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the Aragó Press
artists' books aragó press gallery
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The Aragó Press gallery contains a selection of images from a variety of artist's books, not all of them have been produced in any quantity as the ethos of the press has been about making individual books. More recently however, the press has undertaken the publications of small editions in collaboration with individual poets.
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Four new Aragó Press publications appeared in the summer of 2011. All four were printed at the studio in Cadaqués.
The first to appear was "Bede and the Shipbuilder's Wife", which was bound in a simple paper wrapper. The text was by A E Jordan and the ten prints, of which three were in colour, were by Arvon Wellen.
This small volume was then exhibited as a part of the "Sunderland Book Project". The project was organised by Theresa Easton and the books have been exhibited at the Arts Centre Washington, Tyne and Wear (UK) and may also be exhibited in Durham and Bristol.
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Three books based on the theme of "Love" were printed using a series of prints by Arvon Wellen based on a group of over 100 paintings and drawings.
"Dans la Maison Familiale" brought together the work of poets Noele Rose and Cedric Monzali.
"Tough Love" and "Variations on the theme of the little love god" were based on this theme and included the poetry of A E Jordan.
All three books were bound by hand by Matt Edwards who is a member of Green Door a print workshop based in Derby, UK.
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Bede and the Shipbuilder's Wife
Printed in Cadaqués using Bockingford double sided paper.
soft cover 20 pp; 21 x 15 cm; edition of 35 copies; Aragó Press 2011
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Bede and the Shipbuilder's Wife
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X = or What is to be done?
Aragó Press 2011
33 cm x 16 cm; printed on Bockingford and Simili Japanese paper using litho, digital, pochoir and hand colouring.
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What is?
Aragó Press 2011
33 cm x 16 cm; printed on Bockingford and Simili Japanese paper using litho, digital, pochoir and hand colouring.
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À Jerri by Cedric Monzali (December 2008)
A new poem by Cedric Monzali with five prints and additional decoration by Arvon Wellen has just been printed and published at the Aragó Press. The text was printed on Himalaya hand made paper and the colour prints were printed on Somerset Velvet. The text is in French with an English translation. Cedric Mozali is a musician, poet and teacher, whose French mother has an aristocratic background and whose Italian father is also a poet.
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Family:
A series of four boxed images constructed with mixed media 2001.
First exhibited in Palma de Mallorca in 2001. The exhibition was accompanied by a seminar on digital printing given by Arvon Wellen and translated into Spanish.
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the Chalice
poem by A E Jordan with a series of prints by Arvon Wellen. 2008
Printed on hand made Himalaya paper and Somerset enhanced cotton rag paper.
Paper size 297 x 210 mm. Limited to 50 copies.
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the Story of Æthelthryth
the Venerable Bede: Aragó Press 2007 with prints by Arvon Wellen. Printed on Arches Aquarelle paper. The original paintings were exhibited in Ely cathedral in 2007. The seventeen paintings followed the life story of St Æthelthryth or St. Etheldreda as she is more commonly known.
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3
poem by A E Jordan printed by Arvon Wellen. 1980's
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Group O
poem by A E Jordan printed by Arvon Wellen on Arnold hand made paper. 1980's
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