Hello… … from the blustery, wind-swept shores of the creek ! It's certainly kept Ron in his studio as he prepares for Livres d'artistes: The Artist's Book in Theory and Practice. As you can see, the work has been packed and is now being transported to Cardiff. Once there, participants will be able to handle a wide selection of Circle Press books, as well as hear Ron speak. Also included is a selection from the Circle Press Library that features work by Patrick Caulfield, Harold Pinter/Harold Cohen, Karen Bleitz, Ken Campbell and Sam Winston, amongst others. It is a great chance to get up close to these works. The conference, inspired by Ron's donation of the Circle Press collection, is a celebration not only of its work but an in-depth look at the...
Hello, This week Ron has been approached by the Government Art Collection where, it turns out, and we have discovered, that three works from the current Mask and Totems series are located in some far flung corners of the globe. Baby Doll is in the United Arab Emirates British Embassy in Abu Dhabi and Pardoner and Chaucer in Jakarta, Indonesia. Ron's now iconic interpretation of Chaucer's Prologue to the Canterbury Tales is becoming increasingly rare, with no first-edition books available. In the current Series of Chaucer Masks you can see some first-edition prints but they are very small in number, with only one of each of Host, Nun and Squire, available of this collectable work. HostChaucer's Prologue to the Canterbury Tales (1967) Whilst we're on the topic of far flung corners, so many of you, from several parts of the globe - Canada, France,...
