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Local Talent: Inspired By Books, Lyrics and Words

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Exotic India by Angela Beatson Wood is 60cm x 32cm in height.

Framed, £380


Cream Spot Tiger Moths from a series by Barbara Creed who has mounted paper-cut moths on the ragged torn out descriptive text from Moths of the British Isles, an ID guide published in 1907. Combining collage and delicate watercolour she explores a theme of forgotten texts about the natural history of moths.

£35, framed
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Shell, billiard ball, feather and books, a signed limited edition giclée print on Hahnemuhle paper
by fine art photographer Benedict Ramos.

Mounted, £150 or framed £225 bemedictramos.net

Emma Davis’ mixed-media collage, Understanding collects together words from 78 women who, at the start of 2024, each chose a word as their word for this year.

Available for £950 emmadavispainting.com

Many a Mile to Go is a gorgeous linocut print by Gerry Coles. The words are from an old folk song she remembers from her childhood.

The fox went out on a chilly night,
He prayed for the moon to give him light,
For he'd many a mile to go that night,
Before he reached the town-o, town-o, town-o,
He'd many a mile to go that night,
Before he reached the town-o.

£35, unframed gerrycolesprints.co.uk

The Cat’s Whiskers by Jon Mackay, a Cotswolds-based printmaker best known for his posters for music tours and festivals, is an edition of 40, signed and numbered, with five artist proofs.

£95 (unframed) jonmackay.bigcartel.com

Home is an exquisite, altered book sculpture by papercut artist Kate Hipkiss. Created from an atlas, it explores what a sense of home might mean: whether it is a sense of security and comfort or, particularly over recent years, a sense of confinement. The repetition and familiarity of the house form is in contrast to the multitude of associations the idea of home can evoke; is it a place, a person, a memory or a feeling?

£2,500 katehipkiss.co.uk

Oxford in Books is a mixed media collage by Margaret Horton. Limited edition giclee prints (mounted) are available at £16. Contact mrhorton7@gmail.com

Greeting cards by calligrapher Marion Coates in various shapes and sizes are available at £5 each. Contact marioncoates9@gmail.com

These gorgeous handmade leather-backed notebooks by Sharon Highway of Mallory Journals are lined with various stylish endpapers, from marbled inks and Japanese chiyogami paper to vintage maps and retro designs. A5 journals are priced from £37 folksy.com/shops/malloryjournals

In a new picture book for young children, published by Tate Books, illustrator Sophie Bass brings to life a beautiful story from renowned Trinidadian storyteller Grace Hallworth, in which Arty turns his dreams into reality with the help of his family. It is available in hardback from shop.tate.org.uk and good local bookshops for £12.99.

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