On holiday in France, during a particularly warm spell, the exotic bugs descend. Many would reach for the citronella candles, or worse - the fly-swat and toxic aerosols to go on a killing spree like some insecticidal maniac. Not so an artist like Ruth Dupre. Instead she recorded their characters, their quirks, their oddities, in ink onto delicate Japanese paper.
Coming to these pictures later, Michael Glover was taken back to those heady summer days, and this collection of poems - of artfully chosen words about those wingers, leapers and creepers - was the result. Each poem is accompanied by one of the original monoprints.
Wingers and Leapers and Creepers is a homage to all bug-life: the true rulers of the world, upon which we, and all life on Earth, depend. Perhaps we can learn to love them a little more...
- ISBN:
- 9781915045027
- 9781915045027
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Category:
- Poetry
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
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15-11-2021
- Publisher:
- 1889 Books
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Pages:
- 48
- Dimensions (mm):
- 203x203x3mm
- Weight:
- 0.12kg
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