A Year Unfolding: A Printmaker's View

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She takes us to the places she enjoys visiting and how she gets her inspiration. And then we learn about her studio and the materials used to create her intricate and vibrant illustrations. A beautifully illustrated guide to nature through the seasons by much-loved printmaker Angela Harding.

English Pastoral: The Sunday Times Nature Book Of The Year by James Rebanks. A Telegraph, Financial Times, New Statesman, Independent, Telegraph, Observer and Daily Mail Book of the Year 2020. Published by Penguin. This book is beautiful. It center's around the author's gorgeous artwork, grouped by season, themed mostly around birds, trees and fields, with some hares and other wildlife. The hardcover edition I got is high-quality and full-color, a pretty thing to behold and flip through. A Year Unfolding also tells the stories behind some of Angela’s most popular images, giving context to Angela’s celebrated work, as well as new art created specifically for the book. Her Rotate Albion Press impresses literally and figuratively--it's a gorgeous, useful piece of equipment.

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The beautiful illustrations and evocative imagery of the prose make this the perfect book for Angela's fans and readers and art lovers everywhere. Sphere has acquired A Year Unfolding: A Printmaker’s View, a "beautifully" illustrated guide to nature through the seasons by printmaker Angela Harding. The cover of this stunning book has an exclusive triptych printed on the reverse - a perfect collector's item Only one entry per person allowed. Second or subsequent entries will be disqualified. Entries will not be accepted via agents, third parties or in bulk. A Year Unfolding is Harding's first book and isbilled as both a celebration of her prints and a glimpse into her "detailed and meticulous" process. It will show a journey through the artist's year in nature and tell stories behind some of her most popular images.

A Year Unfolding is a journey through Angela’s year in nature, watching the seasons unfold in front of her studio in Rutland. This book shows how nature transforms and evolves over the course of the year, while also telling the stories behind some of Angela’s most popular images, giving context to her celebrated works, as well as new art created specifically for the book. The beautiful illustrations and evocative imagery of the prose make this the perfect book for readers and art lovers everywhere. Fiona Rose, senior commissioning editor, acquired world rights directly from the author. Publication is scheduled for 4th November 2021. The prize draw opens at 12:01 am BST on 09.09.2021 and closes at 11:59 pm BST on 03.11.2021. Any entries received outside these specified times and dates will not be eligible for entry into the prize draw. Nature Poets Series by John Keats and The Thought Fox by Ted Hughes (part of series of Hughes poetry). Other illustrators in this series include Sarah Young, Neil Bousfield, Mark Hearld and Angie Lewin. Both published by Faber & Faber. This competition is being organised by Little, Brown Book Group Limited of Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DZ (“Company”).October October: 'Katya Balen's October, October is a very special new addition to the shelf and deserves classic status' - The Sunday Times. Published by Bloomsbury.

The natural world takes centre stage in your prints; how important do you think art is in bringing awareness to the environment and how do you think it could be better used? Working with publishers over the years has given me wonderful opportunities to create new work and see my work published on a variety of themes. The advantage of being an older illustrator is that I come with a lifetime of experience. So when I was asked to do the cover for Raynor Winn’s The Salt Path, I could draw on the experience of having walked that coast path and spent a lot of my youth camping in Cornwall. I hope it is evident in the illustration I made for The Salt Path how much I love Cornwall and what great times I have had exploring its coastline.Presenting her pictures in seasonal themes, Angela also shares a favourite poem to evoke the mood and atmosphere then provides a short description of how the work was created. I love all the British seasons, but of all of them, it is the energy of spring and early summer that inspires many of my images. I always try to bring movement into my work, so there is a natural fit with the bursts of new growth and new life you get at these times of year. Also, the intensity of colour, the fresh greens of the garden and hedgerow. Birds become so much part of our day in spring and early summer, in the beauty of their songs and in their mad dashing flight to build nests and find mates.