Ref NoDTC/ART/08/08
CollectionDan Thompson artist books and ephemera
TitleA three-fold yarn
Name of creatorHaynes, Cathy; O'Reilly, Sally
Date2004
Extent1 item
DescriptionMulti-fold booklet printed on cream paper. Commissioned for 'Navigating History', a collaboration between Proboscis and Deborah Smith, with East Sussex Record Office Lewes, Folkestone Library and Museum, and West Sussex Local studies Collection in Worthing Library. Contains writings by various authors alongside heritage photographs and images. Based on a concept of a parlour game in which players spend time rooting through stories and pictures that they combine in a contest akin to 'Consequences', where each new passage or picture must link to the last. Once three "strands" have been thread, the winner is the player who can connect all three pieces.
SubjectArtist books
Art
Heritage
Parlour games
PhysicalDescription142 x 104 mm
Admin historyDan Thompson is an artist, writer, and speaker. He runs a studio in Margate, but works nationwide. His work is about people and places. His publications include Your England, Dreamland Trilogy, Pop Up For Dummies and Peace Gazetteer.
Related PersonMuggeridge, Fraser; designer
Hughes, Elizabeth
Bennett, Andrew
Illingworth, Robert
Hayes, Martin
Related OrganisationWest Sussex County Council
Kent County Council
East Sussex County Council
Arts Council England
Heritage Lottery Fund
Navigating History
Bookleteer
Proboscis
Related PlaceWorthing
CategoryEphemera
Access conditionsThis material is available for consultation at the University of Kent's Special Collections & Archives reading room, Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NU (specialcollections@kent.ac.uk).
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