FRANKENSTEIN'S WOMEN: an artist book in progress

In a week that included the birthday of Mary Shelley (on 30 August), work continued on my current linocut, one of several intended for an artist book based on the women in her masterwork, Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus. The second of these progress views shows several adjustments and changes that were made to the original drawing.

2018 also marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein.

Frankenstein's Women - a progress view

Pictured above: an ink and acrylic drawing on linoleum, 20 x 15 cm, another preparatory work for my forthcoming artist residency at Melbourne Athenaeum Library,  part of Melbourne Rare Book Week. (For further information, see previous post).

The completed linocut will form part of an artist book focusing on the female characters in Mary Shelley’s gothic novel, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, which celebrates its two-hundredth anniversary this year. 

Preparations for Melbourne Athenaeum Library Residency

Work in progress, pigmented drawing ink and gesso on lino block, 20 x 15 cm

Pictured above: a lino block drawn up and ready for carving, the first of several planned for two artist’s books influenced by female characters in the Gothic Novel - in particular, Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. Both of these hugely influential works have bicentennials in 2018 (it’s the 200th anniversary of Brontë’s birth and the publication of  Shelley’s novel).

The linocuts will be developed during my residency at Melbourne Athenaeum Library from 21 June, in conjunction with Melbourne Rare Book Week, which runs from 29 June - 8 July.

Full details of both events will be posted nearer the time.