Monday, 23 March 2015

The Strange Case of Jekyll and Hyde: Part II

As promised, here are a few production photos from Lung Ha's The Strange Case of Jekyll and Hyde. The combination of stage smoke and coloured lighting really added to the atmosphere and much use was made of the shadows and lighting, which looked incredible on a large set like this:






(this felt like being shrunk and then walking around in your own work!)

"Lung Ha Theatre Company and Drake Music Scotland have together pulled off an atmospheric reworking of RL Stevenson’s, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde."  **** Edinburgh Guide

"The thematic assists from composer Greg Sinclair and the musicians of Drake Music work extremely well...a fleet and surprising adaptation of a famous story that really belongs to Edinburgh and which Lung Ha Theatre make their own."  **** Edinburgh49

"Together with a team of musicians and an ensemble cast bursting with spirit and passion, Lung Ha present a revitalised and genuinely enthralling tale."
***1/2 The Public Reviews

"Pearson has constructed a fascinating feminist reimagining of Stevenson's story which resets it in Victorian Edinburgh, the original city where politesse becomes a facade for a far darker Old Town underbelly. This leaves plenty of scope for light and shade in Caitlin Skinner's production, which navigates Lung Ha's regular ensemble of some seventeen performers through the big city bustle."  **** Sunday Herald

"This production, directed by Caitlin Skinner, proves that art has no boundaries, not even for the disabled: it is an exemplary piece of theatre" **** TV Bomb

"...featuring an outstanding, lyrical and pensive musical score by Greg Sinclair, played live by a six-piece band. Yet there’s even more than this, in Caitlin Skinner’s fine production." **** The Scotsman


The production goes on to Dundee this Wednesday (25th March) for one night at Dundee Rep.

Monday, 16 March 2015

The Strange Case of Jekyll and Hyde

I'm delighted to announce that Lung Ha's Theatre Company's new production of 'The Strange Case of Jekyll and Hyde' will feature a set design inspired by my laser-cut book.

The show opens this Thursday at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh before going on to the Dundee Rep laster this month.

Photos to follow later!



Saturday, 7 February 2015

February Fourteenth

Two of the four cartoon cards about to go to print in time for Valentine's Day next weekend...  Message me if you are interested in having one - 



new logo

Tuesday, 20 January 2015

Find me on Twitter here at...

https://twitter.com/JoannaKRobson


Occasionally if I have images and photos of work in progress, or have any nice news about my work, I'll share it here on Twitter.  


Hopefully I'll manage to keep it more updated this year!



Monday, 19 January 2015

Meanwhile...

...away from all the book art and laser cutting, here are some other things I've been working on over the last little while.  Apart from a couple of images, they're all sketchbook drawings, drawn either from life or from memory.

Souper Saturday postcard auction

departure lounge

departing loungers










Friday, 5 December 2014

The Tempest revisited

Here are some new promotional photos of an etched concertina book I made back in 2011.  This was a difficult piece of work to photograph, because it's such a wide book!

The book is in an edition of twenty and is a wordless, panoramic etching of The Tempest.










Tuesday, 25 November 2014

Small Nylmah booklet



A quick photo of some smaller versions of Nylmah that I'm still making.  They're printed on vellum tracing paper using a colorwave printer, which works great for this detailed illustration.  Each copy comes in an off-white dust jacket with a synopsis of the story of Nylmah on the back.

Unlike the original laser-cut book of Nylmah, they are smaller (6.5 x 17.5cm), uneditioned and are priced at £5 each (plus p&p).

Interested in buying one?  Send me an email

Monday, 27 October 2014

Nylmah - new laser cut book

Last week I finished the first copy of a new laser cut book, Nylmah, that had been a side project for some months.  The story is set in a mythical kingdom, which falls under a curse and is brought to ruin.  

There will only be thirty copies made, so if you're interested in owning one then please email me or keep an eye on my online shop - I hope to have at least one or two copies for sale online at some point in the next six weeks. 

The book can be opened and displayed like a concertina book. But the hardback covers can also be folded back on themselves and can sit under the laser cut paperwork, and the book takes on more of a sculptural look -