{"url":"https://folksy.pro/items/8431041-bleak-hill---limited-edition-art-book","title":"Bleak Hill - Limited Edition Art Book","price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","provider_name":"Folksy","description":"Bleak Hill - Improvisations on Llym Awel\n\nA book of original poetry and art.\n\n\n\"Llym Awel\" is one of the oldest works of poetry written in the British Isles. It is found in \"The Black Book of Carmarthen\" - a small, hand-written manuscript compiles by one person some time in the 13th century. \"The Black Book\" is a collection of much earlier writings in the Welsh language that were considered important to the bardic and heroic traditions of the Brituish Kingdoms in what is now Wales, Northern England and Southern Scotland.\nThe verse sequence, now known as \"Llym Awel\", is an evocation of a desolate winter landscape seen through the eyes and thoughts of an enigmatic, unknown narrator.\n\n\"Bleak Hill\" is an extended exploration of some of these verses. It begins by looking at the terse, ambiguous, yet sinewy and strong original texts.\nThis then develops into variations and improvisations in a poetic attempt to reveal some of the deeper levels of imagery and meaning.\nThe stark and repetitive, hypnotic quality of the language is complemented by powerful black and white drawings especially created by me to reflect the landscape of Wales glimpsed through the ever-changing harsh wether of its winter months.\n\nI have written, drawn, designed and produced this book myself to hopefully widen the appreciation of the old Welsh traditions of the bards, and to produce a work of art worthy of our ancestors. It is a labour of love that has taken more than four years to complete.\n\n137 pages, each p","brand":"Simon Lilly Art","product_id":8431041,"availability":"in stock","quantity":5,"product_expiration":"2026-07-27T06:45:27+00:00","images":["https://imagedelivery.net/0ObHXyjKhN5YJrtuYFSvjQ/i-ff569030-bc75-436c-9f82-74d0ac21771e-Bleak-Hill-Limited-Edition-Art-Book-Simon-Lilly-Art/public","https://imagedelivery.net/0ObHXyjKhN5YJrtuYFSvjQ/i-cc7f49fe-c5a0-41a4-8ad6-271d69ec7e9a-Bleak-Hill-Limited-Edition-Art-Book-Simon-Lilly-Art/public","https://imagedelivery.net/0ObHXyjKhN5YJrtuYFSvjQ/i-683e13dd-0eec-4ad7-bddc-a93893e52c92-Bleak-Hill-Limited-Edition-Art-Book-Simon-Lilly-Art/public","https://imagedelivery.net/0ObHXyjKhN5YJrtuYFSvjQ/i-1e1cfb9f-8988-4e24-926a-9ab8f30da2c9-Bleak-Hill-Limited-Edition-Art-Book-Simon-Lilly-Art/public","https://imagedelivery.net/0ObHXyjKhN5YJrtuYFSvjQ/i-c45b96ce-673c-4fd5-9888-56efd6971894-Bleak-Hill-Limited-Edition-Art-Book-Simon-Lilly-Art/public","https://imagedelivery.net/0ObHXyjKhN5YJrtuYFSvjQ/i-40db1191-dc34-4afd-aa4f-f05c0ea02d89-Bleak-Hill-Limited-Edition-Art-Book-Simon-Lilly-Art/public","https://imagedelivery.net/0ObHXyjKhN5YJrtuYFSvjQ/i-70680d4b-86a9-4baa-9af0-29a2a39af276-Bleak-Hill-Limited-Edition-Art-Book-Simon-Lilly-Art/public","https://imagedelivery.net/0ObHXyjKhN5YJrtuYFSvjQ/i-76efc600-c0d2-4147-bdee-b065fe647093-Bleak-Hill-Limited-Edition-Art-Book-Simon-Lilly-Art/public","https://imagedelivery.net/0ObHXyjKhN5YJrtuYFSvjQ/i-156502ab-9d38-411c-a95d-c8edc65a6e7c-Bleak-Hill-Limited-Edition-Art-Book-Simon-Lilly-Art/public","https://imagedelivery.net/0ObHXyjKhN5YJrtuYFSvjQ/i-e4ab6962-866d-4721-904e-b48e6b93b4c7-Bleak-Hill-Limited-Edition-Art-Book-Simon-Lilly-Art/public"]}