This summer I designed a book for artists Victoria Lucas and Richard William Wheater for their project,
12 MONTHS OF NEON LOVE.
Pages reveal a selection of the most beautiful, compelling images of neon artworks, which changed monthly to read lines extracted from songs (all containing the word love) for a short time blazing gloriously over the industrial town of Wakefield. The book has four essays which explore the various outcomes of the project.
I'm delighted to have designed this book for Victoria and Richard, a difficult task to reduce down to the final collection of images, and to communicate the affecting and profound nature of this year long public art commission. I hope I did their wonderful project justice.
Special thanks to my good friend Jon Cannon for his time and assistance on the production - there's a gorgeous frame pattern on the inside page for which I am indebted to him!
You may buy a copy from Site Gallery - here
12 MONTHS OF NEON LOVE
Victoria Lucas and Richard William Wheater
This limited edition book includes full colour images of the installed neon lyrics, in addition to documentation from behind the scenes and essays from Victoria Lucas and Richard William Wheater. Each copy is numbered and signed.
12 Months of Neon Love is a collaboration between Victoria Lucas and Richard William Wheater, and began on St Valentines day 2011. The project is formed using a sequence of twelve lyrical statements, borrowed from well-known songs that feature the many configurations of love. Presented over a year in large red neon text, twelve expressions are visually re-presented to an unsuspecting audience going about their everyday lives on the roof of Neon Workshops in Wakefield.
12 MONTHS OF NEON LOVE.
Pages reveal a selection of the most beautiful, compelling images of neon artworks, which changed monthly to read lines extracted from songs (all containing the word love) for a short time blazing gloriously over the industrial town of Wakefield. The book has four essays which explore the various outcomes of the project.
I'm delighted to have designed this book for Victoria and Richard, a difficult task to reduce down to the final collection of images, and to communicate the affecting and profound nature of this year long public art commission. I hope I did their wonderful project justice.
Special thanks to my good friend Jon Cannon for his time and assistance on the production - there's a gorgeous frame pattern on the inside page for which I am indebted to him!
You may buy a copy from Site Gallery - here
12 MONTHS OF NEON LOVE
Victoria Lucas and Richard William Wheater
This limited edition book includes full colour images of the installed neon lyrics, in addition to documentation from behind the scenes and essays from Victoria Lucas and Richard William Wheater. Each copy is numbered and signed.
12 Months of Neon Love is a collaboration between Victoria Lucas and Richard William Wheater, and began on St Valentines day 2011. The project is formed using a sequence of twelve lyrical statements, borrowed from well-known songs that feature the many configurations of love. Presented over a year in large red neon text, twelve expressions are visually re-presented to an unsuspecting audience going about their everyday lives on the roof of Neon Workshops in Wakefield.
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