PRESS/MEDIA LINKS:

• Cheongju International Craft Biennale,
  South Korea, 2003
  
  Tina's woven sculpture "Dragon Pouch" was awarded "Honorable Mention" at the Cheongju International Craft Biennale in Cheongju, South Korea, in 2003. Additional photos of Dragon Pouch can be viewed here in this website.
  
  
  
• "Litchfield on the Green Today"

  The Country and Abroad Magazine, November 2003

  "A visit to Tina's Baskets is not only a visit to a colorful art gallery but also a visit with the artist herself."
  
  Two of Tina's works, the free-standing sculpture "Pitcher" and the wallhanging sculpture "Continuous Wave" were pictured with this article, and can also be viewed in colorful enlargement in this website.
  
  
• "City Pleasures, Country Comforts"

  Yankee Magazine, Travel Guide to New England, Fall 2003

  "Watch Tina Puckett weave bittersweet, sea-grass, reed, and grapevine baskets at her intimate studio in downtown Litchfield, Connecticut. Buy one, then pack it with great sandwiches and other comestibles . . ."
  
  
  
• "'A Tisket Tasket' basket and sculpture exhibition"

  Prime Time Magazine, August 2003

  "Slater Mill proudly announces the first exhibition in Rhode Island of master basket weaver Tina Puckett, winner of the 'Award of Excellence' in Basketry from the Society for Connecticut Crafts."
  
  "Spanning over 20 years of creativity, her contemporary and traditional art forms are indescribable, dynamically colorful, abstract, functional, sculptural and a work of art."
  
  
  
• "Master Basket Maker at Slater Gallery"

  My Backyard, July 2003

  " 'A Tisket A Tasket' handcrafted basketry exhibition is featuring handmade one-of-a-kind collectible baskets and sculptures by Tina Puckett . . . these unusual and traditional art forms are indescribable, colorful, abstract but functional, functional but sculptural, sculptural but still a basket. "
  
  With a color photo of the gallery exhibition, Tina Puckett with her works.
  
  
• "Downtown gallery displaying baskets "

  The Slater Trader, June 22, 2003

  "These baskets are a mix of the historic and the contemporary."
  
  
  
• "A Basket Case! Tina Puckett and the Fine Art of Basket Weaving"

  ARTistic FX Magazine, Sept-Oct 2002

  "Tina Puckett's hand-woven baskets and sculptures are unique treasures and collectors' items."
  
  
  
• "Latin Flare"

  Litchfield County Times Monthly, October 2001

  " . . . she weaves reeds and sedge the way a seasoned painter wields a paintbrush. "
  
  
  
• "Basket Maker Perfects Her 'Lost Art' "

  Good Living, April 20, 2001

  "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."
  
  
  
• "A tisket, a tasket - a great basket"

  Register Citizen, October 15, 1996

  "Tina Puckett has weaved magic as one of the region's finest basket makers since 1980 . . . (Tina) creates elegant, colorful designs from vines, hemp, cord and seagrass. "
  
  
  
• A basket named "Open Shell"

  Connecticut Magazine, November 1995

  Tina's woven work "Open Shell" was pictured in the November 1995 issue of Connecticut Magazine.
  
  
  
• "Designer sees beauty, style in her baskets"

  Waterbury Republican-American, August 13, 1995

  "She started with traditional designs . . but her real love . . is turning native bittersweet and grape vines into the gracefully curving sculptural designs she creates."
  
  
  
• "Greenwich Workshop plans May exhibits "

  Greenwich Citizen News , May 5, 1993

  "Puckett is the creator of the Bittersweet Collection - a unique art form that takes the traditional art of basket weaving and combines it with both sculptural and functional elements."
  
  
  
• "She doesn't put all sculptures in one basket "

  Waterbury Republican-American, August 22, 1992

  "She bends the bittersweet into frameworks to make woven sculptured pieces . . . Her work is now on permanent display at the GWS Galleries in Southport. She recently exhibited at the 57th Annual Juried Exhibition of The Silvermine Guild Arts Center in New Canaan."
  
  
  
• "Natural Creations"

  Waterbury Republican-American, 1991

  "(Tina) weaves sculptured patterns into her baskets and sculptures. She can take a customer's curtain or rug and dye cane to match the color. She is currently working on an order for a sculptured basket where she will dye the cane a rose color to match the color of the rug. Tina is also trying to simulate the weaving design of the rug into the basket. "
  
  A very interesting and informative article, by Sally Pfaefflin, about Tina Puckett, the materials she works with, her techniques, the uniqueness of her creations, and how she came to be doing the work she is doing.
  
  

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