Into the Deep Woods

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On Making 1 - Norman Ackroyd, etchings and islands.

James Roberts
Oct 02, 2024
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The artist I’ve been most jealous of for at least 10 years has been Norman Ackroyd, who sadly passed away recently. When I say jealous of I mean: in admiration of, in awe of. But there’s also the question that artists ask a lot: “Why didn’t I think of that?”

On the wall of his studio in London, was a large detailed map of the British Isles with hundreds…

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