Yuri Gagarin There are more years between us and Yuri Gagarin's first orbit than there were between his launch and the Wright Brothers first flight. A Soviet pilot, Gagarin became the first human to journey into outer space, orbiting the Earth in Vostok 1 in 1961. This is a very simple pencil drawing of him, … Continue reading Paper Trail: 1961 by Dan Thompson
Paper Trail: 1969 by Paul Hazelton
Paper Moon One of my earliest memories was hearing the moon landing on the radio with my brother - I was 7. Around this time I was also making little drawings on small pieces of paper, invariably depicting life under rocks, below the ocean and out in space. I had, from an early age, a … Continue reading Paper Trail: 1969 by Paul Hazelton
Paper Trail: 1940 by Sonia Boué
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
