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In any game of word association the term 'bird sculptor' is most likely to prompt the name Guy Taplin. But Britain's most successful avian image maker is also in a field of his own - with a story like no other in the art world. A beautiful and revelatory new book about the Taplin life and work charts a riveting journey from the wartime East End to the wilds of the Essex coast. En route the self-taught artist, hurtling through many careers before finding his feet and pouring his spirit into sculpture, has meandered as far as the driftwood he turns into magical art. Written by East Anglian author Ian Collins, a close friend of Guy Taplin for the past decade, the book will trace the obsessions and adventures in a very creative life. It features interviews with many artists, writers and collectors and a foreword by Michael Palin. Ian Collins was born in Norfolk, raised in Cambridgeshire and now lives on the Suffolk coast at Southwold and in London's Barbican. London and arts correspondent for the Eastern Daily Press, Ian is an author and exhibition curator who has also co-produced a series of arts documentaries television. His books include A Broad Canvas: Art in East Anglia Since 1880, Nelson's Ships: A Trafalgar Tribute; the Life and Work of Derek Gardner, and Making Waves: Artists in Southwold. The latter volume was a 2005 Book of the Year choice in the Times, Sunday Telegraph and Spectator magazine. 50 b/w, 200 colour photosProduct Identifiers
PublisherDavid Messum FINE Art
ISBN-139781905883103
eBay Product ID (ePID)87651094
Product Key Features
Book TitleBird on a Wire: the Life and Art of Guy Taplin
AuthorIan Collins
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicNature, Infographics, Zoology
Publication Year2007
TypeTextbook
Number of Pages224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height285mm
Item Width240mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorIan Collins
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 25 Jan, 2018
Fantastic book
Bought for the images however the narrative got me hooked, what an interesting, well written and well observed book.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 27 Dec, 2024
Thank you. All good. Kindest.
Great book.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
