Friday 26 April 2013

haiku. linocut. then & now



 then & now
reaching out for - for -
plodding through present moments,
now turning to then



  My ampersand obsession continues to grow. Here is a linocut, which, with lots of its friends, I will be taking to the Fair at the Diffusion Festival Publishing Weekend in Cardiff on 25 & 26th May.
http://www.diffusionfestival.org/

Very exciting.
I am particularly fond of the headscarf.

Tuesday 23 April 2013

Found Alphabet No 4 - the letter V



The fourth in my Found Alphabet series, a rather slim and understated forked twig, graceful on the pavement.

I found the first one, the letter A, on March 29th 2012.  This is a slow process.

Upper or lower case, I don't mind. My rule is that I cannot in any way touch or alter the letters, they have to be complete when my eyes first alight upon them.

With A, H, T, and now V under my belt, the search continues. 


Monday 22 April 2013

haiku. spring mosaic. fritillary






mosaic of spring -
each tiny piece put in place
creates the season













                                                          



I know it could still snow, and there will be frosts and bad weather, but the fritillary reassures me that the spring is here. All is in place, and all will be well.

Thursday 18 April 2013

haiku. alphabet trees



alphabet trees

seed, sapling and tree -
every season, stories grow
letter by letter










 There is something magical about wooden type.





And how it prints.

Saturday 13 April 2013

haiku. writing on the wall, apocalypse



I was in a room where the whole wall was a whiteboard, and a haiku came to me. I like the way my name has smudged.





apocalypse
 I looked round - oh no -
The writing was on the wall
What luck - a whiteboard!

Friday 12 April 2013

Haiku, ampersand obsession

I am absolutely devoted to the ampersand, and can't stop printing, drawing and thinking about them.
I am also amassing an impressive collection of letterpress ampersands, a small selection of which are pictured here. My camera lens isn't large enough to photograph them all in one place.

ampersand obsession
and ampersand and -
devouring fullstops, endings
there are no last words

Monday 8 April 2013

haiku. cat sitting on computer





he's an anxious cat
rows of letters fill the screen
but he can't read them





I remember reading about a computer programme that could tell you if your cat had walked across your keyboard in your absence, and repair the damage it had done. All I had to do this time was delete many pages of random letters, and brush away lots of fur.

Saturday 6 April 2013

haiku. crocus. spring.








celebrating spring -
reaching to embrace the light
in sunshine at last







 My garden is finally waking up. I am so glad to see the crocus and daffodils too. Soon cherry blossom. 

Tuesday 2 April 2013

Hamlet. A Tribute.


 Here is Hamlet meeting his father's ghost, in a tribute to the new production at the RSC.

It's a collaged card, with finger puppets.

An economical way to have Hamlet in your home, so much more convenient than great big actors who would no doubt need feeding.

Hamlet and other Shalespearian finger puppet cards can be found on my website, under the For Sale menu.

www.francescakay.co.uk