Convoy My family’s evasion of a Nazi roundup of Spanish republican exiles at Anguoulême on August 20th, 1940, to the Mauthausen camp, is my focus as I build my Paper Trail response. It’s suddenly gone from a tiny sketch (inkjet print on tracing paper which I’ve clipped to the 1940 paper sample) to an ambitious … Continue reading Paper Trail: 1940 by Sonia Boué
Paper Trail: 2001 by Kate Murdoch
2001 2001 will always be remembered for the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the USA. Nearly 3,000 people lost their lives that day and the repercussions are still being felt throughout the world. For me, 2001 was also a year of enormous personal loss. My father died in the May of that year. As someone … Continue reading Paper Trail: 2001 by Kate Murdoch
Paper Trail: 1982 by Clare Dales
In 1982, the Commodore 64 Computer became the highest-selling single computer model of all time. It was used in offices and made computers popular in the home a common thing, to play games, type letters and formed the beginnings of emails as a form of communication. Time Magazine made Man of The Year - The … Continue reading Paper Trail: 1982 by Clare Dales
Paper Trail: 1994 by Julia Rogers
Like the back of my hand. The paper was burnt into ashes and mixed to make a printing ink. I applied this to the back of my wedding hand (the one with wedding ring finger) '94 was the year I met my husband and this year, the year of making this piece represents 25 years … Continue reading Paper Trail: 1994 by Julia Rogers
Gregory Brown
We are very excited to reveal our latest donation to the Thanet Press archive. These two wonderful mini posters by the renowned designer Gregory Brown. These small versions of the original posters were created in 1933 for a publication 'The Technique of the Poster' which included an essay by Brown. Frederick Gregory Brown (1887 - … Continue reading Gregory Brown
Paper Trail: 1951 by Graeme Campbell
The future looks gr... I've use an original cover of the 1951 Festival of Britain exhibition brochure - the original ‘tonic for the nation’. The ‘Paper Trail sample’ acting as a megaphone to reinforcing/reiterating the 1951 ethos. This shouts at our current political issues in the UK, 60 years after the exhibition. ‘The future looks gr…’ is an invitation … Continue reading Paper Trail: 1951 by Graeme Campbell
Paper Trail: 1955 by Iona McCuaig
Portrait of Ruth Ellis Ruth Ellis was hung in Holloway Prison in 1955 for shooting her lover, David Blakely, in broad daylight outside a London pub. In court her defence tried to convince the jury that there was imitating circumstances to the murder in that Ruth was ‘not of sound mind’, but she was unwilling … Continue reading Paper Trail: 1955 by Iona McCuaig
