...and it is in Wantage Museum, in a delightful little room - not too large and scary. I could not have wished for a nicer looking room. And at the entrance, on the floor, the title. My pebbles have certainly come in useful! I have all 14 Rope of Words illustrations and my new 7 Dance illustrations. And we had a fireplace to use. I spent a long time thinking of how to use it, but then once I thought of using the pebbles to spell out Rope of Words, I remembered the last of the little pebble … [Read more...]
Does it have to be in Calligraphy?
I am collaborating with a poet, Christopher Ellott, to create my next book 'Dance'. This will be a small limited edition of 7 poems and illustrations and a screenprinted cover. It will be launched at the Rope of Words exhibition. The size is 14cm wide X 30cm high when closed. I love calligraphy - don't get me wrong - but I don't think it's always the best solution. The illustrations have a slightly calligraphic feel to them. I did a bit of market research asking people from different … [Read more...]
April Giveaway
Tina Warren is the winner and has chosen the last available (unnumbered edition) of Rope of Words. I'm going to show you her lovely work tomorrow for a nice juicy weekend blog, so today it's Rope of Words - then and now: A year ago I had 600 copies to bind for the limited edition and Pearl de Chalain arrived just in time from South Africa to help me with the binding. We are now about to sell number 345! In the meantime, Wantage Museum has invited Megan and I to exhibit the making of … [Read more...]