Eric Thake 'Bookplate for John Gartner' - Collected by Amy organic & textural 'Presenting Hello Mickey' 2013

'Presenting Hello Mickey' 2013

For connoisseurs of abstract and important Australian art

passion and futility of Orpheus' s life

tempting the question - what are these flowers for

leading directly to the The message is poignant: even the slightest cut can incite total undoing

Eric Thake 'Bookplate for John Gartner' - Collected by Amy organic & textural 'Presenting Hello Mickey' 2013The popular practice of labelling and adorning ones beloved books with bookplates has almost been lost to history. In the early 20th century, members of the Australian Ex Libris Society would assign iconic artists with the task of creating personal tags that could be fixed onto the inside cover or first pages of their books. Eric Thake, known for his bold printmaking and distinct ability to sympathise with humanity through his images, was a popular