Gallery: Letters
Take a stroll through the annals of Switzerland’s history: a selection of Adolf Feller’s postcards from the 54,000-strong collection that is now housed in the ETH online archive.
In Conversation: Alena Sevastsyanava
“… such a concentration of saturated colours: those alpine meadows with their variety of greens, bright wild flowers, graphite rocky peaks, cerulean blue glaciers.” Zürich-based watercolourist and illustrator Alena Sevastsyanava on seeing the Alps for the first time.
Gallery: Waves
Alena Sevastsyanava, a Zürich-based graphic designer and illustrator, graces our featured Gallery with the art of watercolour.
Small Presses Making Waves
“I can’t imagine creating any other way. More eyes and hearts in what we’re making are always better.” We talk to Sean Platt, Sam Jordison, Joanna Penn and Nichola Smalley, who are making waves in different ways, with their imprints.
Poetry: Karin Kaminker
“In waves / it came / brought on / by the empty garden bench / among the willows …” Karin Kaminker is a Geneva-based poet, and we feature two of her poems in this issue.
In Conversation: Steve Wheen
Steve Wheen, multimedia storyteller, talks to the Woolf about the impact of creating tiny storyworlds, the power of imagining, his miniature gardens and his work as The Pothole Gardener, a project that transforms ‘crappy to happy’.
Gallery: Under the Microscope II
From crappy to happy: inspect some of the miniature gardens created by Steve Wheen, the Pothole Gardener.
Spoken Word: Resurrection by Charles Blass
Charles Blass, Zürich-based poet and DJ for Radio LoRa, performs his poem, ‘Resurrection’.
In Conversation: Murielle Doré
“Calligraphy is a way to press the ‘pause’ button, and go back to this comforting feeling of holding a pen in your hands.” Calligrapher Murielle Doré on calligraphy as meditation, and the relevance of pen and ink in the digital world.
Gallery: Beginnings
Murielle Doré is our featured artist: calligrapher, knitter, teacher of the art.
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