‘New’ wood engravings from Peter Reddick

However much fun it may be to obtain pictures, or whatever, from sympathetic galleries and dealers, it is even more rewarding to have them direct from the artist. A fantasy version of this sort of transaction could involve paintings torn, still dripping with paint,...

Thoughts on some books, back from the binders.

Although, of course, I complete the printing of each of our books there and then (and it cannot be reprinted), the binding of the folded and collated sheets is done in batches. We might start off by binding half the edition and, if the book catches many eyes, we might...

Thoughts on some books, back from the binders.

Although, of course, I complete the printing of each of our books there and then (and it cannot be reprinted), the binding of the folded and collated sheets is done in batches. We might start off by binding half the edition and, if the book catches many eyes, we might...

Before they all go over . . .

Sunday evening. I’ve had a good day in the printing office, enjoying the advantages of its stone walls and cave-like feeling as the temperatures here creep up the dizzy 20s! All sorts of things I should do this evening, I am sure, but I just thought I would...

Mutantcy and a terrible destruction

If you have been here before, you may remember the above photograph, a plant of rich and velvety lushness that had just turned up in one of our ‘pots’. A Mullein of course. Later it was seen to contain at its heart a diamond of great beauty which I also...