Nothing specific, just a mild hum guiding my hand & eye
A set of 28 letterpress prints made in 2009 and 2024 in Bath and Oxford showing at Moris in Rokko, Kobe, Japan.
Almanac I-III, 2024
7 letterpress prints, 2024
Cowley Boogie Woogie I & II, 2024
Broom Broom, 2024
Printing a letterpress print
Watch the artist print Away on a Vandercook SP20 in Oxford UK 2024.
Some stories about the titles
Works made in 2009
Cipher was named for Kyoko after she described a framed print she saw in my studio.
Blast Off was made for a 50th birthday gift.
Bora refers to a northerly wind.
Some titles of works made in 2024…
The Almanac Series were inspired by childhood memories of looking at images in old year books, finding a variety of subjects from farming to knitting, stationery to plumbing.
Allotment is from a happy time organising my planting at a shared garden and where I met Hiromi.
Cowley Boogie Woogie I & II reference the area of Cowley Road in Oxford, taking buses, crossing roads and dodging pavement traffic.
Retaining Wall was the first of four images and refers to the blocks holding tight the left edge & bottom section.
Set Free was when the wall was removed.
Away is inverted and released like a hot air balloon.
Temple is a quiet piece.