If you’ve been following these news for a while now, you are probably familiar with one of the highlights of every year: the Rhyme Rag poetry publication. The Arts Office Kilkenny County Council launches it every November and it is a great opportunity for young writes to see their work published.
This year’s one is going to be really special in terms of format, design and execution. I strongly suggest you show up the day of the launch. There is always great buzz around it, the authors get to read their poems themselves and there is always loads of interesting people to meet.
In terms of technical specs, Rhyme Rag #5 is going to be printed in two inks (as was issue #2) simulating screen printing.
All images are developed in Photoshop directly. There aren’t even pencil sketches although each image has around ten preparatory drawings (just to make sure composition and colours work well.) It is a great undertaking but a really fun one to do too.
The collection of poems have been selected by this year’s editor Adam Wyeth. The Rhyme Rag series are directed by Mary Butler and coordinated by Niamh Finn
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