A plunge into the Gothic - a trio of devils

We went off to a local antiquarian bookshop to try to buy some more of the original Art Nouveau plates they were selling some time back. Extraordinary, beautiful things, I must post some - they now being put to good use by us - a couple are really inspirational for See of Logos. They had none there today, but we did find a very evocative old book with really GOOD photos and prints of Gothic (in the historical sense) wooden statues and reliefs from Krakow (oh - I just heard a friend is planning to begin a farmhouse cheese-making business in Krakow, which seems exciting - but I digress). Anyway, unbelievable carvings. They have such humanity and expressiveness. Here are some devils from this book - pretty splendid and spooky - not to mention bizarre. I love this period of work - especially when it's as well done as this. Oddly enough the last few days have been ridiculously good work-wise. A couple of really interesting book proposals came in, we had a very good meeting with a lovely illustrator here who we finally tracked down (having spotted her delicate, interesting work in a gallery), and some really splendid design ideas from Anna. Oh - plus we finally seem to have found a decent distributor here - someone who will get our work into the kinds of shops that visitors go to (and that sparked off another idea for a book too). Odd how you get these very fruitful periods. Oh - and TWO good, glossy magazines are running competitions around BBCsts - more of that later maybe. It's great really - though lots of work sending off the relevant information etc too.