A Letter From The Gentle Author

Dear Readers

May I express my gratitude to 193 of you who have generously contributed towards publishing Tessa Hunkin’s Hackney Mosaic Project book so far.

Over the past three weeks, thanks to your generosity we have raised £15,230, which is well over half of what it will cost to publish the book.

We still have quite a way to go to raise the rest of the budget. So I have extended the deadline by one week, to Saturday 17th May at midnight, to give us more time to reach the target.

It means these next two weeks will be crucial. But I am hoping that – with your help – we will meet our target and the book can go to the printers in mid-May for publication this October. If we do not reach the target in time then we will have to delay publication until next year to permit further time to raise the necessary funds.

Our target represents the total cost of printing, design, photography and digital post-production. The book will include high quality photographs of all the major mosaics, an interview with Tessa Hunkin outlining the nature of the project, commentary on the background to each mosaic by Wendy Forrest, illustrations of the working process by which the mosaics are created, a map showing the locations of the mosaics, and the names of everyone involved.

Hackney Mosaic Project are leading the revival of the art of mosaic in this country with their superlative work and it is an inspiring collective endeavour, bringing together a community of local people in the shared purpose of beautifying the streets of East London.

I want to publish this book because these beautiful mosaics are of the highest quality and I believe they need be recognised and celebrated by the widest possible audience, and for the makers to get the recognition they so well deserve for their phenomenal achievement.

If everyone who has donated were able to persuade one other person to contribute we could reach our target at once.

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With every good wish,

I am your loyal servant

The Gentle Author

(You may like to take a look at some work-in-progress pages from the book below)