Idol Scribblings the Book and Idol Scribblings the Exhibition were both launched on Saturday. The launch was a lot of fun, made so by all the fantastic people who turned out to get their hand on a copy and to enjoy the art and mince pies.
Here are some pictures and a video of the event to give you a taste of the exhibition.
Photos of the launch party by Lana M Louise photography (Twitter: @lanamakesart )
Video by Josh Matkin of The Pickle Jar ( Twitter @ThePickleJar3 )
This Saturday (30th November 2019) Idol Scribblings – The Exhibition will open at The Coterie Gallery in Rotherham. This exhibition of Idol Scribblings art work will run for two weeks until 14th December. The exhibition is celebrating the launch of Idol Scribblings – The Book which will be released on November 30th.
High quality art prints will be available to buy from the gallery.
There is a launch party taking place from 10am – 12 noon(ish) on Saturday 30th November. There will be home made mince pies, mulled wine and nibbles. You can enjoy the art work, order high quality prints, pick up a copy of Idol Scribblings The Book and meet the author.
Home made mince pies for the launch party.
I have also enlisted the talents of three fantastic Cos-Players; Sam, Lana and Wendy. They will be present in costume and in character to give you a chance to meet the deities and take a selfie with them (or get photobombed by them).
I hope you can make it along to the launch. I look forward to seeing you there. Details of how to find The Coterie Gallery are here https://goo.gl/maps/eNK6kkcYDRpceHTSA
Mock up cover only. I am still working on the final version.
Hello Idollers everywhere!
So much is happening behind the scenes at Idol Scribblings,
that it is high time to share a post to tell you all about it.
On 30th November Idol Scribblings – The Book will be officially launched. A collection of 52 deities, ancient and modern, for all occasions. You can pre-order your copy NOW! (More on that below).
I am frantically working on turning the Idol Scribblings pantheon into a beautiful tome for you all to enjoy. I’m tidying everything up, putting it in order and adding some finishing touches like the pictures you see here. My wonderful partner in crime Kris is lending me his typesetting and graphic design skills to help make it look perfect. He really is much better at that stuff than I am. There is so much I have to think about that I never realised until just now. I am having nightmares where I am chased by bar-codes, copyright notices, ISBNs and RRPs.
As if that wasn’t going to keep me busy enough, from 30th
November until 14th December 2019 there will be an exhibition of
Idol Scribblings artwork to accompany the book launch. This will be at the
Coterie Gallery in Riverside Precinct, Rotherham. Come and see your favourite
gods and goddesses up close, accompanied by humorous installations. I am
putting a lot of thought into the staging to create a suitably mythical
experience for visitors. You will get to find out why I keep seeing adverts for
plastic bananas on Facebook lately.
You will be able to purchase the book, and order high
quality framed and unframed art prints from the gallery in various sizes. There
will be a launch event at the gallery on Saturday 30th November from
10am until 12 noon with mince pies and drinks, a chance to get your book signed
and other strange rites.
The Coterie Gallery in Rotherham where the launch event will take place.
Anthony Carroll, who runs The Coterie Gallery has been immensely kind in giving me gallery space for this fortnight. The Coterie Gallery is a brilliant community arts oriented gallery which takes a chance on new artists like me. The gallery is always free to enter. It’s well worth keeping an eye on their Facebook page, as they have some fantastic exhibitions on from immensely talented people you may not have heard of before, as well as Anthony’s own beautiful work.
Your name included in the list of thanks to Idol
Scribblings supporters in the book
A VIP invitation to the launch event on Saturday
30th November 2019
Signing and personal message (on request)
An early bird discount of £2 per copy.
My undying gratitude for your help to make this
book a reality.
If you want to order more than two copies for posting, or
would like a copy posting outside of the UK please send me a message via the
contact page here -> https://idolscribblings.blog/contact
and I will get back to you with a quote for postage.
Thank you for reading. I hope you all have a fantastic
weekend.
You may also enjoy this little video about the birth of the
Idol Scribblings project.
Idol Scribblings 