Inger’s Forest – Eskild Beck

March 20, 2016March 6, 2017albanlow Tags: Aabenraa, Chapbook, Denmark, Eskild Beck, I.P. Junggreen Have Leave a comment

“Over the sea, close to a town called Aabenraa, exactly 184 steps from the beach, there is a small forest, small, about the size of a football field. It is named Inger’s Forest.” Eskild Beck, 2016.

Inger’s Forest is a beautiful and simple chapbook featuring the words, photographs and drawings of Danish artist Eskild Beck and the illustrations of I.P. Junggreen Have. Deceptively evocative, it documents the world of a small copse near the town of Aabenraa, Denmark. It is a poetic affirmation of life itself with the mystery of our waking journey lurking amongst its leafy layers.

Eskild Beck is an internationally respected artist, his imagined world drawings have been exhibited around the world. His work has an ethereal quality that often transcends the physicality of this world. Although Inger’s Forest is a real place it is also a place that lies in all of our hearts.

Eskild made this chapbook in memory of his late wife Inger, and the forest that was part of her childhood.

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Eskild Beck
Published March 2016
ISBN 978-1-910578-28-5
A6 Size
16 printed pages
Colour
Chapbook 11
SLB037
Price – £2

The Scotch Egg Diet – David Bushell

March 14, 2016March 6, 2017albanlow Tags: Chapbook, David Bushell, Philip Deed 2 Comments

David Bushell’s wonderfully evocative selection of vignettes span the social awkwardness experienced throughout our lives from childhood to our current adult self doubts. Even though the British scotch egg was invented in 1738 by Fortnum and Masons the hue of Bushell’s egg has a late 20th century e-numbered tinge to its breadcrumbs. Its odour is of a P’tang, Yang, Kipperbang coming-of-age nostalgia, with the air of a smarting Chinese burn and static shocks from nylon trousers.

These heartwarming tales of love and misadventure come from the author of “Undernourished In Osidge”. The pages of David Bushell’s chapbook are just like the delicacy itself with a breadcrumb cover, sausage meat inner pages and a yolk core.

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David Bushell
Published March 2016
ISBN 978-1-910578-29-2
A6 Size
16 printed pages
Colour
Chapbook 12
SLB038
Price – £2

20 in 15: The Lives of Artists – Bill Mudge

March 4, 2016March 6, 2017albanlow Tags: 20 in 15, Bill Mudge, Kevin Acott, Seacourt, Sean Chilvers, The lives of artists 1 Comment

20 in 15 is a behind the scenes look at the lives of twenty different artists, their creative processes and working environments. The project evolved from the thriving arts community in Carshalton but ultimately expanded to locations around the UK and France. Observing artists as they work, Bills documentary approach gives an insight into what it takes to live and work as a creative person.

20 in 15 includes photographs of Peter S Smith (Painter Printmaker), Alex Foster (Illustrator), Abel Kesteven (Artist), Aga Cowling (Amber & Glass Designer), Jeremy Clark (Ceramic Sculptor), Luci Metcalfe (Artist), Dan Redding (Videographer), Kathryn Sherriff (Ceramicist), Glow (Design Agency), Guy Meredith (Composer), Emma Capron (Interior Designer), Wayne Sleeth (Artist), Kendra Haste (Sculptor), Alban Low (Illustrator), Lucy Furlong (Poet), Karin Andrews Jashapara (Shadow Puppetry), Emily Hall (Weaver and Ceramicist), Andrew Candy (Gallery Owner & Graphic Designer), Art Language Location (Contemporary Arts Festival), Association Amitiés Tsiganes (Community Art / ‘Un mur d’expression pour en faire tomber d’autres’)

20 in 15: The Lives of Artists
Published March 2016
ISBN 978-1910578254
44 pages
Book Dimensions: 17 x 0.5 x 24 cm
Author – Bill Mudge
Graphic Design – Sean Chilvers
Poetry – Kevin Acott
Printer – Seacourt
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Monet Monet Monet – Wayne Sleeth

February 28, 2016March 6, 2017albanlow 2 Comments

Wayne Sleeth (born 1966) is a British contemporary artist living and working in France . In 1987 he visited Claude Monet’s estate at Giverny. In 2015 he embarked on a new, and on-running, series of paintings inspired by a profound appreciation of Monet’s work, in particular his ‘Nymphéas’ paintings.

To coincide with his appearance at Art3f, the Salon International d’Art Contemporain in Metz, France, and his simultaneous participation in the ’20 in 15’ project and exhibition at Mine Gallery in London in March 2016, the artist reveals a thematic part of his more recent production, physically in both Metz and London, and here in a richly-illustrated chapbook mirroring his own words and those of one of his ‘mentors’ in painting, Claude Monet.
www.waynesleeth.com

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Wayne Sleeth
Published February 2016
ISBN 978-1-910578-27-8
A6 Size
16 printed pages
Colour
Chapbook 10
SLB036
Price – £2

Glovewatch: The Lost Gloves of Seething – Robin Hutchinson

February 19, 2016March 6, 2017albanlow Tags: Chapbook, glovewatch, poster, Robin Hutchinson, Seething Leave a comment

In December 2014 a single glove started a passion. Robin Hutchinson just wondered how many single gloves there might be lost in the Surbiton area. To discover an answer he asked people via Facebook to look for and record any sightings. Over a period of five months 819 were spotted. In November 2015 Robin decided to repeat the experiment but introduced a ‘glove spotting’ season running from the 1st of December to the 31st January.

The result from the Glovewatch 2015/16 Season is a remarkable 692 Lost Gloves of Seething.
If you want to join in the 2016/17 season then ‘like’ the Glovewatch – The Lost Gloves of Seething page on Facebook.

Note to readers – Seething is a ‘state’ dedicated to using creativity to bring people together. It is open to everyone to join in whenever and wherever they like. We believe that by creating things and bringing people together through that activity we can release talents and energies in our varied communities.

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Robin Hutchinson
Published February 2016
ISBN 978-1-910578-26-1
A6 Size,
Fold out A3 poster, 5 sides
Colour
Seething Chapbook 2
SLB035
£2

The Ghost And The Dog – Simon La Brea

February 7, 2016March 6, 2017albanlow Tags: Chapbook, Simon La Brea Leave a comment

A short story written in free narrative verse, this farce is based on true events. The identities of the guilty and locations have been changed. Simon La Brea is an author and has had short stories published under a pseudonym in the more distant past. He has also written several unpublished novels, novellas, poetry and essays.

Author’s Note
This short story is written in the form of narrative verse, common in medieval times but all too rare in the modern age. Geoffrey Chaucer, through his Canterbury Tales, is the best known exemplar of this style. It lends itself superbly to a comic tale or even farce such as is presented here. The present example is in free verse and rhyme, unlike past practice which generally employed iambic pentameter.

Simon La Brea’s Literary Page is available on Facebook. Follow Simon La Brea on Twitter at @Simon_LaBrea

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Simon La Brea
Published February 2016
ISBN 978-1-910578-24-7
A6 Size
16 printed pages
Colour
Illustrations by Alban Low
Chapbook 9
SLB033
Price – £2

Pasta Prose 2016 – Robin Hutchinson

February 1, 2016March 6, 2017albanlow Tags: alban low, Alex Moss, Alphabetti Spaghetti Challenge, Andy Currums, Debbie Stubbington, Fairy, Hattie Thomas, Jack Dimes, Jackie Kaye, Josh Hayes, Louise Wood, Matthew Lloyd, Molly Freeman, Nick Chan, Noel Parachute, Pasta Prose, peter s smith, Phil Wood, Philippa Willes, Richard Stickney, Robin Hutchinson, Rose Theatre, Sam Brown, Seething, Simone Kay Leave a comment

Are you a pasta poet or spaghetti writer? Could you face the Alphabetti Spaghetti Challenge? One tin and twenty minutes to compose your best. When it’s over you can eat your own words – on toast. Every year as a way to combat ‘Blue Monday’, the most depressing day of the year, poets all over the world open tins of Alphabetti Spaghetti and get inspired.

The 2016 Alphabetti Spaghetti Challenge was held at Woody’s Bar in Kingston-upon-Thames on the 18th January 2016. The Hungry Poets included Philippa Willes, Simone Kay, Matthew Lloyd, Alex Moss, Louise Wood, Alban Low, Peter S Smith, Richard Stickney, Phil Wood, Hattie Thomas, Molly Freeman, Josh Hayes, Jack Dimes, Nick Chan, Sam Brown, Noel Parachute, Fairy, Jackie Kaye, Debbie Stubbington, Andy Currums.

Robin Hutchinson is a founding trustee/director of The Rose Theatre, Kingston, director of The Community Brain CIC and chair of the charity Creative Youth, organisers of the
International Youth Arts Festival in Kingston.

Pasta Prose 2016 is the first in a new chapbook series with the inspirational community of Seething. Seething is a State dedicated to using creativity to bring people together. It is open to everyone to join in whenever and wherever they like. They believe that by creating things and bringing people together you can release talents and energies in a community in a positive, engaging and sharing way. We support that philosophy whole heartedly here at Sampson Low.
Seething Website

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Robin Hutchinson and the Hungry Poets
Published January 2016
ISBN 978-1-910578-23-0
A6 Size
16 printed pages
Colour
Seething Chapbook 1
SLB032
£2

5 Star Review *****
“If this isn’t the best volume of pasta prose I’ll eat my words.”
Tony Williams ‏
01/02/2016

The Exchange at Brunswick East

January 29, 2016January 29, 2016albanlow Tags: Bryan Benge, Chapbook, Francesca Albini, Hungry Poets, peter s smith, Robin Hutchinson, Stella Tripp, The exchange Leave a comment

On Tuesday 16th February 2016, 6pm we’ll be showing 5 of our creative chapbooks at the Official Opening of the Independent Artist Bookstore in Gillett Street, Dalston, London.

The Exchange is an independent artist bookstore formed from an (ever growing) collection of independently produced artists books, zines and comics from over 50 artists and arts collectives. All items within the collection are available for sale with all proceeds going directly to the artists (it’s important to know that not only do artists receive 100% of the money collected on their behalf from works sold, but that artists are not charged any fees to display/sell through The Exchange.It’s a rare Exchange for us artist folk, especially in the cutthroat capital.

Some of the Sampson Low authors will be there so come and join us. Afterwards why not visit The Vortex on Gillett Square to experience the inspirational Michelson Morley in concert.

Our chapbooks will be selling for £1 and include –
Dreamtime Reflections by Francesca Albini
Murmurations: A visual exploration of individuality and community by Stella Tripp
Vertical Prose by Peter S Smith
Adam’s Story by Bryan Benge
Pasta Prose 2016 by Robin Hutchinson and the Hungry Poets

Adam’s Story – Bryan Benge

January 24, 2016March 6, 2017albanlow Tags: Adam's Story, Bryan Benge, Chapbook, Eve's Story, Robot, The Journey Man Leave a comment

Bryan Benge’s debut chapbook is the tale of Adam, a robot who finds himself in the very strange world we call Earth. Adam tries to navigate our society through his wit and observational logic. Bryan Benge is a conceptual and digital artist who had been a member of the London Group for many years. He regular exhibits and organises exhibition across the UK with the artist’s group CollectConnect.

Adam’s Story is the first in a trilogy of chapbooks from Bryan Benge.
(1) Adam’s Story
(2) Eve’s Story (The Opera Singer)
(3) The Journey Man

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Bryan Benge
Published January 2016
ISBN 978-1-910578-22-3
A6 Size
16 printed pages
Colour
Chapbook 8
SLB031
Price – £2

Vertical Prose – Peter S Smith

January 19, 2016November 26, 2016albanlow Tags: Chapbook, peter s smith, poetry, vertical prose Leave a comment

Artist Peter S Smith publishes his poems for the first time in this charming pocket sized chapbook. Smith draws his inspiration from Clive James’ recent quote in The Guardian (14:11:2015) “Lately I am seldom impressed by the kind of poetry that is just prose arranged vertically. I spent too much time learning how to arrange it horizontally.”

Peter S Smith is a Painter/Printmaker with a studio at the St Bride Foundation Bride Lane off Fleet Street London. He studied Fine Art at Birmingham School of Art and Design (BA (Hons) Fine Art, 1969) and Art Education at Manchester (Post Graduate Certificate in Education,1970). In 1992 he gained an MA (Printmaking) at Wimbledon School of Art.
Smith is a member of the Society of Wood Engravers and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers. From 1971 he taught, full and part-time, in Secondary and Further Education. Between 1979 and 1981 he was West Midlands Fine Art Fellow working as Artist in Residence with Dudley Education Services. He was Head of the School of Art and Design at Kingston College from1983 until 2010.

Vertical Prose
Peter S Smith
Published January 2016
ISBN 978-1-910578-21-6
A6 Size
16 printed pages
Colour
Chapbook 7
SLB030
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