GRACIA + LOUISE

THE KINGDOM OF THE BLUE POPPY
- as made for Sinclare
launched at
Guy May Bonsai
222 St Georges Road, North Fitzroy
6 - 7.30pm
Thursday 26th of July, 2001

The Kingdom of the Blue Poppy - as made for Sinclare
Artists' book single color offset print hand colored with watercolor, pencil and glitter on Magnani cotton 300gsm paper.

6cm x 8cm, bound in silk by Peter Stewart-Warmington, with a magnifying lens by Herbert Groiss on a strand of glass beads.
Printed by Hart Printing.
Edition of 10, 2001.

{Images from top to bottom, left to right, various page details from The Kingdom of the Blue Poppy - as made for Sinclare.}

The Kingdom of the Blue Poppy - as made for Sinclare, is our smallest book to date and was launched alongside The ermines tea party - One weekend, our largest book, at a small bonsai nursery in North Fitzroy.

Inside its pages you will find a colony of nesting flamingos, a colossal octopus, various corals, and even the mermaid of Gollerus. The somewhat artificial Kingdom of the Blue Poppy whilst small in size is actually very crowded.

The Kingdom of the Blue Poppy - as made for Sinclare was generously assisted by Herbert Groiss Optical, Wantirna South. Herbert Groiss handmade the ten, extra small, magnifying lenses for this edition.

(Psst... Sinclare is the name we have given to the mouse we belive resides behind our infrequently used oven.)