Cover of the book with stained glass panel.

Ports, Past and Present

a series of publications for a project funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the Ireland Wales Cooperation programme.

An anthology of work commissioned for the Creative Connections strand of the Ports, Past and Present project was produced in May 2022 to accompany a touring exhibition, which travelled around the port towns of the Irish Sea in 2022–3. The book was co-edited and designed with Mary-Ann Constantine and Elizabeth Edwards, and I also provided some additional illustrations.

 

Spread from the Ports, Past and Present Anthology.
Introduction to section on Dublin Port.
Spread from the Ports, Past and Present Anthology.
Illustration with writing by Gillian Brownson.

 

As we went into the final year of the project, four further books authored and illustrated by writers working on the project were published, all of which I designed or prepared for print with colleagues on the project and the writers themselves.

Cover of Uisce Dwr Water Spread from Uisce Dwr Water.
Uisce Dŵr Water, stories and illustration by Peter Stevenson.
Cover of Uisce Dwr Water Spread from Uisce Dwr Water.
The Mermaid's Purse and other Stories in Rhyme, stories and illustration by Gillian Brownson, design Martin Crampin.

More spreads and links to the books on the Digital Repository of Ireland can be found on the Creative Connections pages of the Ports, Past and Present website.

 

Image based on carving at LLanannoI also wrote and designed two books on the stained glass in and around Fishguard and Holyhead as part of my contribution to the project.

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