Pictures of our Railway Land book show

Here are some pictures of the third incarnation of our show promoting our Railway Land book at the Linklater, we moved the pics around 3 times for different events to catch as many viewers as possible , culminating in the Railway Land Festival last saturday when about 1500 people turned up to enjoy some good weather and a host of different stands and activities and excellent 50p tea and cake. We had lots of enthusiatic comments - and sales! and made some good contacts for our next project about the river.
You can see the lovely we view we have of the river and Cliffe Bridge where we work in the top picture; hard to get good photos tho because of all the light...

Last few days of the exhibition in Lyme Regis...
I'm back to my own work now and my book about Donegal.....

RAILWAY LAND

Here are the fliers for our book launch next Saturday (26th May) at the Linklater Pavilion - I haven't seen the book yet but there are some images from it out there on twitter...the exhibition will carry on until friday when the space will be re-arranged for the Railway Land Wildlife Trust festival  2-6 on Saturday 2nd June, where we will  have a stand ; and we will also be there on the sunday - your last chanceto see the original prints all together and to buy the book - reduced price this year as times are hard and we are experimenting with different binding. we will also be selling the last Gideon Mantell volumes at a reduced price.....how can you resist...........

and here we were at the Priory Fayre...a beautiful sunny day!

Current or Upcoming Exhibitions

THE GREEN FUSE

Curated by artists

Laetitia Yhap and Amanda Jobson

Hastings Arts Forum

&

Isabel Blackman Centre

April 25–May 30 2012

I am currently showing Cock Robin and The Untenanted Room in this exhibition in Hastings, I am in the Isobel Blackman Centre in the Old Town, a good excuse for visiting the new Jerwood gallery , something I must do myself very soon (time?).....

Also coming up......

I am exhibiting at the 'National Gallery of Lyme Regis' in Dorset Arts week...

Hope it is readable - let me know if you want further details...

This Saturday my printmaking group will be at the Priory Fayre - see poster above.

Once that is done I'll post up fliers for our book launch on the 26th May at the Linklater and the event the following weekend.

What's New.......

                                                      woodcut
And whatever happened to March, and April is fast disappearing.....haven't blogged for so long I am having to get used to all the new layout and symbols; my brain doesn't operate as it is supposed to so it has taken me a few minutes to find the little pen sign which means I can start writing....hey ho....
The last month or two I've felt a weight of work that I OUGHT to do hanging over the space where I wanted to get on with finishing something else, but it is clearing a bit and some of the things I've done have been moving me out of the comfort Zone in a new way I suppose, with mixed results....
...have just been getting Lewes Printmakers new book to bed and I think it will be good, every year my group get better and better and I'm getting excited about seeing the result - probably won't be ready until towards the end of May however...
On the 26th May we have our launch at midday at the Linklater Pavilion, on the Railway Land, with all the original prints on show; we'll be there all week until thursday selling the book and prints, and then moving into our printing room with the bees ( the indoor observation hive) with a stand for the weekend Railway Land Festival organised by the Railway Land Wildlife Trust on the 2-3 rd June.

                                         woodcut
Here's the Linklater Pavilion - as we see it when we arrive in the winter evenings for work - light on the chalkpits and the lovely sound of the river at low tide rippling over the stones by the buildings on the left.
Lots of new trees are being planted and the fencing is protecting the special rare wildflower seeds which have been donated; all the details in the book, which we hope to be selling more cheaply this year; e-mail  prints@lewesprintmakers.co.uk for more details or look at our website lewesprintmakers.co.uk.
Lots of lovely wildlife and landscape images by the group this year; ok I got to do the building but I did also enjoy doing the tree above - its a very special railway poplar, hybridised by the Victorians to hide railway embankments...if you look carefull you can see a couple of posts, one of which has got embedded in the bark and roots of the trunk. It is the largest girth of such a tree in the country - a bit worse for wear but still alive and a haven for wildlife.
Our book is called Railway Land by the way, a view by the Lewes Printmakers.

We are also having a stand again at the Priory May Fair on Saturday May 19th at Lewes Priory ruins, with the opportunity for some hands-on printing for children.

Meanwhile, I'm just finishing my books for the Al-Mutannabi Street books project - if I don't get too many more interruptions I'll post up pictures of those in a week or two ( I know there are plenty more interruptions in the offing tho...)....
then I can get back to my three dimensional Cock Robins and installations...my new studio means I can spread myself and my messy piles even more widely and will hopefully make it easier for me to be working on several different things at once, including my huge woodcut Untenanted Room book with James Simpson.

I'm waiting for some good photos of the concrete panels with my images on The Keep - the new County Archive building along the A27. they are still under polythene wrapping and will be for some while for protection. I spent a cold windy morning up the scaffolding looking at them and watching the last ones being winched into place a few weeks back - very difficult to imagine how they will look from a distance so that is an excitement to come. the good weather over the winter has meant the building is well on course and a topping out ceremony may be possible in the autumn.

All these show is height and safety gear - I hope to get sent some better pics soon......

One of the highlights of last month for me was going the John Cage Music Circus at the Coliseum, ...

many thanks to Alex and Stephen.

Pallant House Untenanted Room talk

Steven O'Brien, editor of the London Magazine, has written a lovely report on the evening, which was very well attended by a very sympathetic audience - many thanks to all who came....
http://thelondonmagazine.org/salon/bird-skulls-and-gnomic-tomes-at-the-pallant-house-gallery/
and many thanks to Steven for a truly poetic response.

We hope to plan another session in Hastings in May for the Green Fuse exhibition.

Works on Paper Fair

Sorry about the lack of a good image before the fair - here are two to show I made it.
A big thank you to everyone who came and talked, and for all the lovely snippits of information, contact suggestions, links to Hungarian fairy tale films, offers of exhibitions and sales.
It was a really enjoyable fair.
The saturday night snow was pretty and just exciting enough at midnight on saturday without completely stopping us getting home ( it always seems to snow for the WOPF )- congratulations to those who still made it up on sunday...

There should be a petition to the Science Museum to continue showing the grand Columbian Press ( see picture ) that we exhibit next to , and all its mates behind the white panels; they are all being moved into store by next year apparently.
Its crazy not to continue showing the history of printing technology in our premier museum - I don't know how many people we described its workings to from the passing public who were excited by it, its a beautiful machine and a great part of beginning a conversation about what we do and how.

Hope to see some people at the Pallant House talk next week - see previous post.

Works on Paper Fair and More

The Mausoleum above the Hell Fire Caves, Bucks....
a wonderful Christmas Expedition....



Back to work.....
I have decided rather at the last minute to take a stand at this fair again;
I've tried to upload the ticket but it won't display properly
best e-mail me and I can send a proper one by e-mail - leave a request in the comments box? or best e-mail me on pprints@talktalk.net

I'm really looking forward to it now
check out their website ( see just below ) to get lots of details and pics...

e-ticket
2 - 5 FEBRUARY 2012
SCIENCE MUSEUM LONDON SW7
01798 861 815 Watercolours Works on Paper Fair
www.worksonpaperfair.com

Carolyn Trant at Parvenu Press
requests the pleasure of your company at the
Watercolours + Works on Paper Fair

www.worksonpaperfair.com 01798 861 815

Weds 1 Feb: 3pm - 9pm by ticket only
Thurs 2 Feb: 11am - 9pm
Fri 3 Feb: 11am - 6pm
Sat 4 Feb: 11am - 6pm
Sun 5 Feb: 11am - 6pm

She will be exhibiting her recent woodcut Artists Book - Who Killed Cock Robin and cut-out book, The Untenanted Room, based on work with poet James Simpson.

Watercolours Works on Paper Fair

ADMITS TWO FOR FREE
drawings watercolours prints photographs
Opening Preview
Wednesday 1 February 3pm - 9pm
Print out this invitation or show it on your phone or ipad for entry to the Fair.
Please give us your details below to ensure you are invited to next year’s Fair.
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Lots else on the go too
INCLUDING

PALLANT HOUSE GALLERY CHICHESTER
The Untenanted Room: James Simpson and Carolyn Trant
(Talks,Online Booking Available)

Thursday 16th February, 6:00pm


Sussex Poet James Simpson will read from his latest volume and discuss creative collaboration with artist and printmaker Carolyn Trant. Followed by book-signing in the Pallant Bookshop.

£7.50 (£6.50 students, £6 Friends) Pay bar available
Buy Tickets Online

Make a day of it and catch the end of the wonderful Burra exhibition. there is also a new Enid Marx exhibition in the prints and drawings room and another of photos of and works by Lucien Freud.


LAUDERDALE HOUSE, Waterlow Park, Highgate
Poetry in the House
Thu 9 Feb
Agenda Poets

Agenda is one of the best known and most highly respected poetry journals in the world, having been founded in 1959 by Ezra Pound and William Cookson and is now edited by Patricia McCarthy. These selected poets - Timothy Adès, Clare Best, Gill McEvoy, Christine McNeill, Andrew McNeillie, Sue Roe and James Simpson - promise a fascinating and wide ranging evening of poetry.

Time: 20:00 to 22:00

Standard price: £5.00

Concession price: £3.00
Concessions are available for students, people on benefit and over 60s. Proof must be provided when collecting tickets.

Tickets available on the door.