January 2011

Cassone's first Christmas

Happy Christmas to all our readers - the first of many for Cassone

I do hope this finds you enjoying the anticipation and the build up to the festive holidays. In this issue we have tried to include even more articles and book reviews as possible; a real Christmas treat. Looking for presents? Find them among our book reviews or give a subscription to Cassone . And if you hate Christmas, let us distract you.

Jenny Kingsley has visited the Monks House in Sussex and tells us of the Omega Workshop (Link), and looked at the artistry once involved in making keyboard musical instruments. Jeff Fendall has visited the Watts Gallery and chapel at Compton, in Surrey, and seen Rodin’s once-scandalous Kiss at Turner Contemporary. We have two interviews for you, one with Mike Nicholson, an artist, illustrator, lecturer and successful self-publisher of ‘zines’ or mini-magazines, the other...

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