SMEUSE. YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW WHAT A SMEUSE IS; I DIDN’T, UNTIL THIS SUMMER WHEN I WAS SENT THE MANUSCRIPT FOR ROBERT MACFARLANE’S FORTHCOMING BOOK LANDMARKS. IN THE BOOK HE HAS PREPARED A NUMBER OF GLOSSARIES OF WORDS WHICH YOU WOULD STRUGGLE TO FIND IN A STANDARD DICTIONARY. THEY ARE WORDS FROM DIALECT, SLANG AND SO ON, AND DESCRIBE MATTERS LOOSELY PERTAINING TO THE LAND. FOR INSTANCE, AN OLD ESSEX DIALECT TERM FOR A KESTREL IS ‘WIND-FUCKER’. AN OLD SUSSEX WORD FOR THE GAP AT THE BOTTOM OF A HEDGE MADE BY THE REGULAR PASSAGE OF A SMALL ANIMAL IS… SMEUSE. THIS PRINT IS AN ADAPTATION OF THE LINOCUT WORK I DID FOR THE COVER OF LANDMARKS. EDITION OF 88 PRINTS. 2 COLOUR SCREEN PRINT. PAPER SIZE: 530MM X 375MM. PRINT SIZE: 385MM X 265MM APPROX. PRINTED ON 300GSM ACID-FREE ARCHIVAL SOMERSET SATIN. £88.00.
