The Norfolk Longbook    a community project

Help us produce the longest book in Norfolk

The Norfolk Longbook is an ongoing community project for artists and people that live in, or are inspired by the county of Norfolk. It takes the form of a concertina book which will continue to grow through submissions from the public and through workshops run throughout the year. The book will go on display annually at turn the page artists' book fair to show its continuing progress. 

Our previous Lino Printing Workshop with Sally Hirst  was a great success

On this workshop students explored printing a block by using both a baren and a press and a variety of different printing papers. They learnt basics of relief printing, were shown how to produce different types of marks by cutting into lino blocks, and were instructed in inking and printing in multiple colours,  

 Lino Printing is a fascinating technique which enables you to produce professional looking results relatively quickly.

 

Pages created on our workshops will be added to the Norfolk Longbook and exhibited at turn the page artists' book fair

Our next workshop date is Saturday June 15th 

 Booking is always essential as places are limited email us for details  

We are very pleased that The Norfolk Longbook recently had a small feature in the May 2013 edition of the EDP Norfolk Magazine, we hope to gain lots more public interest for the Longbook in the future.

 Page Details: Work sent in will be bound into the long book and can be of any subject although must be Norfolk inspired, the submissions can be in various forms: paintings, original hand pulled prints (not photocopies), drawings, illustrations, poems, short stories or even personal memoirs recounting an event or memory. Poems should be handwritten on good quality (unlined) paper. You may prefer to have your poem or text written by a calligrapher or printed by traditional letterpress, both of which can be arranged through turn the page for a small fee.

Pages can also be made through a series of forthcoming artist and writer run make a page for the Norfolk Longbook workshops

email us for details 

Page Specifications:  Submissions can be in a variety of mediums as long as they lay relatively flat (no more than 5mm depth), suitable for being bound into a book.They also need to comply with the following:
The maximum length of any work must not exceed 26cm
The maximum width of any work must not exceed 18cm 
Any other dimensions that fit within those above will be accepted.
Please bear in mind your work will be mounted onto an A4 portrait format sheet and may be placed on a page with other suitably compatible work if small.  

The Norfolk Longbook is a community project that you could be part of

Have your Norfolk inspired artworks (inc. original prints, paintings and drawings) or poems and short stories, bound into this, constantly growing, never ending, concertina style book work. The book will be exhibited annually at

turn the page artists' book fair

previous workshops