jo roberts artist
Public Notices
Residency
Ditchling Museum, Ditchling, East Sussex. Spring 2008
This was a self-initiated residency, building on a project I had done there in 2005. I researched the Evan Gill Collection and St. Dominic's Press. Through this I was introduced to the Museum's Stanhope Hand Press, and became entranced with Letterpress printing. I produced a weekly series of 'Public Notices'. The theme being whatever was happening that week - from letting people know that Shrove Tuesday was happening to celebrating things made by hand. These were my learning tools, each week I became more proficient.
All six of the 'Public Notices' were shown at the opening of the Museum's latest exhibition 'Art, Craft and the Village Life of Ditchling'.
Project links
- Ditchling Museum
- Ditchling Museum, Ditchling, East Sussex
- Eric Gill
- Wikipedia entry on artist Eric Gill
- Eric Gill Society
- Eric Gill Society website - a resource for the work and history of Eric Gill and the Guild of St Joseph, founded in Ditchling, East Sussex.
- Stanhope Press
- Charles, Third Earl Stanhope (1753-1816) was dedicated to the advancement of science. He invented his press around 1800 (the earliest surviving example is from 1804).