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"The hound book would always have been a celebration of my beautiful companion, Ivy, a Bedlington Whippet cross, an elegant goddess of a hound. Now it has become more than that. She died a few weeks ago so the drawings, and then the paintings are made from memories, from photographs. Someone once said that grief is love with nowhere left to go. I am pouring my grief into this celebration of her life. To have shared some of my days with her has been a privilege. And I guess this book is for anyone who has ever loved and lost, for in spite of the pain of loss, the joy of life remains greater and creative grieving really helps the soul to come to terms with the loss."
An Accordion Book doesn’t open, it unfolds.
One side is filled with beautiful watercolour images of an animal: sometimes in motion, sometimes at rest. The other is filled with text – poems, descriptions, invocations – inspired by the same animal.
Together they work as spells to summon the animal’s spirit.
Jackie Morris has painted these beautiful hounds with her favourite sumi stick on clayboard.
Fox and Otter were the first two Accordions in a series that now includes these absolutely stunning sequels: Hare and Hound.
Accordion Books: Hound
Jackie Morris- Hound Accordion Book£15.00
The first edition eight-panel folding hardback, featuring a sequence of hounds painted using 150-year old watercolours, wrapped in a protective cardboard sleeve.
Hound Postcards£10.00Six art postcards featuring six different watercolour hound paintings by Jackie.
Hare & Hound Bundle£30.00Both first edition folding hardbacks, each in a protective paper sleeve.
Accordion Book Bundle£60.00All four Accordion Books, each in protective paper cases. All shipped in one go when Hare & Hound are ready (Autumn 2025).
"The hound book would always have been a celebration of my beautiful companion, Ivy, a Bedlington Whippet cross, an elegant goddess of a hound. Now it has become more than that. She died a few weeks ago so the drawings, and then the paintings are made from memories, from photographs. Someone once said that grief is love with nowhere left to go. I am pouring my grief into this celebration of her life. To have shared some of my days with her has been a privilege. And I guess this book is for anyone who has ever loved and lost, for in spite of the pain of loss, the joy of life remains greater and creative grieving really helps the soul to come to terms with the loss."
An Accordion Book doesn’t open, it unfolds.
One side is filled with beautiful watercolour images of an animal: sometimes in motion, sometimes at rest. The other is filled with text – poems, descriptions, invocations – inspired by the same animal.
Together they work as spells to summon the animal’s spirit.
Jackie Morris has painted these beautiful hounds with her favourite sumi stick on clayboard.
Fox and Otter were the first two Accordions in a series that now includes these absolutely stunning sequels: Hare and Hound.
The hound book would always have been a celebration of my beautiful companion, Ivy, a Bedlington Whippet cross, an elegant goddess of a hound.
