Noëlle Griffiths (Hafod Press)
North Wales, UK
Book of Balance Volumes I & II, 1999-2000, two one-off bound books with hard covers; pen and ink lettering, watercolour paintings, acrylic washes on 220gsm BFK Rives paper; 36 x 28cm each closed, 39 pages each volume. £2000 set. (delivery included in price).
Box Books, 2001, three one-off concertina books with hard covers; acrylic, pen, ink on 300gsm saunders watercolour paper; 14.5 x 14cm each closed, 14.5 x 78cm open £750 set, £5 UK/ £8 overseas p&p via special delivery.
Letters Books, 2001, set of three concertina books with hard covers; collograph prints on 300gsm Saunders Waterford paper; signed limited edition of three unique sets (one set with pen and ink lettering, two sets with archival digital ink words; 14 x 13.5cm each closed, 14 x 78cm each open. £550 set, £5 UK/£8 overseas p&p via special delivery.
Hands Books, 2002, set of three concertina books with hard covers; collograph prints on 300gsm Saunders Waterford paper; signed limited edition of three unique sets; 14 x 13.5cm each closed, 14 x 78cm each open. £550 set, £5 UK/£8 overseas p&p via special delivery.
India Books, 2003, three bound books (centre fold-out pages) with 310gsm khadi covers; photographs, paintings, rubber stamps, text on 70gsm Japanese imbe, 220gsm seawhite drawing cartridge; archival digital print; signed limited edition of fifty; 14 x 24.5 cm each closed; £15 each or £40 set, £3 UK/ £6 overseas p&p.
Camping Book, 2003, concertina book with soft cover; maps, photographs, drawings, diaries, text on 220 gsm seawhite drawing cartridge; archival digital print; signed limited edition of thirty; 16 x 14cm closed, 16 x 252cm open £35, £3 UK/ £6 overseas p&p.
Andalucia Book, 2003, bound book with card cover; photographs, text on 220 gsm seawhite drawing cartridge; archival digital print; signed limited edition of thirty; 16 x 14cm closed, £25, £3 UK/ £6 overseas p&p.
The Sacredness of Matter, 2004, bound book (centre fold-out page) with hard cover; photographs, line drawings, colour wash, text on 300 gsm saunders waterford paper; archival digital print; signed limited edition of fifty; 19 x 11.5cm closed (poem excerpted from Coming Home to Myself by Marion Woodman with permission of Conari Press) £75£5 UK/ £8 overseas p&p via special delivery.
Koyaanisqatsi, 2005, concertina book with painted soft cover; digital photograph, screenprinting, painting on 200 gsm fabriano 4 paper; signed limited edition of eight unique copies; 17 x 43cm closed, 17 x 250cm open (collaboration with artist Jane McCormack) £150, £5 UK/ £8 overseas p&p via special delivery.
Finca, 2006, bound book with 300gsm Somerset soft cover; drawings, paintings, photographs, text on 220gsm Seawhite drawing cartridge and 30gsm Wenzhou Chinese paper; archival digital print; signed limited edition of fifty (20 with hard covers, 30 with soft covers); 19 x 30.5 cm closed; 20 pages. £40, £5 UK/£8 overseas p&p via special delivery.
Book of Balance volumes I & II, 2007, book with Japanese binding and Banks 300gsm soft cover; pen and ink lettering, watercolour paintings, words on 210gsm BFK Rives paper; archival digital print; signed limited edition of forty; 22.5 x 16.5 cm closed; 24 pages. £45 each volume, £5 UK/£8 overseas p&p via special delivery.
Ramallah Garden, 2009, bound book, in the Japanese style, with boards covered in ochre fabric; relief print using oil based ink and archival ink digital photographs on 30gsm wenzhou Chinese paper, archival ink digital text on 280gsm BFK Rives blanc and grey papers; 47 x 34cm closed; signed limited edition of six; £225, £8 UK/£10 overseas p&p via special delivery.
Bird Song, 2010, bound book, in the Japanese style, with boards covered in dark green fabric; relief and mono print using oil based ink with mixed media on 285gsm fabriano rosaspina paper, relief print using oil based ink and archival ink digital text on 33gsm arakaji natural Japanese paper, archival ink digital text on 280gsm BFK Rives grey paper and a glossary of bird drawings with names and calls printed digitally using archival ink on 175gsm somerset book paper; 24 x 100cm closed; collaboration with artist Kim Atkinson; signed limited edition of ten unique copies; £750, (delivery included in price)
A Garden With Its Birds, 2010, bound book with collagraph print soft cover; digital text and drawings printed with archival ink, collagraph prints using oil based ink with mixed media drawing on 210gsm BFK Rives paper; 23 x 24cm closed; signed limited edition of ten copies; £75, £5 UK/£8 overseas p&p via special delivery
and other artist's books with related paintings can be seen on www.finca-art.co.uk
2011 exhibitions and artists book fairs
2011 & 2012 art courses in Wales, Spain and India
CV: born 1959
1979-82
BA (Hons) Fine Art, St Martin’s School of Art, London
2010 (Two person) Launch of 'Bird Song' artists' book with related paintings with Kim Atkinson, MOMA Wales, Machynlleth, Powys and Oriel Plas Glyn y Weddw, Llanbedrog, Gwynedd
2007
(Solo) Song Bird and Related Paintings, MOMA Wales, Machynlleth, Powys
(Group) For the Love of Making Books, Wrexham Arts Centre and UK
2005 (Solo)
Hafod Press: One-off and digital artist’s books University of West England, Bristol
2004 (Solo) Artist’s Books and Related Paintings, Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth
2003 (Two person) Selected Paintings, Duncan Campbell Fine Art, London
2002 (Solo) Season’s Songs, Wrexham Arts Centre, Wrexham
Statement "I have been making one-off books since 1988, and started Hafod Press in 2003 making limited editions of digitally printed books. This has enabled me to use photographic images and text and has widened my visual language and communication.
As an artist involved primarily with painting, I make maybe one or two books a year. My books fall into two categories: my travel books and those that relate to the ideas and images I explore in my paintings. For me a book is a distillation of an experience or concept, often with an element of recording something that will never exist or happen again."
Hafod Press books are collected by the National Library of Wales, British Library, V & A Museum amongst others.
Noëlle Griffiths
(Hafod Press)
Maentwrog
Gwynedd LL41 3AQ
North Wales, UK