LINES was collaboratively created and published by Jenni Gehlbach and Tawny Maclachlan Capon. It is a collection of 48 of Jenni's poems each with a line drawing by Tawny, and each pair capturing a particular mood or moment.
Tawny and Jenni worked together, altering words and images, eliminating some and creating new versions until they were satisfied that the pairings worked. In most cases the poem came first, but there is one exception, and, so far, nobody has successfully guessed which pair had its image inspire the poem rather than vice versa. They chose the papers and format with great care to ensure that LINES was as pleasing to the hand as to the eye and mind.
Tawny & Jenni—photo by Katherine Gordon
The book was launched on Gabriola Island at Page's Resort & Marina's Sandstone Studio in October 2005 and is available from their bookstore for $16.95. It is also available from Gabriola Artworks in Folklife Village, from the gift store at The Haven, or by emailing Jenni or Tawny. The price for a single copy mailed to any Canadian address is $20. Elsewhere, the price will depend on the postage. Its ISBN reference is 0-9738028-04.
LINES was accepted (along with another piece by Tawny) for exhibition at the Art of the Book Exhibition at the Victoria Arts Connection Gallery in Victoria, BC, during the Pacific Festival of the Book held in March 2007.
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Since LINES was published, another of Jenni's poems "A Pound of Nails" won honorable mention in the 2005 Ray Burrell Award awarded by the Ottawa Valley Writers' Guild, and "Christmas Rush" was included in Naomi Beth Wakan's book "Late Bloomers - on writing later in life" published in 2006 by Wolsak and Wynn, Hamilton.
