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Julie Johnstone

@essencepress.bsky.social
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artists' books, concrete poetry, perception, slowness, quietness, circles & lines, grey, Japan, Agnes Martin, moon jars, green tea, bit of a minimalist www.juliejohnstone.com

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Julie Johnstone @essencepress.bsky.social · 7h
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Julie Johnstone @essencepress.bsky.social · 7h
Some glimpses of my book vessels currently included in ‘Paperwork’ - an exhibition of 10 Scottish artists working with paper, print and book art. www.rudastudio.com Ongoing until 7 Nov, 11-4 Wed-Sat.
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Agnes Martin @agnes-martin.bsky.social · 9h
Untitled www.wikiart.org/en/agnes-martin/unt…
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Agnes Martin @agnes-martin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Praise www.wikiart.org/en/agnes-martin/pra…
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Julie Johnstone @essencepress.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Book here for @gregchthomas.bsky.social 's lunchtime lecture in Edinburgh at @nationalgalleries.bsky.social on Tuesday 6 October. You can book to watch online too. Free but ticketed. festival.forarthistory.org.uk/event/a-home-in-space-edwin-morgans-concrete-visual-and-sound-poetry/
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A Home in Space: Edwin Morgan's Concrete, Visual and Sound Poetry - Art History Festival - Association for Art History
Edwin Morgan (1920–2010) is remembered as a lyric poet yet his experiments in dadaist poetics and surrealist collages were equally important. Poet Greg Thomas discusses Morgan’s second life as an avan...
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Julie Johnstone @essencepress.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ruda Studio and Gallery www.rudastudio.com
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Julie Johnstone @essencepress.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.rudastudio.com
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Rùda | Art Gallery, Studio & Art Shop, Scottish Borders | Main Street, St Boswells, Melrose, UK
Established by artists Shaun Fagan and Phillippa Henley in 2024, Rùda is a collaborative creative practice, gallery, studio and art shop in the village of St Boswells, Scottish Borders.
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Julie Johnstone @essencepress.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Delighted to be part of ‘Paperwork’ An exhibition of 10 Scottish artists working with paper, print and book art. Opening Sat 3 Oct at Ruda, St Boswells 11am - 4pm. Do drop in. www.rudastudio.com I will be showing new pieces from my ongoing vessels series. Ongoing until 7 Nov, 11-4 Wed-Sat.
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Reaktion Books @reaktionbooks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Poetry reviews: Colin Bramwell | Edwin Morgan | Kristján Norge | John Burnside The work of these four poets demands stillness and reflection, writes Stuart Kelly 📌 buff.ly/tpp3crV [£] 📚 buff.ly/ykryluA
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The Edwin Morgan Trust @edmorgantrust.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
A number of events are taking place over the coming weeks to celebrate the publication of A HOME IN SPACE, which brings together, for the first time, the full range of Edwin Morgan’s visual and sound poetry. Info and tickets at the link below! edwinmorgantrust.com/2026/08/10/a...
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Julie Johnstone @essencepress.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Still a few tickets left for Thursday's Edinburgh launch of A Home in Space by Edwin Morgan @fruitmarket.bsky.social with @gregchthomas.bsky.social @danpower.bsky.social Iona Lee, Hamish Whyte, and myself, all talking visual and sound poetry. www.fruitmarket.co.uk/event/book-l...
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Book Launch: A Home in Space: Selected Concrete, Visual and Sound Poetry of Edwin Morgan - Fruitmarket
An evening to discover and celebrate the incredible body of visual and sound poetry by Edwin Morgan, much of which is rarely seen.
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Agnes Martin @agnes-martin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Untitled #13 www.wikiart.org/en/agnes-martin/unt…
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Agnes Martin @agnes-martin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Aspiration www.wikiart.org/en/agnes-martin/asp…
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Julie Johnstone @essencepress.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Julie Johnstone @essencepress.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Read @gregchthomas.bsky.social on Edwin Morgan's Colour Poems (they are included in our new volume of Morgan's concrete, visual and sound poetry *A Home in Space* from @reaktionbooks.bsky.social ) www.flemingcollection.com/scottish_art...
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Greg Thomas (he/him) @gregchthomas.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I'm selling some beautiful photoprints and woodblock prints by Robin Gillanders and Gary Hincks to raise money for the first book on Ian Hamilton Finlay's collaborators. All at affordable prices! Visit below and consider making a purchase. And please repost! Xx oo-press.com/fundraising-...
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Agnes Martin @agnes-martin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Untitled from On a Clear Day www.moma.org/collection/works/63705
Gift of the artist and the publisher, Parasol Press, Ltd.
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Joe Devlin @joedevlin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Bookmarks gathered in a book.
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Uniformbooks @uniformbooks.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A well spent hour with Richard Tuttle. shows.acast.com/a-brush-with...
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A brush with... Richard Tuttle | A brush with...
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Julie Johnstone @essencepress.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The strange satisfying beauty of multiple book spines aligned...?
A stack of books showing the spines, of a new book of Edwin Morgan's selected concrete poetry
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Sarah Bodman @sarahbodman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Upcoming launches - the first one at the Hunterian in Glasgow on 17 September - for this wonderful book 'A Home in Space: Edwin Morgan's Selected Concrete, Visual & Sound Poetry' by @essencepress.bsky.social and @gregchthomas.bsky.social published by @reaktionbooks.bsky.social
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Sarah Bodman @sarahbodman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The Book Arts Newsletter No 174, September – October 2026 is available for download at: www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/newsletters/ 58 pages of exhibitions, courses, lectures, opportunities, fairs and events, new artists' books, reports & reviews, and stop press! Cover artist: @paullaidler.bsky.social
On the left is a reading in white powder through a stencil with letters removed - as part of a project looking at different ways of reading books. By Paul Laidler. On the right the first page of the Book Arts Newsletter with information on an exhibition by artist Jackie Chettur.
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Julie Johnstone @essencepress.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Other events are listed here on the @edmorgantrust.bsky.social website edwinmorgantrust.com/2026/08/10/a...
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A Home in Space: Upcoming Launches and Events
Edwin Morgan is best remembered as Scotland’s foremost national poet, a bold, lyric voice who shaped conversations around queerness, politics and post-war life. But Morgan was also a restless exper…
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Julie Johnstone @essencepress.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Our first launch is at the Hunterian in Glasgow on 17 September 6pm. Book your free tickets here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-home-in-...
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A Home in Space: Edwin Morgan's Selected Concrete, Visual & Sound Poetry
Join us to celebrate the Glasgow launch of A Home in Space: Selected Concrete, Visual and Sound Poetry of Edwin Morgan
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Julie Johnstone @essencepress.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Our rather beautiful Edwin Morgan book is finally making its way out into the world! It has been a great experience to work with @gregchthomas.bsky.social and @reaktionbooks.bsky.social on this. Here is a box of the books I have ready for our first launch in Glasgow. We'd love to see you there.
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Sarah Bodman @sarahbodman.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Come along to Bristol Artist's Book Event (BABE) our biennial showcase of artists' books activity with 100+ artists and small presses exhibiting their works to the public for sale. Fri 26 and Sat 27 June 2026, 11am – 5pm each day each day, free event, all welcome. www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/babe2026/
This is a handmade book by Carolyn Trant of Parvenu Press, called Emblems for Enemies, it has linocut black images printed ove rpictures from newspapers of wars and disasters caused by humanity.A handmade book by Larissa Cox called Cathedral, it is a tunnel book - which shows parts of a scene cut away over a stack of pages making a kind of tunnel, the cathedral is a forest of trees, nature's cathedral.A handmade book by Philippa Wood & Tamar MacLellan, called step by step, it is made from old pattern cutting papers for dressmaking, each page is printed by one of the artists and then passed back to the other so it gradually gets made between them. Imagery is ornamental patterns in pale and dark blue, white, red.A handmade book by Heather Prescott, called Cycling, it unfolds in the same way a concertina would, printed in green letterpress type the text reads: cycling is a process of emotional repair.
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Sarah Bodman @sarahbodman.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Our full exhibitor list is now on the website for Bristol Artist’s Book Event - Friday 26th & Saturday 27th June 2026 at UWE Bristol Fine Art Studios, Spike Island, 133 Cumberland Rd, Bristol BS1 6UX. www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/babe2026/ 11am - 5pm each day. Free - All welcome - hope to see you there!
Two small concertina books by Andrew Morrison which have different coloured numbers letterpress printed on the pages. So they count from 1 to 10.Artists books by Lucie Hozer called Concrete Ghosts, they are line drawings in black and white showing inside spaces as winding forms, circles, holes to look or climb through, enclosures.
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Julie Johnstone @essencepress.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
A little glimpse of the text I am using in a new set of items I will be launching at #BABE2026 in Bristol this coming weekend Fri-Sat 26-27 June. calm flow quiet joy in cyan magenta black and yellow... All details www.spikeisland.org.uk/programme/ev... and here www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/babe2026/
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hokori @hokori-etohon.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
今週末にイギリスのブリストルで開催されるブック・アートイベント「BABE」に参加します。「夜の外」と「あかいもり あおいまち」の2種の豆本で参加します。豆本だけ海を渡っております。 www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/babe2026/
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Julie Johnstone @essencepress.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Those pebbles have caught my eye!
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Sarah Bodman @sarahbodman.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
A little taster of the works coming from Japan to Bristol Artist's Book Event this week. BABE is at UWE Fine Art studios at Spike Island this Fri 26th and Sat 27th June 2026, 11am – 5pm each day each day, free event, all welcome. 133 Cumberland Rd, Bristol BS1 6UX. www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/babe2026
A bookwork by Hidekazu Konishi - a red book and one pebble encased inside a special 'specimen box', with the title 100 pebbles.A picture of a bookwork by Hidekazu Konishi - 9 books in rows of 3, each one is red and has a different pebble on top of it, from the series 100 pebbles.a stack of books with the title: One Hundred Views of Japanese traffic Mirrors by Hidekazu Konishi. These are part of the 100 Landscapes of Convex Mirrors Series. The book has photos or traffic mirrrors, the cover is inspired by the aesthetics of traditional Ukiyo-e prints with a figure standing in the landscape with green hills and blue waves in the background. Referencing Hokusai's famous artwork, 100 views of Mount Fuji.An embroidered work by Hisako Inui, 'Narratives and Time' holds images of drawings embroidered onto items of clothing with personal memories. The scraps of fabric are patterned with blue flowers; ochre; gold with red and white thread.
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Julie Johnstone @essencepress.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Very much looking forward to taking part in BABE2026 artists book fair next weekend Fri-Sat 26-27th at Spike Island in Bristol. All details here www.spikeisland.org.uk/programme/ev... and here www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/babe2026/ Do drop by for a chat and browse!
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Sarah Bodman @sarahbodman.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Bristol Artist’s Book Event is Friday 26th and Saturday 27th June 2026, 11am - 5pm each day. Free event - All welcome An international event showcasing artists’ books to the public. Special guests from Japan bringing bookworks and the Kujibiki Drawing project. www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/babe2026/
A collage of colourful book pieces (stripes, triangles in different colours) with a woman's face from an old photograph looking towards the East, a hand opening a book universe and two owls looking out because owls are well read as everybody knows. The text reads: Inside Stories, Bristol Artist's Book Event.
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Sarah Bodman @sarahbodman.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Bristol Artist’s Book Event is nearly here - Friday 26th & Saturday 27th June 2026 at UWE Bristol Fine Art Studios at Spike Island, 133 Cumberland Rd, Bristol BS1 6UX. 11am - 5pm each day. Free event - All welcome: www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/babe2026/ Come and meet 100+ book artists!
This is a tiny fabric book made with a cotton reel as its base, an unfolding piece of textile strip with a pattern of teacups with the text Tea Leaf Readings. Made by Sally Light - Bodkin Beak.An image of four books published by Intergraphia books, each one has a different colour cover dark orange, light orange, lime green, dark green. The books contain experimental text works by writers, poets, artists.
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Sarah Bodman @sarahbodman.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Our BABE poster printed by Ben Goodman, it’s out and about in town but we have saved some for exhibitors to collect when they arrive next week (while they last). A beautiful relief printed blend celebrating our guests from Japan with a snow topped Mount Fuji. www.spikeisland.org.uk/programme/ev...
Our wonderful BABE poster printed by genius Ben Goodman, a sloped mountain shape with a beautiful relief printed blend in blue ink on pale grey paper celebrating our guests from Japan with a snow topped Mount Fuji. Text reads BABE Bristol Artist's Book Event.
A detail from our BABE poster. Text reads BABE Bristol Artist's Book Event. 26 & 27 June 11am - 5pm with the website address: www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/babe2026/Our wonderful BABE poster printed by genius Ben Goodman, a sloped mountain shape with a beautiful relief printed blend in blue ink on pale grey paper celebrating our guests from Japan with a snow topped Mount Fuji. Text reads BABE Bristol Artist's Book Event. 26 & 27 June 11am - 5pm with the website address: www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/babe2026/
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Nasim Marie Jafry @nmjk.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
pink flower with card by @essencepress.bsky.social
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Julie Johnstone @essencepress.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
This will be a fascinating and beautiful book, and an essential addition to the work on Ian Hamilton Finlay - well worth supporting.
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Sarah Bodman @sarahbodman.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Publishing crowdfunder: 'Crafting Arcadia: On Collaborating with Ian Hamilton Finlay' will shed new light on Finlay as a poet and artist, a personality, collaborator, friend, and sometimes an adversary. Edited by @gregchthomas.bsky.social info & fundraiser link: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/crafting-a...
Image shows a work by Ian Hamilton Finlay text carved into stones laid in the landscape.
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Julie Johnstone @essencepress.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Edited by myself and @gregchthomas.bsky.social
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Julie Johnstone @essencepress.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Fab early offer on A Home in Space: Selected Concrete, Visual and Sound Poetry by Edwin Morgan coming in June from @reaktionbooks.bsky.social Order the book on the @waterstones.bsky.social app or website by 20 Feb and you get 25% off. Enter FEB26 at the check-out. www.waterstones.com/campaign/feb...
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Julie Johnstone @essencepress.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Very much looking forward to having a table for Essence Press at the Artists' Bookmarket this coming weekend 14-15 Feb @fruitmarket.bsky.social #ArtistsBookMarket Do drop by to say hello if you are nearby... Over 60 book artist and publisher tables to browse. www.fruitmarket.co.uk/event/artist...
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
did I mention, in the blur that was autumn, that Julie Johnstone has produced this beautiful publication of my work, called ‘cobble’ available in open edition from @essencepress.bsky.social www.juliejohnstone.com/essence-pres...
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J. R. Carpenter Essence Press has published two publications with J. R. Carpenter. cobble cobble | J. R. Carpenter | two hand cut cobble shapes drawn from real cobbles, with a tracing paper insert, in...
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Agnes Martin @agnes-martin.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Morning Star www.wikiart.org/en/agnes-martin/mor…
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Agnes Martin @agnes-martin.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
The Field www.moma.org/collection/works/84121
Gift of UBS
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Julie Johnstone @essencepress.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Huge thanks to all the many that worked so hard to make the @smallpublishers.bsky.social the amazing event it was this weekend, such an essential stimulating connecting event for so many. Special thanks to Helen Mitchell. As Ian Hamilton Finlay says: they returned home, tired but happy!
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Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
One day to go! Here's a webpage with all the essential info for your visit to #smallpublishersfair25 at Conway Hall, London, this Fri & Sat (24 & 25 Oct, 11am-7pm): programme, new titles, map, venue info, directions, and now updated with table plan. smallpublishersfair.co.uk/get-the-most...
Table plan for the 2025 Small Publishers Fair at Conway Hall.
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Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Founded in the 1970s and run by artist Helen Douglas from Yarrow, Scotland, the books of Weproductions combine photographic image & printing to explore visual narratives and themes of place and the natural world. Editions on sale at #smallpublishersfair25, Conway Hall, London, Fri 24 / Sat 25 Oct
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Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
The Caseroom Press is a publishing collective that applies systems, cataloguing, and data collection in their work using a combination of found surfaces, relief and screen print, letterpress, hand and machine stitch, typewriter and copy machine. Find them at #smallpublishersfair25 Fri 24/ Sat 25 Oct
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Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
It's #smallpublishersfair25 in London this Fri/Sat! Here's a quick link to the PDF of the Fair programme, with details of all 66 UK & international publishers, special exhibition, readings & talks: smallpublishersfair.co.uk/wp-content/u... (Print copies also available at Conway Hall on Fri/Sat)
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Julie Johnstone @essencepress.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
As well as new book works by Thomas A Clark, Richard Price & @jrcarpenter.bsky.social I will be showing many of my own new works at @smallpublishers.bsky.social fair this coming weekend 24-25 October. A round up of 2025 projects is here www.juliejohnstone.com/2025-2/
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