Alex Finlay - Unoriginal Sins https://unoriginalsins.co.uk AVANT-GARDES Thu, 07 Mar 2024 13:50:32 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/cropped-nTKdHdZI-1-1-32x32.png Alex Finlay - Unoriginal Sins https://unoriginalsins.co.uk 32 32 LOFTHOUSE’S FISHERMAN’S FRIEND. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/lofthouses-fishermans-friend/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lofthouses-fishermans-friend Thu, 03 Mar 2022 22:43:21 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=46809 Edinburgh: Morning Star Press, n.d.
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp artist designed postcard which appropriates the design for the cough sweet. On the back is a quote from Paul Simon (from Simon and Garfunkel): "My father was a fisherman, my mother was a fisherman's friend" from the song Duncan. VG. Scarce.

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10.5 x 15cm, 2pp artist designed postcard which appropriates the design for the cough sweet. On the back is a quote from Paul Simon (from Simon and Garfunkel): "My father was a fisherman, my mother was a fisherman's friend" from the song Duncan. VG. Scarce.

The post LOFTHOUSE’S FISHERMAN’S FRIEND. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> WORLDWIDERUBBERSTAMPLETTERBOXCIRCLEPOEM. 2004. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/worldwiderubberstampletterboxcirclepoem-2004/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=worldwiderubberstampletterboxcirclepoem-2004 Fri, 10 Sep 2021 08:27:27 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=42833 Edinburgh: Alex Finlay, 2004

12 x 17cm, 2pp announcement card for an Alex Finlay project where participants were invited to visit "letterboxes sited around the world and collect circle poems". However the front fo the card is a photograph byMaris of a Scottish forest landscape. The back of the card is signed "Best wishes Maris".  VG+.

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12 x 17cm, 2pp announcement card for an Alex Finlay project where participants were invited to visit "letterboxes sited around the world and collect circle poems". However the front fo the card is a photograph byMaris of a Scottish forest landscape. The back of the card is signed "Best wishes Maris".  VG+.

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15 x 10.5cm, 2pp. Postcard calling for contributions for this anthology where one was asked to imagine a book that one wished had been printed. Fine.

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15 x 10.5cm, 2pp. Postcard calling for contributions for this anthology where one was asked to imagine a book that one wished had been printed. Fine.

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15 x 10.5cm, 2pp. Postcard calling for conceptual artistic events to mark the founding of the Scottish Parliament - the events only to be published in the book and never else wise realised. Fine.

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15 x 10.5cm, 2pp. Postcard calling for conceptual artistic events to mark the founding of the Scottish Parliament - the events only to be published in the book and never else wise realised. Fine.

The post WITHOUT DAY. 2000. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> WIND BLOWN CLOUD. 1999. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/wind-blown-cloud-1999/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wind-blown-cloud-1999 Wed, 05 Feb 2020 23:22:19 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=11832 Edinburgh: Morning Star, 1999
15 x 10.5cm, 2pp. Postcard promoting the book based on Basho's Japanese road trip in 1689 world cup and calling for photographic contributions for this anthology publication in honour of that poetic inspirational event. Fine.

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15 x 10.5cm, 2pp. Postcard promoting the book based on Basho's Japanese road trip in 1689 world cup and calling for photographic contributions for this anthology publication in honour of that poetic inspirational event. Fine.

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17.5 x 12.5cm, 2pp. Postcard promoting the book which was created for the 2002 world cup and calling for contributions for the publication based on an adaption of the haiku form (here is is three lines, one word per line so not really a haiku after all but football fans after all might find syllables hard to count). B/w photograph by Robin Gillanders reproduced on front, verso details and postcard design. Fine.

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17.5 x 12.5cm, 2pp. Postcard promoting the book which was created for the 2002 world cup and calling for contributions for the publication based on an adaption of the haiku form (here is is three lines, one word per line so not really a haiku after all but football fans after all might find syllables hard to count). B/w photograph by Robin Gillanders reproduced on front, verso details and postcard design. Fine.

The post ANNOUNCEMENT CARD / CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR FOOTBALL HAIKU. 2002. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> JUSTIFIED SINNERS. 2000. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/product/justified-sinners-2000/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=justified-sinners-2000 Wed, 05 Feb 2020 23:19:33 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=11830 Edinburgh: Pocketbooks/Morning Star, 2002
17.5 x 12.5cm, 2pp. Postcard promoting this"archaeology of Scottish counter-culture". Book cover reproduced on front with an image of the artist Maris holding a AK57 in a Scottish forest, verso details and postcard design. Fine.

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17.5 x 12.5cm, 2pp. Postcard promoting this"archaeology of Scottish counter-culture". Book cover reproduced on front with an image of the artist Maris holding a AK57 in a Scottish forest, verso details and postcard design. Fine.

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17.5 x 12.5cm, 2pp. Postcard promoting the book by Finlay and Robin Gillanders where Archie Gemmill's supposed best ever Scottish International goal was celebrated by its translation into a dance. Book cover reproduced on front, verso details and postcard design. Fine.

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17.5 x 12.5cm, 2pp. Postcard promoting the book by Finlay and Robin Gillanders where Archie Gemmill's supposed best ever Scottish International goal was celebrated by its translation into a dance. Book cover reproduced on front, verso details and postcard design. Fine.

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