The very first library I rode to was my local library, Redland, just about half a mile from home on the 5 July 2024. I have made some prints for Richard Long, the Turner Prize winning Land Artist, and during one of our conversations he talked about how important visiting Redland Library was to him as a child. So it seemed an apt starting point for my adventure. Richard very kindly made a double sided piece for the project. A bookmark sized artwork using Avon mud. I took a while converting and having a printing block made. Then and the most difficult part was matching the mud colour in printing ink which I eventually did. So it was such an honour for me to print the bookmarks on a Friday in July to print Richard's artwork at the library of his childhood.
The second library where I printed in Bristol was Marksbury Road Library in Bedminster. Wilf Whitty is a good friend and a very talented Bristol-based graphic designer. Marksbury Road library is Wilf's local library and where he and his daughters would go regularly. Wilf chose to use some bare wood to print with (a nice natural connection to Richard Long's piece).
