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26 Words – the DNA of language – Lino

November 28, 2013 by Lin Kerr 1 Comment

The exhibition of the writing group 26  and LX collaboration has its private view tonight so more details tomorrow!I can now reveal my artwork - I collaborated with Laura Hunter "my poet" . We got the word LINO after stabbing an Oxford dictionary with a butcher's knife in a weird word ceremony at The Betsey trotwood Pub. Here is our write-up:Lino by Laura Hunter and Lin Kerr Laura's Voice: On a warm evening in the depths of the Betsey Trotwood, two strangers – Lin and I – approached the OED. I … [Read more...]

Retro lettering

August 14, 2013 by Lin Kerr Leave a Comment

I am working on the poetry collaboration between lettering artists and poets. Laura is "my poet" and we drew the word "Lino". Laura has written a poem looking back at her Grandmother's lino floor and setting the poem in the mid-fifties and then moving to the present time.   It was shortly after this "magical time" that I could have been sitting at Granny's table, aged 14,  laboriously copying out lettering from my Speedball catalogue.  With this in mind and a cue from one of my favourite … [Read more...]

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