The project was intended as a surprise gift to celebrate 30 years of the Old Stile Press, but the surprise was that Nicolas would receive the blocks and print them himself. We all chose the months/haikus we would turn into relief prints (I took February and August) and, in the fullness of time, everything was created, completed, signed, sealed and delivered, to everyone's joy and satisfaction.
I am proud to be part of this imaginative undertaking and delighted with the result. Bill Garnett deserves our applause for the care, attention and energy he poured into organising this project and of course Nicolas and Frances and their Old Stile Press deserve celebration every day.
Below are photos of my two prints and the intro sheets below. Bill Garnett, Angela Lemaire and John Abell have also posted on FaceBook about Be Still: the response of friends.
5 comments:
Looks a wonderful project, congratulations to all!
How fortunate you are to be part of such an artistic community.
Thanks, Lucy. It was indeed an enjoyable and trouble-free project (at least for me, I can't speak for the others!) Sometimes things that just arrive out of the blue are more fun to work on than many of one's own slowly cogitated schemes.
Bruce,I'm certainly happy to be part of this project but unfortunately, I've never actually met any of the other artists involved though I know them by their work with my friends Nicolas and Frances Mc Dowall. Of course I've met Bill Garnett who invited me in and I hope to get to know the others by and by.
Very cool project.
Dave, wish you could be back here to see the finished product. Next time?
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