Ffeil / File IA/6 - The Alchemy of Water/Alcemi Dŵr (Gwasg Gomer/Y Lolfa, 2013)

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The Alchemy of Water/Alcemi Dŵr (Gwasg Gomer/Y Lolfa, 2013)

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  • [2013] (Creation)

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Material relating to the compilation and publication of The Alchemy of Water / Alcemi Dŵr, published by Gwasg Gomer Press/Y Lolfa in 2013, comprising poems by Tony Curtis and draft Introduction to the volume, with amendments by Curtis. Reference to Professor Fred Jones, whose own landscape photography helped inspire the volume (see https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/entries/602af559-0493-3292-a50f-98ebff2ae1e3).
For the publication see, for example: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Alchemy-Water-Alcemi-Tony-Curtis/dp/1848513720.
See also August 2021 papers under heading The Alchemy of Water/Alcemi Dŵr (Gwasg Gomer/Y Lolfa, 2013).

For further collaboration between Tony Curtis and poet, writer and critic Grahame Davies, who wrote the Welsh poems contained in the published volume (not included here), see under heading Common Sense: New Paintings, Music and Poetry (Gigi Jones Artwork, 2012).

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Computer discs containing visual material by Carl Ryan and Mari Owen, whose landscape photographs accompany Tony Curtis's and Grahame Davies's poems within the volume, have been transferred to the National Library of Wales's Audio-Visual Department, where they may be accessed on request.
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Carl Ryan is a fashion and beauty, editorial and documentary photographer based in Swansea (see, for example: https://cherrydeck.com/redmist7_).

Mari Owen is a freelance photographer (see, for example: https://www.mariowenphotography.com/)

For Professor Fred Jones see, for example: https://eu.sj-r.com/story/news/2009/05/26/professor-s-artwork-journey-through/48767789007/ and https://www.instagram.com/westerniluniv/p/C328pfisb69/

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  • Text: Tony Curtis Papers (June 2021 papers) Box 1 IA/6