Last weekend was a case in point - I had to go to a certain hospital on the south side of Dublin for a checkup but while waiting I was able from my top floor viewpoint to photograph and draw a school I attended back in the misty depths of time:
so even time waiting can be enjoyed.
Just in passing, I must mention once more a book I referred to much earlier in the year: Printmaking at the Edge by Richard Noyce; I first spotted this in the library but have since bought it and its follow-up, Critical Mass: Printmaking beyond the Edge; the reason I mention these again is that in the first one the opening pages carry a very interesting discussion on the place of art (and artists) in this incredibly fast-changing world and I highly recommend anyone and everyone to read this...... that is all apart even from the terrific coverage of contemporary printmaking practice.
After the hospital the weekend got considerably better and I went to a Letter Press demo given in Graphic Studio in Temple Bar:
Mary Plunkett, printmaker
the setup with case of print
I got to pull this one myself.
I will be going to Graphic for another talk in a few weeks.
There was an exhibition there of prints on the theme of 'Strumpet City'. Here are two:
Someone already well-known in this parish
Finally, here is a slightly different version of those pictures from the 70s- Doors of Dublin:
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