency is attached to Gu Chu Sum,
the Tibetan Political Prisoners Association, so we deal directly with them daily.
Thank you so much for taking any small action to help!
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
India Travel Print Collection Growing!
Fourteen new travel posters from my continuing travels
across India are now available at my main Zazzle shop!
Feel like you are voyaging with me as you see medieval
forts, grand palaces, Hindu temples and rural
landscapes.
Prints come framed or unframed, in three sizes, from
"small" 11 x 15" to "huge" wall
sized 35 x 46" posters.
Choice of mattes and frames.
In addition, the choice of paisley binders, mugs, magnets,
and stickers continues to grow.
I sincerely hope you will remember my shops and
consider purchasing from me this holiday season.
In all honesty, your purchase may provide the
funds I need to, quite literally, survive in India for
the duration of my trip, as funds are not stretching
nearly as far as anticipated.
Please consider featuring/promoting my work on
your blogs, your facebook pages, your tweet-streams.
I need roughly $50 sales per month more than I'm
currently making. I have no other source of income.
YOU can make that difference happen!
Thank you!
Also please check out the updates at my RedBubble page
and bubblesite portfolio!
Friday, November 6, 2009
From India, With Love
Namaste! Greetings from hot noisy and very different Mumbai, India!
I am fortunate to be staying with a friend, here, who has all the comforts of home...well, almost...especially internet access.
It has been too hot to do much outside the home, and there is not a huge amount to do, tourism-wise, in Mumbai anyway, so instead I've been working on some India~inspired design.
There is a selection of new travel posters featuring Hindu temple architecture as well as Victorian era scenes.
In addition, there is a wide variety of new paisley designs, including some fabulous binders you can use as recipe books, photo albums, and much more!
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Special Occasions Line
I've been hard at work this week designing and uploading a new line of fully customizable special occasions cards with matching postage at CrypticFragments.
The designs range from simple metallic art deco borders to fancy damask and scroll patterns.
All of them allow you to change or add text, photos, anything YOU desire!
Great for all your party, announcement and invitation needs.
A sample of the matching postage:
There is also a new selection of designer business cards at the same shop, as well as at Mission to Morocco,
which supports womens rights/empowerment around the globe!
If you are starting your holiday gift shopping, I'd like to recommend the fabulous selection of mugs at
at Mission to Morocco, as well.
Colorful, intricate designs from various areas of the world that will be appreciated by tea and coffee
aficionados everywhere.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Artist Bio, Statement, & (Short Term) Goals
About Me:
Born in York PA in 1968, Tammy Winand graduated Dallastown High School in 1986 and briefly studied french and creative writing at West Chester University.
Since 1992 she has lived & worked in central FL; Albuquerque; the Grand Canyon; Grand Teton Nat. Park; & most recently Estes Park CO. She has also lived in Ireland and the UK, & traveled in France.
Her five month journey across northern India will begin in late October 2009.
Artist's Statement:
My work focuses on connections: between the past & present, between diverse cultures, between man & nature, even between color & form.
I am strongly influenced by ancient civilizations, sacred spaces, lifestyles of "exotic" lands, & the power of nature to reclaim what man has built.
My goal is to translate my life experience through symbolism which can be interpreted by a broad audience.
I am strongly influenced by ancient civilizations, sacred spaces, lifestyles of "exotic" lands, & the power of nature to reclaim what man has built.
My goal is to translate my life experience through symbolism which can be interpreted by a broad audience.
Short Term Art Goals:
With five online galleries featuring my photography and other designs, I hope to at least triple my internet income from sales of my prints in 2010.
I plan to put together a portfolio of 8X10" prints to present to regional galleries once I relocate to the greater Wilmington~Philadelphia area in early 2010.
I will distribute flyers/rack cards featuring my work at local establishments such as coffeehouses and galleries.
Choose 5-10 of my best works and get prints of them to sell at arts/crafts or farmers' markets.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
What's New? Plus a Photographic Giveaway!
As most of you who follow me on twitter and facebook already know, I have been using the past few days to build my online presence, adding photography portfolios to various sites beyond Zazzle.
I am now a member of:
deviantART with a portfolio HERE.
and ImageKind
(Above, the first link goes to my profile, where available, for other artists who wish to connect, while the second goes to my photo galleries.)
I also joined multiply.com, which is more a photo sharing site, and am working on building a gallery there.
NEWSFLASH!
I am now offering my first giveaway!
In exchange for telling me exactly what they like about my photography, one lucky winner will receive two (2) scenic postcards of my work!
Entering is easy!
Simply leave a comment here telling me why my photography appeals to YOU!
You may mention a specific work from any of my galleries or that you've seen on this blog.
Make sure to leave contact info (email, twitter name,facebook...however you'd like to be notified).
I'll decide the BEST answer by 9pm on Sunday, October 4, 2009 and contact you for info on where to mail your prize!
YAY!
Good luck to all!
Friday, September 25, 2009
Now on RedBubble
Hurrah! I have finally got an active gallery on RedBubble!
You can go directly to my BubbleSite gallery either by clicking HERE or on the image links in the slideshow below.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
New Prints Available
Due to several unexpected snow days off work here in the CO Rocky foothills, I was able to devote extra time to my artistic pursuits.
The result? As of this entry, a total of 10 new posters available between Western Skies and CrypticFragments galleries.
At Western Skies, there is an assortment of both new landscape as well as architectural and still life work from Arizona and New Mexico.
Meanwhile, at CrypticFragments, the emphasis is on images from the UK
All images are available either framed (with a variety of framing choices) or unframed, or printed on canvas.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Stationery Designs
While I remain focused on photography, today's announcement by Zazzle that they are now offering stationery to design did give me a chill, as art paper has always been one of my favorite obsessions.
I started my first stationery design collection at Mission to Morocco and will be adding at least 4 new designs by this evening.
After that I will be moving over to open the CrypticFragments stationery collection, followed by Asian art paper designs at AsiaMajor, etcetera.
As a preview/sample, I have chosen Alhambra Tile Border, a parchment~look antiqued paper with a colorful border:
Friday, September 11, 2009
Panoramic Prints are Here!
I am excited to introduce my new line of panoramic landscape photography.
Mountain landscapes lend themselves to panoramic formats, and here are two of my new favorites.
Lava Cliffs
Trail Ridge Passage
Something different for me as I branch out with my
photography is the following still life.
Biker Rendezvous
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Archi-textural
While I normally prefer shooting landscapes or ancient ruins, when in urban areas I am also drawn to architecture, and texture, in street scapes.
The image featured here is titled "Archi~textural" and was shot in downtown Denver, Colorado.
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