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Final decisions made on book and exhibition
With the Paston hand-made book nearing completion, four members of InPrint met with Lucy Care, of the Paston Heritage Society, at Annette Rolston’s studio in the Bally Art Factory, Norwich. A variety of prints, plates and pages were available for viewing, and decisions were made on the running order of the book, publicity for the exhibition and practical matters including finance and setting up subsequent exhibitions.
As well as organising the whole project Lucy is also an artist, and has contributed images and a poem to the book. Annette, on whom the burden of printing has largely fallen, also has images in the book, as has InPrint member Joan Murray. Poems from InPrint members Caroline Gilfillan, Lisa D’Onofrio and Tim Lenton are also included.
The main exhibition, at which the book will be on display, is on October 11 and 12 in St Margaret’s Church, Paston. It will be followed by exhibitions at Cromer and Nottingham, and the book will eventually be on display at the Millennium Library in the Forum in Norwich.
The pictures here were taken at the Bally meeting on 14 August and include a few of the prints that will eventually become pages in the book, though not necessarily in their final form.
Week of work on Paston book
26 July 2008
A full week as far as work on the Paston book is concerned. On Tuesday Annette and Tim met in Norwich to discuss how the various pages might look. On Wednesday the final, full workshop, led by Annette and Caroline, brought in views from other poets and artists, as well as doing some key printing. And on Thursday Annette, Caroline, Tim and Lucy made the final decisions on what will be included - though not the order of the pages. It all seemed to fit together rather well. On Saturday, Lucy and Tim printed off acetates - the font chosen was only available on Tim's computer in Norwich. Further work on the plates will be done under Annette's direction next week.
Work on Paston book nearing completion
The printing and writing workshop on Wednesday 23 July will be a key moment in the Paston Project. Final decisions will be being made on the composition of the hand-made book – which images will be used, which poems, and how it will all fit together. Annette Rolston and Caroline Gilfillan will be leading the workshop, with some assistance from Mike Fenton and Tim Lenton as far as the book is concerned.
Excitement is rising as InPrint members – notably Annette, who has worked her socks off – overcome technical problems in the new process with the help of experienced workshop members. Any of the high quality material produced over the past months that doesn't make it into the book will in all likelihood find a spot in the Paston Heritage Society exhibition scheduled for autumn.
Meanwhile Mike Fenton is putting together a website dedicated to the Paston Heritage Society, which should go live ini the near future. It will contain much of the work produced by InPrint and others during the Paston project.
Closer look at Paston writing workshops
Further details are now available of the writing workshops being held over the next three months at Paston in North Norfolk (see item below). They are held at the same time as art workshops and are as follows:
• Sunday 11th May, 10am – 4 pm, led by Rupert
Mallin
Textures. Combining words, images and textures using The Paston
Letters - texts, symbols and imagery - brought together in print.
The workshop will include n exploration of form in poetry and
visual art.
• Saturday 31st May, 10 am – 4 pm, led by Caroline
Gilfillan
Finding Form. In this workshop we’ll try our hand at some poetic
forms – ghazals, pantoums and terza rima – while responding to
the rich source material in the Paston Letters, and in the church
itself. Suitable for beginners or those who’ve already written
before. All that’s needed is a notebook, a pen or pencil, and a
curious mind.
• Sunday 29th June, 10 am – 4 pm, led by Caroline
Gilfillan
Poems-in-Progress: revising and developing your work. This
workshop will give you a wonderful opportunity to share and get
detailed feedback on your poetry. Please bring poems developed
during the course of the project for discussion. At least one of
these should be directly inspired by the Paston project, and a
possible candidate for inclusion in the book, but you can also
bring other work in progress, which we’ll discuss if time allows.
• Wednesday 23rd July, 10 am – 4 pm, led by Caroline
Gilfillan
Making the Book. In this workshop we’ll decide on the order in
which pieces should appear in the limited edition book, and how
these can be integrated with the visual artwork produced during
the course of the project. You may also have the chance to print
your own work.