Paul Watson’s notes on ongoing artwork, giving an insight into the creative process.
I have bruises on my wrist and stomach from printing lino prints all day - using that relief printing press for any protracted length of time is like a work-out with added violence. But I’ve successfully printed the editions of All That You Think You Know Is Wrong and Badb Catha. Unfortunately…
…I’ve been doing boring-yet-necessary financial stuff to set myself up as a self-employed artist - most of which entails reading a lot of boring-and-long-winded explanations of financial jargon. I seem to have already made a loss of nearly £1500. Contrary to logic and common sense, it seems…
Being the first draft for the penultimate chapter of the Book of the Erinyes: The extent of my research has expanded from the classical esoterica to gnostic epistles in any field. They inhabit the hinterlands of the mind — the barren places and the abandoned ruins of memories nearly forgotten.…
Earlier today I took more photographs of Tisiphone, the first of the three Furies — many thanks to Dawn for modelling again. I’ve got a couple of the photographs up in the artwork section already, so please have a look and let me know what you think. …
Last weekend I took the photographs of Megaera, the second of the three Furies — many thanks to Alice for modelling (again!). I managed to shoot 668 photos — it’s simply amazing how differently you approach photography when you’re working with a digital camera (a Panasonic Lumix G1 —…
Work on the letterpress side of the Book of the Erinyes is on temporary hiatus while I wait for the letterpress facilities of Brighton Independent Printmaking to re-open as Ink Spot Press in June. I’ve got 9 of the 13 chapters printed, so it shouldn’t take too long to finish them off when the…
I was lucky enough to be on a business trip to New York again last week, and I so had the opportunity to visit the Center for Book Arts. The Center is a great resource — they have a decent-sized Letterpress studio with several proof presses, an equally well-resourced Bindery area, an exhibition…
Just a quick post to let you all know that I’ve been doing a few new lino prints and my first ever woodcut for the Book of the Erinyes. I'm hoping to do quite a few of these for the project, as I they suit the idea of an artists book very well.…
In early January I’m planning to print a number of Broadsides as related side-projects of the Book of the Erinyes. As well as being appropriate to the whole atmosphere of the artwork, I’m also drawn to the often scurrilous history of Broadsides, from the 16th century to the mid-19th century.…
As I’ve been working on The Book of the Erinyes I’ve been trying to work out who it’s likely to appeal to. The problem is that it doesn’t fit comfortably in any one area. It sits between art and craft, between bookbinding and book art, between mainstream and underground. It’s art made…