Subversive, traditional, inflexible bookbinder and experimental letterpress printer. HIGHFALUTIN AND AND PRETTY PRETENTIOUS ABOUT IT. Will bind books for money.
newcastle upon tyne
Joined June 2009
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In Memoriam - the Gas Light and Coke Company War Memorial Lamp
This war memorial’s eternal light is maintained by our friends, the London Lamplighters, the service and repair engineers who maintain the capital’s remaining 1,500 historic gas lamps. 🧵tinyurl.com/cmpmxze6
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'The Stars Coming Out.' (1912) Sir George Clausen's painting was made near Widdington, near Saffron Walden in Essex, probably one chilly autumn evening. Out of very simple elements, he constructed one of the most perfect nocturnes, a picture that rivals those of Millet and Corot.
this is the most science fiction thing I have seen
HMS Cornwallis' gun turrets under construction at Armstrong Works, Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Seascape and jay feather. Just one project bag still available from this batch. For knitting, crochet, crafts and general storage of swag.
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Delighted that @TwoRiversPress poet Susan Utting's Utting's poem ‘The Ladies of the Leek Embroidery Society Copy the Bayeux Tapestry’ is featured in this lovely @poetrycandle book. @readingmuseum @britishmuseum #bayeuxtapestry: #poetry candlestickpress.co.uk/pamph…
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You're looking at survivors of Britain's 'Light Brigade' photographed by Roger Fenton shortly after their ill-fated charge at the Battle of Balaclava. It happened on this day in 1854.
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Probably my favourite version. It's much less bombastic than Olivier's or Branagh's.
#StCrispinsDay
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A number of manuscripts in the renowned Cotton collection were damaged or destroyed in the fire at Ashburnham House, London, #OTD in 1731. The Lindisfarne Gospels, pictured, and the Durham Liber Vitae were among those to survive.
ALT The page in the Lindisfarne Gospels that bears the exquisitely illuminated chi-rho, a monogram used to symbolise the name of Christ.
great writing
Nuanced performances from Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Allison Janney, and Ed Harris can’t cover for a dated, predictable play. vulture.com/article/other-de…
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Heron alert!
Watch as this female kingfisher reacts to a heron flying towards it.
#LondonBirds #nature #wildlife #kingfisher #eastlondon
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Marbled witches’ brew 🧙🪄🌀
I haven’t had a chance to do any paper marbling for awhile but I found this old video of me making a Halloween inspired pattern, stirring up some spooky spots & stripes! 🎃 – at Portland, OR
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A camera sold by Mawson & Swan of 9 & 13 Mosley Street, Newcastle on Tyne in May 1882 to the American artist Winslow Homer.
A Pressphotoman on how photography informed his artistic practice during 18 months in the Cullercoats artists colony.
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ALT Image credit: Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
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V cool tomb model (w weaver) of pattern loom found in Laoguanshan Tomb 188-157 BCE #HanDynasty
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