CIRCUS
The Peacock Press, 25 x 30 cms
The illustrations and endpapers are hand pulled screen prints and Circus was designed around the eight poems written especially for it by Gael Turnbull. It is printed onto double folded Zerkall paper with a cloth binding. The text was printed by the Five Seasons Press using hand set typography.. It was selected as one of the best books published in 1985 by the National Book League and exhibited in London and at the Frankfurt Book Fair. The edition of 45 is numbered and signed by both the poet and the artist. It is in private and public collections.
AN ALPHABET OF CIRCUS SKILLS
Church Hanborough, Inky Parrot Press ,15 x 22 cms
Laser printed onto Zerkall paper with an illustrated board cover in 1995 ia signed edition of 98 copies, with 12 numbered in Roman numerals in an especially designed box.
An Animal Anthology
The Peacock Press, 23 x 25 cms
A collection of 22 familiar and lesser known poems on a common theme for enjoyment across the generations and by all ages. It was designed for the artist's daughters when they were young. The illustrations and endpapers are hand pulled screen prints, the typography is hand set and printed with especially designed screen printed initial letters for each poem. It is printed onto double folded paper, with a cloth binding. Published in 1984 in a signed and numbered edition of 100 it is in private and public collections including the Royal Academy of Art, London.
Pam set up The Peacock Press in 1985, designing the logo and choosing its name because of the peacock’s many cultural links often associated with compassion and as a good omen.
An Animal Anthology and Circus, binding by Bristol Bound