The Erinyes on Twitter
A very quick post to say that you can follow the progress of this project (and of my other projects) by following me on Twitter. Just go to twitter.com/lazcorp and click ‘follow’.…
The Artist’s Notebook
Paul Watson’s notes on ongoing artwork, giving an insight into the creative process.
Furies from the 1930s
My friend Michael Kemp just pointed me at an interpretation of the Furies that I hadn’t seen before — Slavko Vorkapić’s excellent montage sequence for the 1934 film Crime Without Passion (written and directed by Charles MacArthur & Ben Hecht). Slavko Vorkapić (1894–1976) was a Serbian-American…
Patience and Serendipity
The unplanned suspension of work on the Book of the Erinyes over the past couple of months (due in no small part to moving house) has proved serendipitous — I’ve been thinking a lot about the planned artwork, and each idea is now wrapped in an abundance of layers. As well as allowing me to…
Furies Wanted!
Two of the three models I had lined up for this project have had to drop out, so if you fancy being one of the 3 Furies then let me know. The modelling will be fine art nude, but heavily shadowed and textured. The photo session should take no longer than 2 hours. You don’t need to have had any…
Book Bindings and Vine Leaves
One of the things I’ve started considering is how to bind the 30 to 50 copies of the Book of the Erinyes. I decided right from the start that they’d all be individually hand-bound and I would try different binding materials across the limited edition. I’ve been on holiday on the Greek island…
A Preview of the Text
The text, so far: I — A Dedication Of Sorts I stare fixedly at this page because I know that she is standing at my shoulder, a never ending presence. I can sense her emerging from the shadows in the not-quite-seen at the edge of vision. The serpentine movement of her pale limbs bypasses sight,…
A Movie Trailer for an Artist’s Book?
I have this mad idea — I want to make a movie trailer for my handmade limited edition artist’s book. I’ve been wondering how to promote the Book of the Erinyes and I realised it’s going to be difficult. It’s not just one image—it’s a whole book of images and text—so I can’t just…
Putting plans together
I’ve just dropped a message to Nina—who did some life modelling for me a year-or-so ago—to see if she’s available to model for the third of the Furies. If so then I’ll have models for all three, and I’ll feel like this whole project is on safer ground! Regardless of that, I’ve got…
A Busy Few Months Ahead
It’s looking like an increasingly busy few months ahead! I knew this project would take some considerable time right back when I took my Letterpress printing course back in February-April. I’ve got most of the text for the Book of the Erinyes written and sometime over August/September…
Welcome to the Journal
The purpose of this blog is to document the progress of the Book of the Erinyes, a handbound limited edition artist’s book. Fragments of text will provide a disjointed partial narrative to the artwork rather than being an illustrated story. The text, written in the style of a late 19th century…