Book with Japanese paper cover in orange tones. Inside are prints and texts in a variety of printmaking medium. The book was produced by Glasgow Print Studio in collaboration with the group Artists in Exile Glasgow. Eight visual artists and writers from Artists in Exile Glasgow worked with the artist Jacqueline Moon, sharing stories and images to produce a handmade, collaborative book work. The book is influenced by the circumstances and feelings generated when leaving a country of origin behind. A range of printmaking techniques were used, including hard and soft ground, aquatint, woodcut, photo-lithograph and digital printing. Editioned, hand sewn and covered by Jacqueline Moon for the Artists in Exile Group, May to June 2005.
Artists involved were; Ayad Alhaiatly (born in Syria), Ghazi Hussein (born in Syria), Shahin Memishi (born in Kosovo), Valentine Petrov (born in North Bulgaria), Simon Pondolet (born in The Congo), Pavel V. Romanov (born in Russia), Alessandro Valenzisi (born in Italy).
Book launch Saturday 25th June 2005 and stories and texts from the completed books were performed by the artists at the launch event. Exerpts from the book published in a summer edition of Cutting Teeth Magazine.
