John Stadnicki’s last photographs (1-24 August 2022). Black and white film.
The Aftercrying
Dreamed I found a child sleeping
on the steps of my house; perhaps lost
back from night shifts at a nearby foundry.
His fists, the size of fruits, face up
shinning below street lamps. Everything
grey as expected in night terrors.
Blackbirds call his name, flutter
in circle. Above city parks, a time-grenade
hissing before its safety pin snaps.
Lights off. …………………………………….
I reach up holding a door key.
Open a final version of myself.
25th August 2022, Maria Stadnicka
Andrew Morrison is a book artist, letterpress printer and poet who makes hand-made, limited edition books. His work is in many national collections including The British Library, the Tate, the Southbank and British Council special collections. He has lectured widely in the UK, most recently at the University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham.
Andrew creates books about finding the mysterious in the everyday, human relationships, memory, misunderstandings, printing itself, process books, sequences. His creative process can focus on sequences of images and found things; the connection between a book and a reader; the minute and the oversize.
His workshop is currently based near Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Further information about his work can be accessed at www.andrewmorrisonbooks.uk
You can follow Andrew’s art and projects on Instagram at andrewmorrisonbooks.
TU : PLEI is an invitation to engage with the ludic self then to share the experience with others.
TU : PLEI is an art exhibition which brings together drawing, painting, photography, collage, prints, sculpture, installation and montage from artists with a perceptive and individual interpretation on contemporary playfulness.
The exhibition TU : PLEI will be open 20-25 July 2021at Stroud Brewery, 9am-5pm.
While writing Buried Gods Metal Prophets I often looked back at my childhood games and wondered what they meant then, whether time has given them a different meaning or not. It might have. But surely when the Guillemot Press editors worked on the manuscript, there were moments when my siblings’ chasing in the backyard or ‘soldier-soldier’-game felt untouched and sacred. Precious and private.
At first, sacred to me, later just sweet reminders that childhood play and joy are universal experiences. A child’s laughter and falls and bruises and tears have a collective ‘sameness’ yet our experiences give them unique meaning. A bit like different interpretations of what ‘freedom’ and ‘enjoyment’ are all about. A bit like what being human is all about. After all, war and tragedy, love and disappointment, growth, learning, failure and success are human experiences that repeat themselves despite topological or temporal differences.
Alongside the artwork, I will be reading from Buried Gods Metal Prophets on Thursday 22nd July 6pm. FREE entry! All welcome!
‘Buried Gods Metal Prophets’ 2021
Buried Gods Metal Prophetsis published by the Guillemot Press, edited by Luke Thompson and Sarah Cave.
Hannah Mathison whose roots have been in the Cotswolds since the age of three, has been a decorator, gardener and groom, amongst other things, over the years.
She gained a first class honours degree in Fine Art Sculpture in 1997, prior to bringing up a family. This gave her the chance to explore and develop her creativity, which continued to find its way into the spaces in her everyday life – it still does.
Today, as she finds herself in the cut and thrust of an office environment, something she never envisaged for herself, her creativity has become more important than ever.
Talking about her creative process, Hannah says:
“Spending time in my shed reconnects me to my creative self. Wherever I go I collect objects that intrigue or inspire me. I take them home where they wait patiently to be cast in their roles in a new narrative.
The transformation of these objects comes from a quiet but vital part of me that can’t always be heard over the hubbub of the everyday.
The finished pieces are all unique and are made in reaction to my thought processes at the time” (July, 2021).
You can follow Hannah’s work and project on Instagram at hannahccmathison.
TU : PLEI is an invitation to engage with the ludic self then to share the experience with others.
TU : PLEI is an art exhibition which brings together drawing, painting, photography, collage, prints, sculpture, installation and montage from artists with a perceptive and individual interpretation on contemporary playfulness.
The exhibition TU : PLEI will be open 20-25 July 2021at Stroud Brewery, 9am-5pm.
While writing Buried Gods Metal Prophets I often looked back at my childhood games and wondered what they meant then, whether time has given them a different meaning or not. It might have. But surely when the Guillemot Press editors worked on the manuscript, there were moments when my siblings’ chasing in the backyard or ‘soldier-soldier’-game felt untouched and sacred. Precious and private.
At first, sacred to me, later just sweet reminders that childhood play and joy are universal experiences. A child’s laughter and falls and bruises and tears have a collective ‘sameness’ yet our experiences give them unique meaning. A bit like different interpretations of what ‘freedom’ and ‘enjoyment’ are all about. A bit like what being human is all about. After all, war and tragedy, love and disappointment, growth, learning, failure and success are human experiences that repeat themselves despite topological or temporal differences.
Alongside the artwork, I will be reading from Buried Gods Metal Prophets on Thursday 22nd July 6pm. FREE entry! All welcome!
‘Buried Gods Metal Prophets’ 2021
Buried Gods Metal Prophetsis published by the Guillemot Press, edited by Luke Thompson and Sarah Cave.
C F Sherrattis a multidisciplinary artist based in Bristol. His work has spanned from fine art practice to commercial illustration, animation and video, as well as musical and sound-based work. After completing an MA in Authorial Illustration at Falmouth University in 2015, he has worked for clients all over the world, received awards and featured in solo and group shows displaying his work.
Talking about what he has planned for TU : PLEI, C F Sherratt says:
The drawing I am showing in TU : PLEI is an experimental drawing which shares some themes visually with previous work, but was made using a process which was new to me, inspired by work I’ve done in the past which involves generative processes, often to create text, I allowed people to anonymously contribute to the work in the form of a short phrase, an image, a subject. I didn’t share the process during any of these interactions, so that the contributors wouldn’t know how their idea would be used or incorporated. All this I did as an act of mischief, an element of play which I have always admired in the art of others, a bit like the exquisite corpse, but resulting in a work with more visual continuity.
The other work I’ll be showing has a clear visual through-line, but was made prior to the exhibition’s conception. There is, however, certainly an element of play to the processes I often use to make my work. Like how children draw before they’re ‘taught’ to make art, I don’t tend to make preparatory sketches, look at a reference image or look at a subject. I admire the work of artists like Brecht Evens and Anna Bhushan, who go into the blank drawing page and start to make a drawing with the final materials, with no preconceptions, allowing the hand to ‘find’ the drawing.
TU : PLEI is an invitation to engage with the ludic self then to share the experience with others.
TU : PLEI is an art exhibition which brings together drawing, painting, photography, collage, prints, sculpture, installation and montage from artists with a perceptive and individual interpretation on contemporary playfulness.
The exhibition TU : PLEI will be open 20-25 July 2021at Stroud Brewery, 9am-5pm.
While writing Buried Gods Metal Prophets I often looked back at my childhood games and wondered what they meant then, whether time has given them a different meaning or not. It might have. But surely when the Guillemot Press editors worked on the manuscript, there were moments when my siblings’ chasing in the backyard or ‘soldier-soldier’-game felt untouched and sacred. Precious and private.
At first, sacred to me, later just sweet reminders that childhood play and joy are universal experiences. A child’s laughter and falls and bruises and tears have a collective ‘sameness’ yet our experiences give them unique meaning. A bit like different interpretations of what ‘freedom’ and ‘enjoyment’ are all about. A bit like what being human is all about. After all, war and tragedy, love and disappointment, growth, learning, failure and success are human experiences that repeat themselves despite topological or temporal differences.
Alongside the artwork, I will be reading from Buried Gods Metal Prophets on Thursday 22nd July 6pm. FREE entry! All welcome!
‘Buried Gods Metal Prophets’ 2021
Buried Gods Metal Prophetsis published by the Guillemot Press, edited by Luke Thompson and Sarah Cave.
Zoë Heath is an artist based in Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK.
Her process leads her to collecting and archiving marks, traces and ephemera, recording them, documenting them and de-constructing the shapes they form.
Reflecting on the creation of a piece of work, Zoë says: “I have no idea or pre-conceptions as to how a piece will look when finished. I enjoy and indulge in this process. Collage, paintings and prints evolve and ideas emerge as I am working. I choose to work across several pieces at the same time, always looking to achieve that moment of serendipity when I find that a piece is finished” (July, 2021).
You can follow Zoë’s art and projects on Instagram at zoeheath_artist.
TU : PLEI is an invitation to engage with the ludic self then to share the experience with others.
TU : PLEI is an art exhibition which brings together drawing, painting, photography, collage, prints, sculpture, installation and montage from artists with a perceptive and individual interpretation on contemporary playfulness.
The exhibition TU : PLEI will be open 20-25 July 2021at Stroud Brewery, 9am-5pm.
While writing Buried Gods Metal Prophets I often looked back at my childhood games and wondered what they meant then, whether time has given them a different meaning or not. It might have. But surely when the Guillemot Press editors worked on the manuscript, there were moments when my siblings’ chasing in the backyard or ‘soldier-soldier’-game felt untouched and sacred. Precious and private.
At first, sacred to me, later just sweet reminders that childhood play and joy are universal experiences. A child’s laughter and falls and bruises and tears have a collective ‘sameness’ yet our experiences give them unique meaning. A bit like different interpretations of what ‘freedom’ and ‘enjoyment’ are all about. A bit like what being human is all about. After all, war and tragedy, love and disappointment, growth, learning, failure and success are human experiences that repeat themselves despite topological or temporal differences.
Alongside the artwork, I will be reading from Buried Gods Metal Prophets on Thursday 22nd July 6pm. FREE entry! All welcome!
‘Buried Gods Metal Prophets’ 2021
Buried Gods Metal Prophetsis published by the Guillemot Press, edited by Luke Thompson and Sarah Cave.
Antonia Glücksmanis a German-Canadian designer, writer and illustrator based in Cornwall, UK.
Her work is research-led, often drawing on archival sources and collective memory to reveal the hidden poetry in mundane objects and everyday surroundings. Using drawing, collage and photographic processes, she aims to create books that are haptic and visual landscapes for the text to inhabit.
Antonia has illustrated and designed the Guillemot titles Words for Worlds Upended and Buried Gods Metal Prophets as well as the cover for Lucy Burnett’s One Step Sideways and 13 Down.
TU : PLEI is an invitation to engage with the ludic self then to share the experience with others.
TU : PLEI is an art exhibition which brings together drawing, painting, photography, collage, prints, sculpture, installation and montage from artists with a perceptive and individual interpretation on contemporary playfulness.
The exhibition TU : PLEI will be open 20-25 July 2021at Stroud Brewery, 9am-5pm.
While writing Buried Gods Metal Prophets I often looked back at my childhood games and wondered what they meant then, whether time has given them a different meaning or not. It might have. But surely when the Guillemot Press editors worked on the manuscript, there were moments when my siblings’ chasing in the backyard or ‘soldier-soldier’-game felt untouched and sacred. Precious and private.
At first, sacred to me, later just sweet reminders that childhood play and joy are universal experiences. A child’s laughter and falls and bruises and tears have a collective ‘sameness’ yet our experiences give them unique meaning. A bit like different interpretations of what ‘freedom’ and ‘enjoyment’ are all about. A bit like what being human is all about. After all, war and tragedy, love and disappointment, growth, learning, failure and success are human experiences that repeat themselves despite topological or temporal differences.
Alongside the artwork, I will be reading from Buried Gods Metal Prophets on Thursday 22nd July 6pm. FREE entry! All welcome!
‘Buried Gods Metal Prophets’ 2021
Buried Gods Metal Prophetsis published by the Guillemot Press, edited by Luke Thompson and Sarah Cave.
The exhibition will be open 20-25 July 2021 at Stroud Brewery.
TU-PLEI is an invitation to engage with the ludic self then to share the experience with others.
TU-PLEI is an art exhibition which brings together drawing, painting, photography, collage, prints, sculpture, installation and montage from artists with a perceptive and individual interpretation on contemporary playfulness.
While writing Buried Gods Metal Prophets I often looked back at my childhood games and wondered what they meant then, whether time has given them a different meaning or not. It might have. But surely when the Guillemot Press editors worked on the manuscript, there were moments when my siblings’ chasing in the backyard or ‘soldier-soldier’-game felt untouched and sacred. Precious and private.
At first, sacred to me, later just sweet reminders that childhood play and joy are universal experiences. A child’s laughter and falls and bruises and tears have a collective ‘sameness’ yet our experiences give them unique meaning. A bit like different interpretations of what ‘freedom’ and ‘enjoyment’ are all about. A bit like what being human is all about. After all, war and tragedy, love and disappointment, growth, learning, failure and success are human experiences that repeat themselves despite topological or temporal differences.
Alongside the artwork, I will be reading from Buried Gods Metal Prophets on Thursday 22nd July 6pm. FREE entry! All welcome!
‘Buried Gods Metal Prophets’ 2021
Buried Gods Metal Prophetspublished by the Guillemot Press, edited by Luke Thompson and Sarah Cave and illustrated by Antonia Glücksman is available here.
While writing Buried Gods Metal Prophets I often looked back at my childhood games and wondered what they meant then, whether time has given them a different meaning or not. It might have. But surely when the Guillemot Press editors worked on the manuscript, there were moments when my siblings’ chasing in the backyard or ‘soldier-soldier’-game felt untouched and sacred. Precious and private.
At first, sacred to me, later just sweet reminders that childhood play and joy are universal experiences. A child’s laughter and falls and bruises and tears have a collective ‘sameness’ yet our experiences give them unique meaning. A bit like different interpretations of what ‘freedom’ and ‘enjoyment’ are all about. A bit like what being human is all about. After all, war and tragedy, love and disappointment, growth, learning, failure and success are human experiences that repeat themselves despite topological or temporal differences.
TU-PLEI is an invitation to engage with the ludic self then to share the experience with others.
TU-PLEI is an art exhibition which brings together drawing, painting, photography, collage, prints, sculpture, installation and montage from artists with a perceptive and individual interpretation on contemporary playfulness.
Alongside the artwork, there will be poetry from Buried Gods Metal Prophets. FREE entry!
‘Buried Gods Metal Prophets’ 2021
Buried Gods Metal Prophetspublished by the Guillemot Press, edited by Luke Thompson and Sarah Cave and illustrated by Antonia Glücksman is available here.
The exhibition will be open 20-25 July 2021 at Stroud Brewery.
Maria Stadnicka 