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WORD DRAWING (WUTHERING HEIGHTS) is a watercolour of a passage from the latter part of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights. It's about the way in which two people might communicate ideas; an affectionate sparring of language. As such we felt it spoke to our own creative process and lead us to thinking of new ways to deal with the differing versions of this scene we both had in mind. Word drawings are a way for us to keep an image pure: By recreating the words in watercolour, the picture remains imagined.
COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD was developed from orginal watercolour drawings of the shapes of all 230 states and territories, reducing them to equal dimensions and arranging them in order of size. Those equipped with an Atherton Lin TRAVELOGUE will recogise the design from its opening and closing pages.
HEBRIDES, FAEROES, FAIR ISLE was originaly developed for THE FOX IS BLACK desktop wallpaper project. It's a sort of fantasy of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland: a journey not yet undertaken. The title comes from the Shipping Forcast, a string of place names and reports of stormy weather read in an antithetically calm voice. Places that, for most of us, exist more in the imagination than in reality.
Limited Editions printed in London
Limited Edition No. 1. While our illustrations are usually about the poetic details of normal life, this one is an epic! Exploring the dark side of classic stories and twisting the archetypes, the FAIRYTALE POSTER feels a bit like a pop song, a bit like a dirty dream. Printed in East London in an edition of 50 giclée prints on 290gsm Hahnemüle bamboo paper measuring 297 x 420mm (approx 11¾ x 16½ inches), each poster is printed to order, numbered and signed by Jamie Atherton.
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