Mud: a story re-imagining Orpheus & Eurydice in London today

A project in London, UK by Henningham Family Press
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Chris McCabe's new novel: Follow Borak & Kar on their quest to split-up. An Artists' Book in exquisite handmade and paperback versions.
Backers: 45
Average Pledge Per Backer: £26

Funded: £1,160 of £700
Dates: Feb 22nd -> Mar 24th (30 days)
Project By: Henningham Family Press
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Latest News

Mind Mud : 3 days to go!

March 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Sculpting ourselves into a corner. When you sculpt the world talks back to you. You create problems for yourself, and you have to negotiate the rules of the thing with the world before you can solve them. Mind Mud : Day 3 Mind Mud has thrown up two... (Read More)

Mind Mud : Day 2

March 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Build Up. Ping says that these posts are impenetrable. Surely then, newcomers to HFP will be thinking, they will abandon them. They won't just persist in posting sculptural obscurantism for five days. Well.. To be able to peel the PVA glue layer off... (Read More)

Mind Mud: the making of!

March 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Join the countdown, as we mark the last 5 days with live daily progress shots of our final sculpture: Mind Mud Mind Mud brings together a visual poem by Chris McCabe and the sculptural process we have been using parallel to Borak and Kar's journey... (Read More)

Grave Mud (we did it!)

March 4th - via: kickstarter.com
We reached our target! But this isn't the end... Thank you everyone who helped us reach our target! So many things to be thankful for: An unprecedented number of subscribers! We look forward to honouring you (unless you requested anonymity of course)... (Read More)

Branched Mud - taking a detour with Nothing In The Rulebook

March 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Read our interview with Nothing In The Rulebook, where they dig deeper into our Kickstarter campaign. Nothing In The Rulebook Branched Mud, 35cm x 25cm, mud debossing on cotton paper  (Read More)

Private Mud

February 27th - via: kickstarter.com
"It looked like the usual kind of mud, except for the objects. Two deep tracks had scored through the earth on either side of where the things had fallen, as if from the back of a trundling wagon. The things seemed familiar. She looked, first, at an... (Read More)

Public Mud

February 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Life Becomes Art. One thing we've come to expect when we work with Chris is the membrane between page and life getting a little porous. As this journey continues we can look forward to finding out if we are promoted to the shortlist for the Republic... (Read More)

Slippery Mud

February 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you all for your support!  Yesterday got off to a flying start, especially with the help of your pledges and tweets. The shortlist announcement for a British Book Award coinciding with the launch won't have hurt either! Please do continue to... (Read More)

Troll Attack

February 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Appropriately enough for a subterranean quest... our progress was arrested by a troll account, pushing us over the finish line erroneously. Kickstarter have slain the account and wish the previous update to remain on a stake as a warning to others.... (Read More)

Wow! Fully funded in *checks watch* six and a half hours!

February 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you! This is not what we imagined. 100% in less than a day! Thank you for backing our project! Stay tuned for progress reports as we begin the journey. And if you've chosen a reward that comes with a print or sculpture, feel free to jump in and... (Read More)

Looks like I picked the right day to launch a Kickstarter! We've been shortlisted for a British Book Award!

February 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
The British Book Awards have shortlisted us for the Small Press of the Year Award! Immediately upon pressing launch for this Kickstarter campaign I checked to see if my Tweet had gone with it, only to find we had been shortlisted for a British Book... (Read More)

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