First Draft for the Penultimate Chapter
: “Being the first draft for the penultimate chapter of the Book of the Erinyes: …”
Blogposts tagged as “Book Of The Erinyes”
New Photos of Tisiphone
: “Earlier today I took more photographs of Tisiphone, the first of the three Furies — many thanks to Dawn for modelling again. …”
Photoshoot of Megaera
: “Last weekend I took the photographs of Megaera, the second of the three Furies — many thanks to Alice for modelling (again!). …”
On Mammoth Projects and Future Plans
: “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.…”
Lino prints and woodcuts
: “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. …”
Research on the Broadside or Broadsheet
: “In early January I’m planning to print a number of Broadsides as related side-projects of the Book of the Erinyes. …”
On Promoting Interstitial Art
: “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. …”
Letterpress Progress
: “I’m making very good progress with the Letterpress part of the Book of the Erinyes at the moment — I’m managing to fit in 2 sessions of work at Brighton Independent Printmaking each week, and…”
Letterpress Video
: “I thought I’d share a very short video I put together from some clips of me printing out a page of the Book of the Erinyes. …”
Research in London
: “Yesterday I spent the day in London doing a whistle-stop tour of a few exhibitions as background research for the Book of the Erinyes. …”
Letterpress Update
: “I’ve been putting some hours into the Letterpress side of the Book of the Erinyes recently, and have made a fair bit of progress. …”
Victorian Gothic Revival “Papier Mâché” Binding
: “One of the fashions of the “Gothic Revival” during the mid-1840s to 1860s was for “monastic” style bindings that imitated the Medieval wooden book covers. …”
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Marbled Paper
: “One of the elements of the handmade Book of the Erinyes will be the use of marbled paper — sometimes on the outside cover, and sometimes on the endpapers/inside cover. …”
Title and Half-Title Page Proofs (part two)
: “I’m happy to say that I’ve printed out the title and half-title pages. …”
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Title and Half-Title Page Proofs
: “I’ve just got back from this week’s letterpress workshop where I managed to print some proofs (photo below) of the title and half-title pages of the Book of the Erinyes. …”
Bookbinding Practice
: “As the pace has started to pick up on the Book of the Erinyes project I decided it was time to get some much-needed bookbinding practice. …”
Letterpress Printing
: “Last year I did an evening course in Letterpress Printing at the Brighton Independent Printmaking centre. Last week Les Ellis, the course tutor, invited me back for a 4-evening follow-on course where…”
Romilly Saumarez Smith
: “Just got back from seeing Romilly Saumarez Smith: Bookbindings for Eileen Hogan at the V&A. …”
Research in New York
: “I’m lucky to be on a work trip to New York at the moment, and this morning—my bodyclock still working on UK time, and the rain pouring down—I managed to grab some time to visit the Morgan…”
New Erinyes photographs
: “A couple of weeks ago I did the first set of “official” photographs with Dawn (who is modelling in the role of Tisiphone). …”